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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 23.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2016 Dec 23;66:211–233. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.12.004

Table 3.

Growth Curve Models of Neighborhood Disadvantage for Black Formerly Incarcerated People

Model1 Model2 Model3 Model4 Model5 Model6
intercept slope intercept slope intercept slope intercept slope intercept slope intercept slope
Months since release 0.016*** 0.014*** 0.015** 0.016*** 0.013** 0.021***
Demographics
Age 26-30 (ref 18-25) 0.096 0.000 0.115* −0.001 0.106* 0.000 0.094 0.000 0.125** −0.001 0.047 0.002
31-35 0.042 −0.001 0.077 −0.003 0.071 −0.002 0.039 −0.001 0.098 −0.003 0.046 −0.001
36-40 0.041 0.002 0.082 0.000 0.071 0.001 0.031 0.002 0.097 0.000 0.010 0.003
41-45 0.140** −0.004 0.200*** −0.006 0.172** −0.005 0.135* −0.004 0.227*** −0.007 0.105* −0.002
46-50 0.217*** −0.004 0.276*** −0.006 0.260*** −0.005 0.208*** −0.004 0.303*** −0.007 0.122* 0.000
51-55 0.336*** −0.008 0.423*** −0.011 0.381*** −0.009 0.327*** −0.007 0.448*** −0.012 0.262*** −0.005
56-60 0.194 0.007 0.293* 0.004 0.223 0.007 0.188 0.008 0.303* 0.005 0.113 0.012
61-65 0.843*** −0.016 0.935*** −0.021 0.927*** −0.018 0.846*** −0.016 1.013*** −0.023 0.525** −0.005
66-71 0.100 0.000 0.054 0.001 0.182 −0.003 0.047 0.002 0.012 0.003 −0.210 0.011
Gender Female (ref Male) 0.157** −0.010*** 0.174*** −0.010*** 0.167** −0.010*** 0.156** −0.010*** 0.166** −0.010*** −0.045 −0.002
Mental health Mental illness recorded (ref No) −0.055 0.000 −0.051 0.000 −0.053 0.000 −0.054 0 −0.056 0.000 −0.034 −0.001
Reasons for Attrition Custody −0.354*** 0.011*** −0.347*** 0.010*** −0.340*** 0.011*** −0.291*** 0.008*** −0.295*** 0.008*** −0.273*** 0.007**
Abscond 0.048 −0.003 0.042 −0.003 0.045 −0.003 0.053 −0.003 0.040 −0.003 0.022 −0.001
Move out state 0.506 0.002 0.502 0.002 0.505 0.002 0.506 0.002 0.479 0.003 0.569 −0.003
Discharged 0.146 −0.006 0.158 −0.007 0.151 −0.007 0.171 −0.007 0.168 −0.008 0.172 −0.008
Death 0.015 0.011 0.001 0.012 0.014 0.011 0.046 0.009 0.087 0.009 −0.034 0.017
Pre-Prison Neighborhood
Pre-prison neighborhood disadvantage score 0.410*** −0.005*** 0.399*** −0.004*** 0.403*** −0.004*** 0.411*** −0.005*** 0.392*** −0.004*** 0.179*** 0.004***
Pre-prison urbanicity Suburban(ref Central City) −0.061 0.001 −0.055 0.000 −0.060 0.001 −0.056 0.001 −0.060 0.001 −0.028 0.000
Rural −0.327** 0.013 −0.313* 0.012 −0.336** 0.012 −0.314* 0.011 −0.317* 0.011 −0.230* 0.009
Same tract as pre-prison (ref. Different) 0.179*** −0.001 0.179*** −0.001 0.159*** 0.000 0.161*** 0 0.166*** −0.001 0.137*** 0.001
Criminal History
Number of prior prison sentences 2nd Prison Sentence (ref 1st) −0.085** 0.005** −0.096** 0.005** −0.086** 0.005** −0.091** 0.005* −0.095** 0.005* −0.040 0.003
3rd Prison Sentence −0.067 0.008** −0.079 0.008** −0.064 0.008** −0.073 0.007** −0.078 0.007** 0.006 0.004
4th Prison Sentence −0.095 0.006 −0.127* 0.006 −0.103 0.006 −0.107 0.006 −0.126* 0.006 −0.014 0.001
5th or more Prison Sentence −0.106 0.005 −0.125* 0.005 −0.112 0.005 −0.109 0.005 −0.137* 0.005 −0.062 0.002
Type of offense Drug(ref Assaultive) 0.010 −0.006** 0.003 −0.005** 0.010 −0.006** 0.014 −0.005** 0.008 −0.005** 0.015 −0.006**
Non assaultive −0.026 −0.005 −0.029 −0.005 −0.020 −0.005 −0.022 −0.004 −0.020 −0.005 −0.002 −0.005
Pre-Prison Drug Abuse History Alcohol Only (ref None) −0.073 −0.008 −0.081 −0.007 −0.068 −0.008 −0.078 −0.008 −0.074 −0.008 −0.098 −0.006
THC only −0.025 0.004 −0.019 0.004 −0.029 0.004 −0.021 0.004 −0.032 0.005 −0.069 0.006
Hard Drug only −0.011 −0.001 −0.015 −0.001 −0.027 0.000 −0.007 −0.001 −0.048 0.001 −0.107* 0.003
Alcohol + THC 0.058 −0.001 0.054 −0.001 0.056 −0.001 0.068 −0.001 0.060 −0.001 0.005 0.001
Hard Drug +Alcohol+THC 0.010 −0.002 0.010 −0.002 0.003 −0.002 0.006 −0.002 0.000 −0.002 −0.036 0.000
Substance abuse tests in past month non positive (ref never tested) 0.081*** −0.002 0.080*** −0.002 0.084*** −0.002 0.078*** −0.003 0.079*** −0.003 0.074*** −0.002
One positive 0.064 0.004 0.064 0.004 0.062 0.003 0.056 0.003 0.061 0.003 0.058 0.003
Two positives 0.072 0.003 0.067 0.004 0.070 0.003 0.067 0.002 0.049 0.003 −0.006 0.008
Three or more positives 0.355** −0.016 0.365** −0.017 0.335** −0.016 0.336** −0.019 0.202 −0.006 0.187 −0.005
Years in Prison −0.007 0.000 −0.002 0.000 −0.010* 0.000 −0.008 0.000 −0.005 0.000 0.000 0.000
Human Capital
Education GED(ref 0~11yr) −0.055 0.003 −0.051 0.003 −0.047 0.003
12 years −0.203*** 0.005* −0.203*** 0.005** −0.131*** 0.003
12~19 years −0.303*** 0.015*** −0.302*** 0.016*** −0.208*** 0.013***
Pre-prison employment Employed(ref Unemployed) −0.046 0.000 −0.041 0.000 −0.035 0.000
Lagged LM Performance Employed (ref Non employ) 0.461 −0.029 0.495 −0.030 0.450 −0.029
log Wage −0.169 0.009 −0.180 0.010 −0.168 0.010
log Wage2 0.013 −0.001 0.014 −0.001 0.013 −0.001
Social Ties
Number of Dependents −0.013 0.000 −0.012 0.000 −0.020* 0.001
Marital status at prison intake Married (ref Never Married) −0.142** 0.002 −0.140** 0.002 −0.080 0.000
Divorced/separated −0.005 −0.001 0.000 −0.001 −0.030 0.000
Other −0.119 0.010 −0.033 0.006 0.134 −0.001
Private Residence Type (ref: Parent) Romantic Partner −0.050 0.001 −0.033 0.000 −0.028 0.000
Other Family 0.013 0.001 0.027 0.000 0.034 −0.001
Other Private 0.002 −0.001 0.005 −0.001 −0.014 0.000
Institutional Residence −0.071*** 0.000
Institutional Factors
Institutional Residence Type Private Residence (reference)
Receiving Treatment/Care 0.143** −0.004 0.103 −0.002 0.134* −0.004
Hotel/Motel −0.082 0 −0.066 −0.001 −0.071 −0.001
Mission/Shelter/Homeless 0.313*** −0.012* 0.199** −0.006 0.229** −0.007
Correctional institution −0.009 0.004 −0.015 0.004 −0.022 0.005
Jail −0.346*** 0.010** −0.314*** 0.008* −0.382*** 0.012**
Sex offender (ref. non sex offender) −0.061 0.006 −0.030 0.005 0.050 0.002
Electronic monitoring (ref not-monitored) −0.061 −0.005 −0.049 −0.005 −0.040 −0.005
Level of supervision Minimum (ref Non-supervised) 0.008 0 0.006 0.000 0.012 0.000
Medium −0.01 0.001 −0.017 0.001 −0.007 0.001
Maximum 0.005 0.005** −0.001 0.006** −0.002 0.006**
First post-prison neighborhood disadvantage score 0.558*** −0.021***
Constant 0.555*** 0.602*** 0.600*** 0.718*** 0.662*** 0.417
Variance Components
Month 0.6434 0.637 0.6413836 0.6414983 0.6351 0.4752
individual 0.0325 0.0323 0.0325117 0.0323733 0.032 0.0278
N person-months 49024 49024 49024 49024 49024 47063
N individuals 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961

Note:

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01, and

***

p<.001