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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2019 Feb 1;56:88–98. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.01.001

Sensitivity analysis beta coefficients from mixed effects multilevel models testing the interactions between neighborhood perceptions and neighborhood structural disadvantage on depressive symptoms*

Random effect Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
β
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SE β
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SE β
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SE β
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SE
Intercept 0.02*** 0.00 0.01* 0.00 0.01* 0.00 0.01* 0.00
Fixed effects
Individual characteristics
Age 0.26*** 0.04 0.26*** 0.04 0.26*** 0.04
Gender
 Male - - - - - -
 Female 0.06*** 0.02 0.06*** 0.02 0.06*** 0.02
Race/ethnicity
 White, Non-Hispanic - - - - - -
 Other, Non-Hispanic 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.09
 Native American or American Indian, Non-Hispanic 0.11 0.07 0.12 0.07 0.11 0.07
 Asian or Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic 0.24*** 0.05 0.24*** 0.05 0.24*** 0.05
 Black or African American, Non-Hispanic Q 09*** 0.03 0.10*** 0.03 0.10** 0.03
 Hispanic 0.08** 0.03 0.09** 0.03 0.09** 0.03
Parent educationa
 College graduate - - - - - -
 Some college 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.03
 High school graduate 0.11*** 0.02 0.11*** 0.02 0.11*** 0.02
 Less than high school 0.25*** 0.04 0.25*** 0.04 0.25*** 0.04
Parent occupationb
 Professional/mangerial - - - - - -
 Other professionalc 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03
 Sales, service, administration 0.09** 0.03 0.09** 0.03 0.09** 0.03
 Manual/blue collar 0.14*** 0.04 0.14*** 0.04 0.14*** 0.04
 Other (unspecified) 0.08* 0.03 0.08* 0.03 0.08* 0.03
 Not working −0.02 0.05 −0.02 0.05 −0.02 0.05
Family income, in thousands of dollars −0.01* 0.00 −0.01* 0.00 −0.01* 0.00
Family structure
 Two parents - - - - - -
 One parent 0.05 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.04 0.02
 Other 0.09* 0.05 0.09* 0.05 0.09 0.05
Perceived neighborhood social cohesion −0.14*** 0.04 −0.14*** 0.04 −0.03 0.09
Perceived neighborhood safety
 No - - - - - -
 Yes −0.20*** 0.03 −0.21*** 0.03 −0.20*** 0.05
Neighborhood characteristic
Neighborhood structural disadvantage index
 Quartile 1 (least) - - - -
 Quartile 2 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.27
 Quartile 3 0.03 0.03 0.29 0.27
 Quartile 4 (most) 0.01 0.03 0.74** 0.27
Interaction terms
Neighborhood structural disadvantage index x perceived neighborhood social cohesion 0.10** 0.04
Neighborhood structural disadvantage index x perceived neighborhood safety 0.02 0.03
*

p<0.05

**

p≤0.01

***

p≤0.001

SE=standard error

a

The highest educational level for either parent was used as the value for the variable as reported by the adolescent.

b

The highest occupation of either parent was used as the value for the variable as reported by the adolescent.

c

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