Table II.
Estimated parameters from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth poset data set.
| Model I |
Model II |
Model III |
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| Estimate | SE | ∣ t ∣ | Pr > ∣t∣ | Estimate | SE | ∣ t ∣ | Pr > ∣t∣ | Estimate | SE | ∣ t ∣ | Pr > ∣t∣ | |
| Intercept 1 | 4.838 | .305 | 15.858 | < .001 | .280 | .690 | .405 | .685 | −.279 | 1.876 | .149 | .882 |
| Intercept 2 | 6.607 | .309 | 21.384 | < .001 | ||||||||
| Intercept 3 | 7.005 | .310 | 22.604 | < .001 | ||||||||
| Gender | .239 | .045 | 5.261 | < .001 | .052 | .103 | .508 | .612 | .120 | .272 | .441 | .659 |
| Black versus White | .898 | .058 | 15.498 | < .001 | −.190 | .126 | 1.504 | .133 | .726 | .373 | 1.946 | .052 |
| Hispanic versus White | .398 | .058 | 6.806 | < .001 | −.257 | .127 | 2.022 | .043 | .258 | .350 | .736 | .462 |
| Mixed versus White | −.098 | .222 | .439 | .661 | −.319 | .484 | .659 | .510 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Age | −.251 | .018 | 13.959 | < .001 | .101 | .040 | 2.514 | .012 | .874 | 1.074 | .814 | .416 |
| Live with both parents | .163 | .053 | 3.048 | .002 | −.010 | .118 | .087 | .931 | .276 | .293 | .940 | .347 |
| Nonsupportive mother | −.336 | .043 | 7.878 | < .001 | −.100 | .092 | 1.085 | .278 | .024 | .247 | .097 | .923 |
| Strict mother | .353 | .040 | 8.741 | < .001 | .091 | .091 | 1.003 | .316 | .414 | .243 | 1.704 | .088 |
| Attend school | .569 | .099 | 5.736 | < .001 | .053 | .239 | .220 | .826 | −.738 | .662 | 1.114 | .265 |
| Negative attitude to discipline | −.316 | .029 | 11.058 | < .001 | .024 | .060 | .405 | .685 | −.015 | .167 | .091 | .928 |
| Smoking peer | −.432 | .020 | 21.896 | < .001 | −.175 | .045 | 3.926 | < .001 | −.152 | .125 | 1.216 | .224 |
N/A is due to the absence of the mixed race among the subjects in model III.
SE, standard error; N/A, not applicable.