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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Life Course Criminol. 2014 Feb 26;1(1):33–47. doi: 10.1007/s40865-015-0002-5

Table 1.

Covariate Balance Post-Propensity Score Weighting

Never Incarcerated (n=217) Incarcerated (n=108)

mean (se) percentage mean (se) percentage p-value Standardized mean difference

Delinquency 1.53 (.07) 1.55 (.11) .85 0.08
Drug use .82 (.17) .88 (.19) .81 0.14
Family history of arrest 47.2% 55.7% .29 0.17
Peer history of arrest 22.6% 24.3% .80 0.04
Neighborhood crime 1.0 (.08) .95 (.13) .74 −0.15
Gang membership 18.5% 16.7% .73 −0.05
Prosocial peer env. −.09 (.06) −.07 (.06) .85 0.07
Poverty 63.5% 58.5% .55 −0.10
Male gender 64.4% 62.3% .80 −0.04
Race/Ethnicity
 European American 37.9% 39.9% .81 0.04
 African American 35.2% 35.8% .93 0.01
 Asian American 20.1% 17.6% .71 −0.06
 Native American 6.7% 6.6% .95 −0.01
Behavioral disinhibition .21 (.06) .25 (.10) .73 0.15