Table 3.

Delinquency Trajectories, Group Mean Covariate Levels: ANOVA Results.

Variables	Non-Delinquents	Low Rate Declining Delinquents	Moderate Rate Declining Delinquents	High Rate Increasing Delinquents	F-test	Tukey’s b^a
Site (Bronx=1)	0.40	0.47	0.57	1.00	6.67^***	G4>G1, G2, G3
Gender	1.52	1.42	1.33	1.33	4.73^**	None
Age	11.55	12.15	12.63	12.67	31.42^***	G3, G4>G1
Attitudes toward delinquency	1.88	3.42	6.73	7.00	43.17^***	G3, G4>G1, G2
Sensation-seeking	3.14	4.25	5.61	6.56	33.68^***	G3>G1; G4>G1, G2
Self-esteem	12.64	12.17	12.43	13.33	2.14	None
Peer relationships	4.33	4.25	4.24	3.78	1.38	None
Peer delinquency	0.61	0.24	0.31	0.15	9.13^***	None
Parent-child interaction	0.78	0.77	0.73	0.64	3.08^*	G4<G1, G2; G3<G1
Exposure to violence	1.59	3.38	5.39	6.89	51.23^***	G4>G2, G1; G3>G2, G1; G2>G1
Coercive discipline	0.22	0.34	0.45	0.35	9.80^***	None
Cultural Stress	0.13	0.16	0.16	0.06	2.21	None
Acculturation	2.53	2.71	2.83	3.30	6.40^***	G4>G2, G1
School environment	2.70	3.78	4.31	4.44	15.35^***	None
Social support	1.99	1.95	1.81	1.92	2.65^*	None
Locus of control	0.69	0.78	0.89	0.78	9.56^***	None
Stressful life events	0.65	0.96	0.98	1.56	6.25^***	G4>G1
Welfare	0.43	0.51	0.43	0.44	0.63	None
Delinquency (Wave 1)	0.12	1.06	3.45	5.00	307.99^***	All groups significantly differ
Delinquency (Wave 2)	0.00	0.73	2.84	8.56	653.48^***	All groups significantly differ
Delinquency (Wave 3)	0.00	0.81	2.82	11.56	697.61^***	All groups significantly differ

G1= Non-delinquents; G2= Low Rate Declining Delinquents; G3= Moderate Rate Declining Delinquents; G4= High Rate Increasing Delinquents.

p<.05

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p<.01

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p<.001