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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Crim Justice. 2016 Sep;46:32–44. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.016

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
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