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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Quant Criminol. 2006 Jun 16;22(3):193–214.

Table 5.

Family resources and family interaction by the cluster groups: (Females = 609)

Cluster 1
(n = 157)
Cluster 2
(n = 188)
Cluster 3
(n = 34)
Cluster 4
(n = 36)
Cluster 5
(n = 75)
Cluster 6
(n = 85)
Cluster 7
(n = 34)
P-value (χ2, F statistics)
Family resources
Welfare receipt in 1966 (%yes) 22.9% 27.7% 26.5% 36.1% 34.7% 36.5% 52.9% P < 0.01
Mother’s education (mean ± SD, range 0–18) 11.2 ± 2.14 10.6 ± 2.56 10.7 ± 1.70 10.6 ± 1.84 10.9 ± 1.89 10.2 ± 2.06 10.1 ± 2.16 P < 0.05
Number of children <19 in home (mean ± SD, range 1–15) 4.0 ± 1.99 4.18 ± 2.10 4.62 ± 2.45 4.39 ± 2.41 4.47 ± 2.22 4.66 ± 2.20 4.38 ± 2.63 P = 0.31
Family type (% of mother alone family) 29.9% 30.3% 35.3% 41.7% 49.3% 41.2% 50.0% P = 0.20
Family interaction
Discipline (mean ± SD, range 1–9) 4.71 ± 1.93 5.09 ± 1.77 5.18 ± 1.86 5.42 ± 1.78 5.52 ± 1.90 5.36 ± 1.84 6.06 ± 1.85 P < 0.01
Affection (mean ± SD, range 1–7) 4.93 ± 1.40 4.80 ± 1.48 4.41 ± 1.13 4.89 ± 1.33 5.13 ± 1.43 4.68 ± 1.54 4.88 ± 1.60 P = 0.27

1. No problems

2. Mild conduct problems

3. High shyness

4. Moderate problems but not shy or aggressive

5. Moderate aggressiveness

6. Mild underachievement

7. Multiple problems