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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Crim Justice. 2016 Feb 15;45:94–100. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.012

Table 4.

Associations between cumulative risk factor and protective factor scores in Grades 5 and 9 and violent offending in Grades 11 and young adulthood

Grade 5 high drug use
(n = 264)
Grade 5 low family
socio-economic status
(n = 78)

Grade 11
violent
offending
OR [95%
CI]
Young adult
violent
offending
OR [95%
CI]
Grade 11
violent
offending
OR [95%
CI]
Young adult
violent
offending
OR [95%
CI]
Risk/Protective factor score
Grade 5 risk
score
.30 [.01,
6.26]
1.74 [.35,
8.59]
46.30
[.05,
44902.72]
13.40 [.54,
330.54]
Grade 5
protective score
.89 [.05,
14.62]
.48 [.13,
1.74]
3.41 [.06,
206.00]
.07* [.01,
.89}

Grade 9 high drug use
(n = 264)
Grade 9 high antisocial
behaviour
(n = 64)
Grade 5 low family
socio-economic status
(n = 78)

Grade 11
violent
offending
OR [95%
CI]
Young adult
violent
offending
OR [95%
CI]
Grade 11
violent
offending
OR [95%
CI]
Young adult
violent
offending
OR [95%
CI]
Grade 11
violent
offending
OR [95%
CI]
Young adult
violent
offending
OR [95%
CI]

Risk/Protective factor score
Grade 9 risk
score
33.46*
[1.87,
597.67]
2.99 [.82,
10.93]
3.32 [.32,
33.90]
5.58 [.57,
54.98]
4.31 [.23,
81.58]
14.82*
[1.60,
136.96]
Grade 9
protective score
.02**
[.003,
.22]
.28* [.08,
.96]
4.51 [.30,
67.43]
.60 [.04,
9.54]
.08 [.003,
2.27]
.28 [.03,
2.82]

Note. OR = odds ratio. CI = confidence interval. Analyses controlled for age, gender, and clustering of students in the schools at Grade 5 and Grade 9.

*

= p <0.05,

**

= p < 0.01