Table 2.
Logit Regression in Estimating the Propensity Score of One-Time Runaway-Homelessness and Repeated Runaway-Homeless Episodes
| One time runaway- homeless episode |
Repeated runaway- homeless episode |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,497 | 2,440 | |||
| Min (N) | Coef. | SE | Coef. | SE |
| Age12 | −0.068 | 0.175 | −0.188 | 0.234 |
| Female | 0.706 | 0.199 | 0.780 | 0.221 |
| Hispanics | −0.076 | 0.251 | −0.204 | 0.312 |
| Black | −0.269 | 0.263 | −0.501 | 0.388 |
| Asian | 0.369 | 0.590 | — | — |
| Native American | — | — | −0.865 | 1.105 |
| Family SES [Reference group: Family poverty level: Less than 50%] | ||||
| 50%–100% | 0.318 | 0.349 | 0.111 | 0.482 |
| 101%–150% | −0.227 | 0.411 | 0.105 | 0.510 |
| 151%–200% | 0.221 | 0.404 | 0.220 | 0.520 |
| More than 200% | −0.068 | 0.334 | 0.074 | 0.479 |
| Mother’s education [Reference group: Mother’s education: Some college or more] | ||||
| Less than HS | 0.453 | 0.289 | 0.331 | 0.355 |
| HS Graduates | 0.585 | 0.278 | 0.243 | 0.333 |
| Father’s education [Reference group: Father’s education: Some college or more] | ||||
| lths_dad97 | 0.061 | 0.291 | −0.305 | 0.349 |
| hsgd_dad97 | 0.144 | 0.248 | −0.544 | 0.420 |
| Housing and neighborhood characteristics | ||||
| Homeowners | 0.171 | 0.202 | 0.253 | 0.305 |
| Rural | −0.154 | 0.231 | 0.153 | 0.252 |
| Mostly mobile home | −0.567 | 0.419 | 0.126 | 0.375 |
| % of Whites in the county of residence (Census 1990) | 0.651 | 0.620 | −0.476 | 1.405 |
| Family structures | ||||
| Single mother | −0.455 | 0.342 | −0.324 | 0.396 |
| Single father | −1.962 | 1.041 | −1.295 | 0.902 |
| N of children under age 18 in household 1997 | −0.058 | 0.074 | 0.111 | 0.077 |
| Parenting [Reference group: Mother parenting: No involvement] | ||||
| Mother parenting styles: Permissive | −0.753 | 0.318 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Mother parenting styles: Authoritarian | −0.655 | 0.329 | 0.195 | 0.383 |
| Mother parenting styles: Authoritative | −0.631 | 0.305 | −0.017 | 0.363 |
| Mother’s monitoring youth reported | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.063 | 0.379 |
| Youths’ report on relationship with mom | −0.007 | 0.023 | 0.063 | 0.024 |
| Parenting [Reference group: Father parenting: No involvement] | ||||
| Father parenting styles: Permissive | −0.050 | 0.287 | 0.398 | 0.321 |
| Father parenting styles: Authoritarian | 0.196 | 0.318 | 0.034 | 0.396 |
| Father parenting styles: Authoritative | −0.006 | 0.035 | −0.010 | 0.041 |
| Father’s monitoring youth reported | 0.023 | 0.033 | 0.013 | 0.038 |
| Youth’s report on relationship with dad | −0.199 | 0.346 | −0.174 | 0.457 |
| Socioemotional health | 0.098 | 0.061 | 0.061 | 0.069 |
| Behavior Scale Youth Report | 0.143 | 0.060 | 0.199 | 0.070 |
| Behavior Scale Parent Report | 0.399 | 0.093 | 0.299 | 0.106 |
| Substance Use index 1997 | −3.110 | 0.885 | −0.951 | 2.075 |
| Constant | −3.283 | 0.729 | −1.985 | 1.488 |