Table 3.
Parameter estimates for paths in male and female structural models including unstandardized coefficients (b) with standard errors and standardized coefficients (β)
Men | Women | |||
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b (SE) | β | b (SE) | β | |
Early Context and Adaptation Variables (age 6–7 years) | ||||
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Family mobility → Adolescent substance use | 0.049 (0.041) | 0.075 | −0.077 (0.034)* | −0.141 |
Family mobility → Young adult risky sexual behavior | 0.072 (0.025)** | 0.141 | −0.005 (0.019) | −0.013 |
Poor classroom behavior → Young adult risky sexual behavior | −0.283 (0.109)* | −0.136 | 0.233 (0.083)** | 0.141 |
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Adolescent Variables (age 16–17 years) | ||||
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Adolescent substance use → Young adult substance problems | 0.203 (0.056)*** | 0.245 | 0.125 (0.049)* | 0.162 |
Adolescent substance use → Young adult risky sexual behavior | 0.164 (0.058)** | 0.209 | 0.106 (0.048)* | 0.149 |
Adolescent substance use → Low young adult social bonds | 0.270 (0.081)*** | 0.214 | 0.200 (0.081)* | 0.156 |
Adolescent sexual behavior → Young adult risky sexual behavior | 0.080 (0.161) | 0.034 | 0.040 (0.080) | 0.027 |
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Young Adult Variables (age 32–33 years) | ||||
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Young adult substance problems → Midlife substance problems | 0.558 (0.087)*** | 0.362 | 0.509 (0.075)*** | 0.343 |
Young adult substance problems → Midlife risky sexual behavior | 0.159 (0.049)** | 0.201 | 0.118 (0.044)** | 0.144 |
Young adult risky sexual behavior → Midlife risky sexual behavior | 0.144 (0.048)** | 0.172 | 0.187 (0.044)*** | 0.209 |
Young adult social bonds → Midlife substance problems | 0.184 (0.055)*** | 0.181 | 0.121 (0.043)** | 0.136 |
Young adult social bonds → Midlife risky sexual behavior | −0.023 (0.029) | −0.044 | −0.049 (0.024)* | −0.099 |
p<0.05,
p<0.01,
p<0.001