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. 2016 Apr 10;665(1):149–170. doi: 10.1177/0002716216632782

Table 3.

Differences in Outcomes between Children Who Experience Paternal Incarceration and Children Who Do Not, by Frequency and Duration of Paternal Incarceration, Controlling for Background Characteristics

Exams failed High school dropout Criminal conviction Violent crime Incarceration Prison sentence
Frequency
1 paternal inc.a .046*** .079*** .047*** .018*** .039*** .010***
(.006)cde (.009)bc (.006)cde (.004)de (.005)cde (.003)ce
2 paternal inc.b .062*** .120*** .066*** .015* .048*** .021***
(.010)ce (.014)a (.011)de (.006)de (.009)de (.005)e
3 paternal inc.c .103*** .131*** .091*** .037*** .073*** .034***
(.016)ab (.021)a (.017)a (.011) (.015)ae (.009)a
4 paternal inc.d .100*** .105*** .123*** .052*** .101*** .025*
(.020)a (.027) (.023)ab (.016)ab (.021)ab (.011)
5+ paternal inc.e .100*** .114*** .126*** .056*** .118*** .043***
(.014)ab (.018) (.015)ab (.010)ab (.014)abc (.009)ab
Control variables YES YES YES YES YES YES
N 58,117 62,263 62,263 62,263 62,263 62,263
R 2 .091 .061 .059 .030 .061 .023
Total duration
Arrest onlya .053*** .084*** .052*** .016*** .040*** .012***
(.005)d (.008)b (.006)cd (.003)bcd (.005)bcd (.003)cd
< 3 monthsb .068*** .125*** .071*** .033*** .065*** .022***
(.008)d (.012)a (.009)cd (.006)a (.008)ad (.005)d
3–12 monthsc .090*** .086*** .134*** .051*** .104*** .040***
(.019) (.024) (.021)ab (.014)a (.019)a (.011)a
12+ monthsd .108*** .112*** .138*** .048*** .128*** .049***
(.018)ab (.024) (.020)ab (.013)a (.019)ab (.012)ab
Control variables YES YES YES YES YES YES
N 58,117 62,263 62,263 62,263 62,263 62,263
R 2 .090 .061 .059 .029 .061 .023
Frequency and total duration
Low freq. / Low dur.a .050*** .091*** .051*** .016*** .040*** .013***
(.005)cd (.008)c (.005)cd (.003)cd (.005)cd (.002)cd
Low freq. / High dur.b .062* .081* .083** .036 .078** .027
(.026) (.035) (.028)d (.019) (.026) (.015)
High freq. / Low dur.c .095*** .124*** .092*** .047*** .085*** .031***
(.012)a (.016)a (.012)ad (.008)a (.011)ad (.006)a
High freq. / High dur.d .110*** .106*** .150*** .053*** .125*** .047***
(.015)a (.020) (.017)abc (.011)a (.016)ac (.010)a
Control variables YES YES YES YES YES YES
N 58,117 62,263 62,263 62,263 62,263 62,263
R 2 .091 .061 .059 .030 .061 .023

NOTE: Results from OLS models. Reference category is no paternal incarceration in all models. Superscripts indicate parameter estimates that differ from each other, within each model.

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p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.