Defining neighborhood boundaries in studies of spatial dependence in child behavior problems

Table 5 Coefficient estimates for spatial autoregressive models with all covariates

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
	b	se(b)	t	b	se(b)	t	b	se(b)	t
Constant	.071	.309	.23	.065	.310	.21	.060	.207	.29
Gender (1 = girl)	-.360	.129	−2.80^**	-.377	.129	−2.92^**	-.395	-.129	−3.06^**
Ethnicity (1 = Latino)	.217	.190	1.14	.252	.191	1.32	.270	.113	2.40⁺
Parental education (1 = <HS)	.084	.140	.60	.103	.141	.73	.114	.141	.81
Family income $10-20 k	-.168	.162	−1.04	-.201	.162	−1.24	-.220	.162	−1.36
Family income $20-30 k	.130	.224	.58	.074	.224	.33	.041	.228	.18
Family income $30 k+	-.432	.195	−2.22^*	-.456	.197	−2.32^*	-.485	.198	−2.45^*
No. years in neighborhood	.002	.005	.40	.001	.005	.22	.001	.003	.31
Total children in household	-.044	.034	−1.29	-.040	.034	−1.16	-.042	.034	−1.22
Parental health status (1 = good/excellent)	-.008	.160	-.05	.019	.146	.13	.037	.148	.25
Child age	.035	.021	1.70⁺	.035	.021	1.68+	.036	.021	1.73⁺
Average parcel condition (400 m)	.236	.074	3.19^**	---		---	---		---
Average parcel condition (600 m)	---		---	.183	.073	2.51*	---		---
Average parcel condition (800 m)	---		---	---		---	.137	.072	1.91+
Geographic peer effect (rho)	.110	.088	1.25	.149	.086	1.73+	.179	.084	2.13*

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