Table 6. Accuracy of Responses to Legal Consequences of DWI: Jail.
Probability of Jail if Convicted |
Probability of Jail if Convicted |
Jail Time (Days) | ||||
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Arrest Data | Attorney Survey | |||||
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Variables | Coefficient | Std.error | Coefficient | Std. error | Coefficient | Std. error |
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Panel A. Limited Specificationa | ||||||
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Heavy drinker | 0.032 | 0.073 | −0.094 | 0.055 | −5.00 | 21.9 |
Binge drinker | 0.091** | 0.035 | 0.027 | 0.026 | −8.97 | 10.4 |
Heavy binge drinker | 0.090* | 0.04 | 0.049 | 0.030 | −5.64 | 11.9 |
Intercept | −0.33** | 0.026 | 0.005 | 0.020 | 33.0** | 7.78 |
R2 (Pseudo R2 for probit) | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.001 | |||
Number of observations | 1,302 | 1,302 | 1,300 | |||
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Panel B. Full Specificationb | ||||||
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Heavy drinker | −0.004 | 0.038 | −0.004 | 0.037 | −5.76 | 22.3 |
Binge drinker | 0.014 | 0.019 | 0.014 | 0.019 | −9.47 | 11.2 |
Heavy binge drinker | 0.019 | 0.022 | 0.019 | 0.023 | −6.75 | 13.1 |
CAGE = 1 | 0.044* | 0.020 | 0.044* | 0.020 | −8.69 | 11.6 |
CAGE = 2 | 0.026 | 0.021 | 0.026 | 0.021 | 7.96 | 12.3 |
CAGE = 3/4 | 0.062** | 0.023 | 0.062** | 0.023 | −5.99 | 13.8 |
Female | −0.010 | 0.016 | −0.010 | 0.016 | 0.98 | 9.4 |
Age | −0.000 | 0.001 | −0.000 | 0.001 | 0.60 | 0.4 |
Black | 0.025 | 0.026 | 0.025 | 0.026 | 16.4 | 15.1 |
Hispanic | 0.017 | 0.051 | 0.017 | 0.051 | 84.2** | 30.0 |
Other race | −0.029 | 0.045 | −0.029 | 0.045 | 46.4 | 26.6 |
Currently married | −0.049** | 0.016 | −0.049** | 0.016 | −11.7 | 9.7 |
Edu. attainment (yrs.) | −0.011* | 0.004 | −0.011* | 0.004 | −2.51 | 2.5 |
Recall | −0.016 | 0.010 | −0.016 | 0.010 | −5.87 | 5.8 |
Serial-7 subtraction | −0.016 | 0.009 | −0.016 | 0.009 | 8.44 | 5.4 |
Numeracy | −0.012 | 0.011 | −0.012 | 0.011 | −12.5 | 6.6 |
Memory = very good / good | 0.006 | 0.021 | 0.006 | 0.021 | 11.7 | 12.3 |
Memory = fair / poor | −0.008 | 0.029 | −0.008 | 0.029 | −8.93 | 17.2 |
Prior DWI arrestc | 0.094 | 0.051 | 0.094 | 0.051 | −20.8 | 30.2 |
Intercept | −0.377** | 0.10 | 0.56** | 0.10 | 71 | 60.7 |
R2 (Pseudo R2 for probit) | 0.752 | 0.57 | 0.048 | |||
Number of observations | 1,290 | 1,290 | 1,289 |
Other drinker is the omitted reference group.
Location binary variables (all 8 cities in the sample, with Raleigh being omitted reference group) are included in regression but not shown.
DWI conviction within past 3 years
p<0.01,
p<0.05