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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 13.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2015 Jun 19;53:364–374. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.06.012

Table 2.

Adolescent experiences of family structure, family instability, and housing instability predicting behavioral outcomes seven years later in young adulthood among a nationally representative sample (n = 3567).

Predictors Depression Arrested Smoked



b SE ES b SE ES b SE ES
Single-versus multi −0.23 0.16 0.79 −0.47* 0.17 0.62 −0.17 0.11 0.85
Extended versus multi −0.10 0.22 0.91 −0.24 0.24 0.79 −0.24 0.16 0.79
Structure instability 0.03 0.78 1.03 −0.57 0.86 0.57 0.12 0.47 1.12
# Housing moves 0.10** 0.03 1.10 0.08** 0.03 1.08 0.11** 0.02 1.12
Moves × instability 0.02 0.08 1.02 0.19 0.11 1.21 0.09 0.07 1.10
Structure instability × African American −1.32 1.37 0.27 0.04 1.08 1.04 −0.18 0.57 0.84
Structure instability × Hispanic −0.25 0.94 0.78 0.13 0.98 1.14 −0.04 0.60 0.96
Structure instability × White 0.33 0.81 1.39 −0.55 1.05 0.58 0.04 0.51 1.04

Note. Single = single-generation families, multi = multigenerational families, extended = extended families, structure instability = any change in family structure over time. Coefficients (b) represent unstandardized coefficients presented with standard errors (SE) and effect sizes (ES) calculated as odds ratios (OR). Regression analyses controlled for youth age, gender, ethnicity, clinical elevations of depression at baseline, maternal education, and urbanicity.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.