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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Nov 1;35(11):2083–2091. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0721

Exhibit 1. Descriptive statistics of analytic variables.

Reference time period Mean/frequency Standard deviation Range
Dependent variables
 Depressive symptoms scale 15 2.98 2.98 [0, 15]
 Anxiety symptoms scale 15 4.88 3.89 [0, 18]
Neighborhood variables
 Collective efficacy scale 3 to 9 18.30 4.52 [2.33, 27.00]
 Socio-economic disadvantage scale 3 to 9 0.67 1.10 [-2.06, 4.71]
Socio-demographic control variables
 Annual household income (dollars) 3 to 9 41,367 43,064 [868, 583,333]
 Household residential moves 3 to 9 2.33 2.09 [0, 10]
 Children in household Birth 1.25 1.29 [0, 7]
Mother relationship to father
  Married Birth .26 [0, 1]
  Cohabiting Birth .36 [0, 1]
  Other Birth .39 [0, 1]
Mother education
  Less than high school Birth .30 [0, 1]
  High school degree Birth .31 [0, 1]
  Some college Birth .27 [0, 1]
  College degree Birth .12 [0, 1]
Mother race/ethnicity
  White, non-Hispanic Birth .23 [0, 1]
  Black, non-Hispanic Birth .50 [0, 1]
  Hispanic, any race Birth .23 [0, 1]
  Other race, non-Hispanic Birth .04 [0, 1]
 Mother foreign born Birth .12 [0, 1]
 Mother age (years) Birth 25.30 6.07 [14.00, 47.00]
 Child female Birth .48 [0, 1]
 Child age (years) 15 15.46 0.56 [14.40, 17.88]
Mental health control variables
Mother mental health
  Major Depression Episode Birth to 3 .23 [0, 1]
  Generalized Anxiety Disorder Birth to 3 .07 [0, 1]
Maternal grandmother mental health
  Depressive symptoms Before 3 .30 [0, 1]
  Anxiety symptoms Before 3 .18 [0, 1]
 Childhood anxious/depressed scale 3 5.40 3.23 [0, 19]

Source: Authors' analysis of data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Notes: The reference time period corresponds to the approximate age of the focal child in years.