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Published in final edited form as: J Ethn Cult Divers Soc Work. 2020 Dec 14;32(1):23–32. doi: 10.1080/15313204.2020.1855496

Table 2.

Effect parameters for determinants of arrest charge1 for Asian youth ages 11–20, Los Angeles Probation Department 2000–2009

Model 1
Model 2
Violence Weapon Substance Violence Weapon Substance


OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)

Neighborhood Type2
 Ethnoburb 0.82 (0.48, 1.39) 1.68 (1.02, 2.78)* 1.42 (0.85, 2.37) 0.29 (0.47, 1.32) 1.38 (0.84, 2.25) 1.06 (0.62, 1.83)
 Ethnic Enclave 0.37 (0.12, 1.13) 1.21 (0.48, 3.05) 0.52 (0.16, 1.67) 0.33 (0.11, 0.98)* 0.93 (0.38, 2.29) 0.38 (0.11, 1.27)
 Other Coethnic 1.10 (0.55, 2.21) 1.14 (0.55, 2.36) 0.64 (0.29, 1.42) 1.07 (0.55, 2.06) 1.06 (0.54, 2.10) 0.51 (0.22, 1.16)
Neighborhood Characteristics
 Youth Population (ages 10–19) 1.08 (1.00, 1.17) 1.00 (0.93, 1.08) 0.98 (0.90, 1.07) 1.08 (1.00, 1.16) 1.02 (0.94, 1.10) 0.99 (0.91, 1.09)
 Youth Organization Density 1.78 (0.75, 4.26) 0.55 (0.20, 1.52) 0.57 (0.19, 1.71) 1.84 (0.81, 4.17) 0.65 (0.25, 1.68) 0.55 (0.18, 1.68)
Ethnicity3
 Korean 1.83 (0.97, 3.46) 0.59 (0.29, 1.21) 0.48 (0.20, 1.17)
 Japanese 0.46 (0.13, 1.69) 0.67 (0.27, 1.67) 1.58 (0.68, 3.68)
 Filipino 0.79 (0.47, 1.32) 0.58 (0.36, 0.93)* 0.41 (0.24, 0.71)**
 Southeast Asian 0.77 (0.37, 1.57) 0.49 (0.26, 0.93)*** 0.71 (0.34, 1.56)
Arrest Age 0.96 (0.84, 1.10) 0.88 (0.78, 0.99)* 1.40 (1.17, 1.68)***
Male 1.15 (0.74, 1.80) 2.30 (1.44, 3.66)*** 1.23 (0.73, 2.07)
Charge Number 1.04 (0.87, 1.24) 0.99 (0.83, 1.18) 1.12 (0.92, 1.37)

Constant 0.10** 0.29 0.28 0.17 1.51 0.00***

Note:

1

Reference=Property

2

Reference=Non-enclave

3

Reference=Chinese

**

p < .01

*

p < .05

p< .10