Table 4.
Multinomial Logistic Regression Model Estimating the Likelihood of Experiencing Informal and Official Custody Loss
| Independent Variable | Type of Custody Lossa |
|
|---|---|---|
| Informal | Official | |
| Sociodemographics | ||
| Age (years) | 1.03 (0.03) | 1.06 (0.03)** |
| Education (years) | 0.97 (0.10) | 0.84 (0.09) |
| Employed full/part-time | 1.17 (0.44) | 0.56 (0.21) |
| Annual personal income | 1.01 (0.02) | 0.98 (0.02) |
| Homeless | 0.68 (0.41) | 2.86 (1.45)* |
| Number of children <18 | 1.17 (0.17) | 1.70 (0.24)*** |
| Sexual Orientation | ||
| Bisexual or Lesbian | 2.02 (1.03) | 4.19 (2.07)*** |
| Illicit Substance Use | ||
| Marijuana | 1.02 (0.37) | 0.89 (0.32) |
| Crack/Cocaine | 3.76 (2.67) | 5.13 (3.56)* |
| Criminal Involvement | ||
| Ever incarcerated after a conviction |
8.20 (3.46)*** | 4.58 (1.82)*** |
| Mental Health | ||
| Lifetime psychological symptoms |
0.99 (0.73) | 1.87 (1.36) |
| Meets PTSD criteria | 0.27 (0.19) | 0.65 (0.40) |
| Victimization History | ||
| Victimization – childhood | 1.11 (0.05)* | 1.06 (0.05) |
| Victimization – adulthood | 1.04 (0.03) | 1.04 (0.03) |
| Perceived Social Support | ||
| Family | 1.24 (0.16) | 1.26 (0.15)* |
| Friends | 0.84 (0.10) | 0.78 (0.09)* |
| Significant Other | 0.94 (0.16) | 0.92 (0.15) |
| Intercept | 0.03 (0.05)* | 0.11 (0.18) |
| Model fit | 222.50*** | |
| Pseudo R2 | 0.31 | |
a
No Custody Loss is the reference category
Note:
*
p < 0.05;
***
p < 0.001.
Relative risk ratios are presented. Numbers in parentheses are standard errors.