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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2020 May 27;48:36–42.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.05.007

Table 3.

Natural Indirect effects (NIE) and Natural Direct Effects (NDE) of Moving to Opportunity Treatment on Risky Behavior Index (RBI), Risky Substance Use (RSU), and Risky Sexual Behavior (RSB) (at Interim, 2001–2002), among Boys 10–16 Years Old at Baseline.

Risky Behavior Index Risky Substance Use Risky Sexual Behavior
B SE p LCI UCI B SE p LCI UCI B SE p LCI UCI
MTO Treatment Main Effect 0.045 0.018 0.015 0.009 0.081 0.059 0.018 0.001 0.024 0.094 0.019 0.028 0.495 −0.036 0.074
Peer Drug Use B SE p LCI UCI B SE p LCI UCI B SE p LCI UCI
NIE 0.017 0.009 0.077 −0.002 0.035 0.017 0.009 0.057 −0.001 0.035 0.015 0.013 0.272 −0.011 0.04
NDE 0.027 0.02 0.177 −0.012 0.065 0.043 0.019 0.023 0.006 0.08 0.002 0.033 0.96 −0.063 0.066
% Change −39.4% −26.8% −89.5%
Peer Gang Membership B SE p LCI UCI B SE p LCI UCI B SE p LCI UCI
NIE −0.002 0.008 0.844 −0.017 0.014 −0.005 0.008 0.56 −0.02 0.011 0.002 0.013 0.908 −0.024 0.027
NDE 0.037 0.021 0.076 −0.004 0.077 0.049 0.02 0.013 0.01 0.088 0.018 0.032 0.571 −0.044 0.08
% Change −16.9% −16.6% −5.2%
Friends in Baseline Neighborhood B SE p LCI UCI B SE p LCI UCI B SE p LCI UCI
NIE 0.001 0.008 0.882 −0.015 0.017 −0.002 0.008 0.824 −0.016 0.013 0.003 0.013 0.818 −0.022 0.028
NDE 0.043 0.02 0.032 0.004 0.083 0.06 0.019 0.001 0.023 0.097 0.017 0.031 0.573 −0.043 0.078
% Change −3.5% 2.1% −10.4%

NOTES: Models adjusted for site; youth age, race/ethnicity, learning problems, behavior problems, school problems, expulsion, problems requiring special medicine/equipment or (separately) that interfere with school/play, attended gifted classes; household head was teen parent, employed, on welfare, enrolled in school at baseline, education level, moved more than 3 times in past 5 years, moved for better schools, had no friends in the neighborhood.