Table 6.

Main multilevel models of child-reported physical abuse predicted by parent-reported physical abuse

Model		Baseline model	Model 1 Parent report a	Model 2 Parent report and age child b
Fixed effects
Initial status	Intercept	11.60 (.07)**	11.60 (.07)**	11.60 (.06)**
	Age child			0.02 (<.01)**
	Parent report		0.34 (.10)**	0.32 (.10)**
Variance Components
Level 1	Father	0.05 (.04)	0.07 (.03)	0.08 (.04)*
	Mother	0.32 (.07)**	0.29 (.06)**	0.28 (.06)**
Level 2	Child	0.03 (.04)	0.01 (.03)	0.01 (.03)
Level 3	Family	0.19 (.06)**	0.18 (.05)**	0.14 (.04)**
Goodness-of-fit
Deviance		228.72	217.41	207.911
Parameters		5	6	7
∆ χ2			11.31 (1)**	9.50 (1)**

*p < .05; **p < .01

^a Compared to baseline model

^b Compared to model 1