TABLE 5.
Parent-Offspring Associations Between Drug Abuse, Alcohol Use Disorders, and Criminal Behavior as Measured by Hazard Ratios in Mothers Compared With Fathers From Intact Families, in Not-Lived-With Mothers Compared With Fathers, and in Stepmothers Compared With Fathers
| Parent | Outcome in Offspring
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Alcohol Use Disorders
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Criminal Behavior
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| Hazard Ratio or p | 95% CI | Hazard Ratio or p | 95% CI | Hazard Ratio or p | 95% CI | |
| Mother from intact family (N=2,111,074) | 3.28 | 3.05, 3.52 | 2.53 | 2.41, 2.66 | 1.91 | 1.87, 1.95 |
| Father from intact family (N=2,111,074) | 3.77 | 3.51, 4.06 | 2.41 | 2.33, 2.49 | 1.97 | 1.94, 2.00 |
| Heterogeneity test | p=0.008 | p=0.11 | p=0.02 | |||
| Not-lived-with mother (N=10,194) | 2.70 | 2.23, 3.26 | 1.90 | 1.60, 2.25 | 1.58 | 1.45, 1.72 |
| Not-lived-with father (N=113,761) | 2.72 | 2.58, 2.88 | 1.81 | 1.73, 1.89 | 1.50 | 1.46, 1.53 |
| Heterogeneity test | p=0.94 | p=0.59 | p=0.24 | |||
| Stepmother (N=18,359) | 1.68 | 1.12, 2.52 | 1.36 | 1.18, 1.57 | 1.35 | 1.28, 1.43 |
| Stepfather (N=65,803) | 1.74 | 1.43, 2.16 | 1.22 | 1.10, 1.35 | 1.27 | 1.22, 1.33 |
| Heterogeneity test | p=0.87 | p=0.23 | p=0.10 | |||