Table 3. Regression models to assess the relationships between family characteristics and parent-adolescent agreement in the report of internalizing/externalizing problems.

	Internalizing problems				Externalizing problems
	Sex& age adjusted		Adjusting for family characteristics		Sex&age adjusted		Adjusting for family characteristics
	β estimate	P value	β estimate	P value	β estimate	P value	β estimate	P value
Sex of the child
Male	1		1		1		1
Female	2.14	< .0001	2.15	< .0001	-0.27	0.52	-0.29	0.50
Age
Paternal age < = 50	1		1		1		1
Paternal age >50	1.48	0.12	1.42	0.15	0.51	0.50	0.41	0.61
Maternal age < = 45	1		1		1		1
Maternal age >45	2.11	0.01	2.17	0.01	0.79	0.19	0.77	0.22
Parental Psychopathology (CHQ)			-0.46	< .001			-0.21	0.04
Parental marital status
Married			1				1
Not married			-0.49	0.64			-0.47	0.58
Sibship size
Single child			1				1
Two			-0.39	0.71			-0.37	0.65
Three or more			0.94	0.38			-0.07	0.93
Paternal educational attainment
Some high school or lower			1				1
High school graduate			0.10	0.88			0.73	0.21
Some college			0.44	0.60			1.20	0.08
College degree or higher			1.97	0.02			1.95	0.003
Maternal PBI
Care			-0.14	< .001			-0.08	0.02
Over-protection			0.00	0.93			0.02	0.55