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. 2022 May 22;57(6):678–686. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agac020

Table 2.

Border site differencesa in the neighborhood variables, from multilevel mediation models

Current drinkers (N = 1690) Male drinkers (N = 937) Female drinkers (N = 753)
B (SE) P-value B (SE) P-value B (SE) P-value
General Neighborhood Insecurity
 Laredo −0.110 (0.20) 0.589 −0.210 (0.21) 0.323 0.010 (0.21) 0.961
 Brownsville/McAllen −0.992 (0.21) 0.000 −1.063 (0.20) 0.000 −0.907 (0.23) 0.000
Neighborhood Crime Victimization
 Laredo −0.001 (0.04) 0.990 0.004 (0.05) 0.930 −0.006 (0.04) 0.888
 Brownsville/McAllen −0.134 (0.04) 0.000 −0.146 (0.04) 0.001 −0.120 (0.03) 0.001
Witnessing Neighborhood Crime
 Laredo 0.346 (0.16) 0.032 0.362 (0.16) 0.022 0.327 (0.18) 0.073
 Brownsville/McAllen −1.029 (0.17) 0.000 −1.011 (0.17) 0.000 −1.052 (0.19) 0.000
Neighborhood Drug Availability
 Laredo 0.299 (0.15) 0.039 0.264 (0.15) 0.078 0.341 (0.15) 0.028
 Brownsville/McAllen −0.415 (0.12) 0.000 −0.431 (0.12) 0.000 −0.396 (0.13) 0.002
Off-premise Alcohol Outlet Density
 Laredo 1.514 (4.46) 0.734 1.733 (4.58) 0.705 1.253 (4.80) 0.794
 Brownsville/McAllen −5.955 (4.78) 0.213 −7.203 (5.30) 0.174 −4.479 (4.54) 0.324
On-premise Alcohol Outlet Density
 Laredo −1.710 (2.78) 0.538 −1.865 (2.94) 0.526 −1.525 (2.96) 0.606
 Brownsville/McAllen −0.240 (2.75) 0.930 −0.916 (3.03) 0.762 0.562 (2.83) 0.843
Disadvantaged Residents
 Laredo 3.307 (1.26) 0.009 2.880 (1.25) 0.022 3.815 (1.41) 0.007
 Brownsville/McAllen −1.029 (1.41) 0.465 −1.971 (1.42) 0.165 0.121 (1.53) 0.937
Residential Instability
 Laredo 1.727 (2.02) 0.393 2.577 (2.06) 0.212 0.716 (2.19) 0.744
 Brownsville/McAllen 2.555 (1.90) 0.179 4.801 (1.87) 0.010 −0.176 (2.09) 0.933
% White/non-Hispanic
 Laredo −7.350 (1.10) 0.000 −6.771 (1.03) 0.000 −8.040 (1.26) 0.000
 Brownsville/McAllen −2.688 (1.35) 0.047 −1.658 (1.33) 0.214 −3.936 (1.48) 0.008

aCompared to San Antonio.

Notes. Coefficients in Table 2 were estimated simultaneously with the coefficients in Table 3. Bold font indicates P-value < 0.05; italics indicate P-value <0.10.