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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Violence Vict. 2014;29(1):89–108. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-12-00102

TABLE 1.

Correlation Matrix and Descriptive Statistics by Gender for the Study Variables

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Mean SD t Value
1. Violent behavior at age 18 years .163** –.069 –.193** .144** .230** –.022 .105* .047 –.109* .084 0.528 0.962 3.16**
2. Respect through toughness .259** .259** –.185** .293** .253** .044 –.012 .033 –.043 .066 16.369 2.841 2.79**
3. Taditional gender ideology –.092 .020 –.097 .209** .077 –.045 –.008 –.027 .080 –.013 15.424 4.308 6.16**
4. Parental monitoring –.100 –.045 –.224** –.107* –.316** –.087 .060 –.163** .139** –.020 8.995 2.290 –4.42**
5. Violent peers .461** .383** .035 –.072 .202** –.019 .042 .038 –.078 .045 3.440 0.849 4.66**
6. Low self-control .238** .283** –.041 –.121* .223** .060 .057 .104* –.086 .086 25.948 4.882 0.88
7. Moved .001 –.007 –.016 –.030 .018 .085 –.163** .136** –.112* –.036 0.314 0.465 –2.42*
8. Spending time at current address –.012 –.083 .031 .027 –.013 .090 –.161** .070 .043 –.024 4.721 1.834 3.08**
9. Neighborhood disadvantage .036 –.033 –.028 –.043 –.121* .097 .229** –.035 –.350** –.101* –0.106 2.325 1.10
10. Racial composition .042 .112* –.056 .161** –.006 –.176** –.123* .135* –.331** –.057 0.337 0.272 –0.49
11. Gender equality index –.131* –.129* .105 .017 –.063 .047 –.021 –.006 .073 –.155** –.045 0.972 1.36

Mean 0.787 16.983 17.379 8.215 3.807 26.297 0.233 5.105 0.104 0.327 0.059
SD 1.157 2.961 3.984 2.284 1.214 5.444 0.423 1.472 2.702 0.287 1.034

Note. Correlations for girls (n = 398) displayed above the diagonal; correlations for boys (n = 305) displayed below the diagonal. The t value is based on t test for unpaired data at girls versus boys.

*

p ≤ .05.

**

p ≤ .01.

p ≤ .10, two-tailed.