Table 3.

OLS Regression Analysis of Children’s Internalizing Behavior Problems

Variable	Model 1	Model2	Model 3	Model 4
Ethnicity/Mother’s Immigration Status
Mexican undocumented	(ref)	(ref)	(ref)	(ref)
Mexican naturalized/documented	−1.20 ***	−.94 **	−1.02 ***	−1.04 ***
Mexican U.S. born	−2.07 ***	−1.60 **	−1.79 ***	−1.90 ***
Other Latino undocumented	−.21	−.22	−.49	−.45
Other Latino naturalized/documented	−1.10 **	−.81 *	−1.04 **	−1.08 **
Other Latino U.S. born	−2.58 ***	−2.19 ***	−2.33 ***	−2.43 ***
White naturalized/documented	−2.86 ***	−2.19 ***	−2.49 ***	−2.42 ***
White U.S. born	−2.28 ***	−1.64 ***	−1.84 ***	−1.82 ***
Black naturalized/documented	−2.52 *	−2.82 *	−2.66 *	−2.75 *
Black U.S. Born	−1.93 ***	−1.63 ***	−1.84 ***	−1.87 ***
Asian naturalized/documented	−2.40 ***	−1.72 ***	−1.77 ***	−1.78 ***
Asian U.S. born	−2.57 ***	−1.99 **	−2.09 **	−2.16 **
Child Characteristics
Female	0.08	.06	.06	.06
Age	−0.03	−.04 a	−.04 *	−.05 **
Mother/Family Characteristics
Mother’s education < high school		.42 a	.32	.29
Poor family		.55 *	.51 *	.48 *
Single parent		.55 **	.46 *	.42 *
Mother depressed			1.73 ***	1.71 ***
Family routines				−.04 **
Perceived Neighborhood Characteristics
Child-centered closure and control				−.03 *
Unweighted N	2535	2535	2535	2535

Data Source: Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey

Analysis is based on weighted data.

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