Table 3.
Beta coefficients from mixed effects multilevel models testing the interactions between neighborhood perceptions and neighborhood structural disadvantage on depressive symptoms€ⱡ*
| Random effect | Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
Model 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β Estimate |
SE | β Estimate |
SE | β Estimate |
SE | β Estimate |
SE | |
| Intercept | 0.05*** | 0.01 | 0.01** | 0.00 | 0.01** | 0.00 | 0.01** | 0.00 |
| Fixed effects | ||||||||
| Individual characteristics | ||||||||
| Age | 0.45*** | 0.05 | 0.45*** | 0.05 | 0.44*** | 0.05 | ||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Female | 0.23*** | 0.02 | 0.23*** | 0.02 | 0.23*** | 0.02 | ||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White, Non-Hispanic | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other, Non-Hispanic | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.10 | ||
| Native American or American Indian, Non-Hispanic | 0.24** | 0.07 | 0.25** | 0.07 | 0.25** | 0.07 | ||
| Asian or Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic | 0.34*** | 0.05 | 0.33*** | 0.05 | 0.33*** | 0.05 | ||
| Black or African American, Non-Hispanic | 0.10** | 0.03 | 0.11*** | 0.03 | 0.11** | 0.03 | ||
| Hispanic | 0.12*** | 0.04 | 0.13*** | 0.04 | 0.13*** | 0.04 | ||
| Parent educationa | ||||||||
| College graduate | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Some college | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | ||
| High school graduate | 0 19*** | 0.03 | 0 19*** | 0.03 | 0 19*** | 0.03 | ||
| Less than high school | 0.39*** | 0.04 | 0.40*** | 0.04 | 0.40*** | 0.04 | ||
| Parent occupationb | ||||||||
| Professional/mangerial | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other professionalc | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | ||
| Sales, service, administration | 0.09* | 0.04 | 0.09* | 0.04 | 0.09* | 0.04 | ||
| Manual/blue collar | 0.15*** | 0.04 | 0.16*** | 0.04 | 0.16*** | 0.04 | ||
| Other (unspecified) | 0.09** | 0.04 | 0.10** | 0.04 | 0.10** | 0.04 | ||
| Not working | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | ||
| Family income, in thousands of dollars | −0.01* | 0.01 | −0.01* | 0.01 | −0.01* | 0.01 | ||
| Family structure | ||||||||
| Two parents | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| One parent | 0.12*** | 0.03 | 0.12*** | 0.03 | 0.12*** | 0.03 | ||
| Other | 0.21*** | 0.05 | 0.21*** | 0.05 | 0.21*** | 0.05 | ||
| Perceived neighborhood social cohesion | −0.24*** | 0.04 | −0.24*** | 0.04 | −0.11 | 0.10 | ||
| Perceived neighborhood safety | ||||||||
| No | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Yes | −0.46*** | 0.04 | −0.47*** | 0.04 | −0.46*** | 0.06 | ||
| Neighborhood characteristic | ||||||||
| Neighborhood structural disadvantage index | ||||||||
| Quartile 1 (least) | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Quartile 2 | 0.03 | 0.04 | −0.08 | 0.29 | ||||
| Quartile 3 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.41 | 0.30 | ||||
| Quartile 4 (most) | 0.04 | 0.04 | 1.03*** | 0.30 | ||||
| Interaction terms | ||||||||
| Neighborhood structural disadvantage index x perceived neighborhood social cohesion | 0.14*** | 0.04 | ||||||
| Neighborhood structural disadvantage index x perceived neighborhood safety | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||||
p<0.05
p≤0.01
p≤0.001
SE=standard error
The highest educational level for either parent was used as the value for the variable as reported by the adolescent.
The highest occupation of either parent was used as the value for the variable as reported by the adolescent.
Other professional – community/social services, education/training/library, and arts/design/entertainment/sports/media occupations
Multiple imputation was used to deal with missing data
Due to rounding, values displayed may be zero
All analyses were conducted on transformed data