Table 4.

OLS Regression Analysis of Children’s Externalizing Behavior Problems

Variable	Model 1	Model2	Model 3	Model 4
Ethnicity/Mother’s Immigration Status
Mexican undocumented	(ref)	(ref)	(ref)	(ref)
Mexican naturalized/documented	−1.41 **	−1.02 a	−1.15 *	−1.24 *
Mexican U.S. born	−1.18	−.56	−.86	−1.23
Other Latino undocumented	−1.92 *	−1.99 *	−2.44 **	−2.41 **
Other Latino naturalized/documented	−1.61 *	−1.23 a	−1.61 *	−1.74 **
Other Latino U.S. born	−2.52 ***	−2.05 *	−2.26 *	−2.59 **
White naturalized/documented	−3.51 ***	−2.38 **	−2.87 ***	−2.72 ***
White U.S. born	−.86	.09	−.22	−.30
Black naturalized/documented	−3.12 a	−3.78 a	−3.53 a	−3.99 *
Black U.S. Born	−.57	−.32	−.66	−.87
Asian naturalized/documented	−3.32 ***	−2.24 **	−2.31 **	−2.34 **
Asian U.S. born	−.54	.29	.14	−.21
Child Characteristics
Female	−.74 *	−.77 **	−.78 **	−.74 **
Age	−.09 *	−.10 **	−.11 **	−.14 ***
Mother/Family Characteristics
Mother’s education < high school		.71	.55	.49
Poor family		.58	.51	.48
Single parent		1.26 **	1.11 **	1.05 **
Mother depressed			2.80 ***	2.76 ***
Family routines				−.13 ***
Perceived Neighborhood Characteristics
Child-centered closure and control				−.04
Unweighted N	2535	2535	2535	2535

Data Source: Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey

Analysis is based on weighted data.