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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2011 Sep;47(5):1389–1409. doi: 10.1037/a0023838

Table 3.

Logistic Growth Models for Boys’ and Girls’ Genital or Breast and Pubic Hair Development

Parameter Boys
Girls
Genital (N = 364)
Pubic hair (N = 364)
Breast (N = 373)
Pubic hair (N = 370)
Estimate SE Estimate SE Estimate SE Estimate SE
Fixed effects
Timing, γ10 12.893** 0.051 13.273** 0.046 12.083** 0.057 12.208** 0.055
Tempo, γ00 0.847** 0.017 1.041** 0.020 0.777** 0.015 0.865** 0.015
Lower asymptote, β0 1 1 1 1
Upper asymptote, β1 5 5 5 5

Random effects
Timing variance, σu12 0.799** 0.078 0.859** 0.081 1.117** 0.099 1.109** 0.097
Tempo variance, σu02 0.068** 0.011 0.132** 0.020 0.054** 0.009 0.047** 0.008
Timing–tempo covariance, σu0,u1 −0.101** 0.021 −0.081** 0.030 0.004 0.023 0.008 0.024
Residual variance, σr2 0.190** 0.008 0.172** 0.007 0.219** 0.008 0.197** 0.008

Fit statistics
−2 log-likelihood 3109.1 3108.1 3743.8 3490.4
AIC 3121.1 3120.1 3755.8 3502.4
**

p < .01.