Table 5.
GIRLS’ DISTRESS | Unimputed | Imputed | |||
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Mediators | Method | Beta (SE) | P | Beta (SE) | P |
Collective Efficacy | PM | 0.005 (0.016) | 0.758 | 0.014 (0.019) | 0.470 |
IOW | −0.003 (0.031) | 0.915 | −0.007 (0.031) | 0.829 | |
Informal Social Control | PM | 0.002 (0.014) | 0.896 | −0.045 (0.021) | 0.031 |
IOW | −0.002 (0.030) | 0.948 | −0.006 (0.030) | 0.833 | |
Social Cohesion | PM | 0.011 (0.018) | 0.512 | 0.021 (0.018) | 0.241 |
IOW | 0.002 (0.031) | 0.939 | −0.0001 (0.032) | 0.997 | |
BOYS’ DISTRESS | Unimputed | Imputed | |||
Mediators | Method | Beta (SE) | P | Beta (SE) | P |
Collective Efficacy | PM | 0.008 (0.016) | 0.615 | 0.020 (0.016) | 0.213 |
IOW | 0.009 (0.030) | 0.771 | 0.015 (0.029) | 0.613 | |
Informal Social Control | PM | 0.001 (0.015) | 0.954 | 0.002 (0.014) | 0.916 |
IOW | 0.001 (0.031) | 0.978 | 0.005 (0.029) | 0.852 | |
Social Cohesion | PM | 0.021 (0.018) | 0.235 | 0.024 (0.018) | 0.175 |
IOW | 0.018 (0.031) | 0.555 | 0.025 (0.029) | 0.387 | |
BOYS’ BPI | Unimputed | Imputed | |||
Mediators | Method | Beta (SE) | P | Beta (SE) | P |
Collective Efficacy | PM | −0.022 (0.015) | 0.130 | −0.015 (0.014) | 0.301 |
IOW | 0.008 (0.032) | 0.806 | 0.011 (0.031) | 0.711 | |
Informal Social Control | PM | −0.016 (0.013) | 0.226 | −0.010 (0.014) | 0.471 |
IOW | 0.007 (0.031) | 0.830 | 0.009 (0.031) | 0.763 | |
Social Cohesion | PM | −0.027 (0.016) | 0.093 | −0.021 (0.016) | 0.180 |
IOW | 0.007 (0.033) | 0.830 | 0.011 (0.031) | 0.722 |
Data sources: Boston Neighborhoods Survey (2000); Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (1994–1995); New York Social Environment Survey (2005).
Unimputed sample size: N=878 girls, N=828 boys
Multiple imputation via chained equations was used to impute missing data on mediators using nonmissing data on the other mediators. Sample size with multiple imputation: N=953 girls, 898 boys
Notes: Linear regression models adjusted for: youth age, black race, Hispanic ethnicity, gifted student, learning problems, behavioral problems, school asked to talk about problems youth was having with schoolwork or behavior, youth expelled from school, parental education, parental marital status, parental employment status, parental school enrollment status, parental receipt of public assistance/welfare, no teens present in baseline household, lived in baseline neighborhood for 5 years or move, parent believed streets in baseline neighborhood were very unsafe at night, and moved more than 3 times prior to baseline.
PM=Product Method; IOW=Inverse Odds Weight