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. 2016 May 16;113(22):6160–6165. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1522445113

Table S8.

The link between time discounting and crime, controlled for drug/alcohol use: Total crime (intensive margin)

Timing of reward Criminal convictions (age 15–31) Child Welfare Committee (age 0–18)
Any crime Violent crime Property crime Any crime Violent crime Property crime
Certainly immediate Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Probably immediate −0.589 −0.090 −0.141 −0.089 −0.005 −0.358***
(0.387) (0.070) (0.169) (0.055) (0.053) (0.129)
Indifferent −0.284 −0.106* −0.015 0.034 0.021 −0.032
(0.381) (0.064) (0.170) (0.060) (0.051) (0.135)
Probably delay −0.176 −0.040 0.003 0.013 −0.006 −0.096
(0.322) (0.061) (0.138) (0.043) (0.038) (0.105)
Certainly delay −0.251 −0.037 −0.044 −0.004 −0.006 −0.153
(0.318) (0.061) (0.136) (0.043) (0.038) (0.102)
Use of narcotics/alcohol (1 = yes) 14.761*** 1.377*** 6.496*** 2.591*** 0.837*** 4.135***
(0.806) (0.186) (0.404) (0.117) (0.106) (0.186)
Sample mean 1.926 0.156 0.666 0.371 0.146 0.735
Obs 6,749 6,749 6,749 6,749 6,749 6,749

Notes: See Table 2. ***Significant at the 1% level; **significant at the 5% level; *significant at the 10% level. Ref., reference group.