Table 4. Cross-lagged model with perceived crime and disorder as outcomes in the same model, and treating cohesion, collective efficacy, and uncertainty about collective efficacy as endogenous.
Model 1 | |||||||||
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Equation: | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||||
Crime | Disorder | Cohesion | Collective efficacy (a) | Uncertainty about collective efficacy | |||||
Cohesion (t-1) | -0.247 | ** | -0.122 | 0.407 | ** | 0.119 | -0.02 | ||
(0.076) | (0.101) | (0.078) | (0.105) | (0.028) | |||||
Collective efficacy (t-1) | -0.068 | -0.218 | * | 0.158 | † | 0.008 | |||
(0.063) | (0.085) | (0.085) | (0.023) | ||||||
Cohesion X collective efficacy (t-1) | -0.131 | ** | -0.15 | ** | |||||
(0.040) | (0.055) | ||||||||
Crime (t-1) | 0.188 | ** | -0.077 | 0.147 | † | -0.142 | -0.032 | ||
(0.068) | (0.096) | (0.080) | (0.118) | (0.028) | |||||
Disorder (t-1) | 0.216 | ** | 0.559 | ** | -0.235 | ** | -0.229 | * | 0.004 |
(0.065) | (0.089) | (0.077) | (0.094) | (0.026) | |||||
Uncertainty about collective efficacy (t-1) | 0.5 | ** | 0.663 | ** | -0.646 | ** | 0.119 | -0.02 | |
(0.111) | (0.142) | (0.122) | (0.105) | (0.028) | |||||
Disorder X uncertainty of collective efficacy (t-1) | -0.813 | ** | |||||||
(0.188) | |||||||||
R-square | 0.43 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.37 | 0.07 |
Notes: (a): this is collective efficacy regarding informal social control behavior of fellow residents
p < .01 (two-tail test),
p < .05 (two-tail test),
p < .05 (one-tail test). Standard errors in parentheses. N = 113 block groups
Note: All models control for concentrated disadvantage, percent vacant units, percent in same residence 5 years previously, percent African American, percent Latino, racial/ethnic heterogeneity, population density, and unemployment rate