Extreme Heat Exposure Is Associated with Higher Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Elevated Youth Delinquency
Table 2.
Summary of the Structural Equation Model(SEM).
|
| Predictor |
|
Outcome |
Beta |
SE |
95%CI |
P |
|
|
| Extreme Heat Exposure |
→ |
Financial Difficulties |
0.09 |
0.01 |
0.07 |
0.11 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Latino) |
→ |
Financial Difficulties |
0.13 |
0.01 |
0.11 |
0.14 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Black) |
→ |
Financial Difficulties |
0.24 |
0.01 |
0.22 |
0.26 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Other) |
→ |
Financial Difficulties |
0.09 |
0.01 |
0.08 |
0.11 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Intercept |
→ |
Financial Difficulties |
0.15 |
0.02 |
0.12 |
0.18 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Extreme Heat Exposure |
→ |
Puberty |
0.04 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.06 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Latino) |
→ |
Puberty |
0.04 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.06 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Age (10) |
→ |
Puberty |
0.11 |
0.01 |
0.09 |
0.13 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Sex (Male) |
→ |
Puberty |
-0.08 |
0.01 |
-0.10 |
-0.06 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Black) |
→ |
Puberty |
0.10 |
0.01 |
0.08 |
0.12 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Other) |
→ |
Puberty |
0.03 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.05 |
0.002 |
|
|
| Intercept |
→ |
Puberty |
1.27 |
0.04 |
1.19 |
1.35 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Extreme Heat Exposure |
→ |
Peer Deviance |
0.04 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.07 |
0.015 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Latino) |
→ |
Peer Deviance |
0.02 |
0.02 |
-0.01 |
0.05 |
0.212 |
|
|
| Age (10) |
→ |
Peer Deviance |
0.02 |
0.02 |
-0.01 |
0.05 |
0.246 |
|
|
| Sex (Male) |
→ |
Peer Deviance |
0.04 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.07 |
0.013 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Black) |
→ |
Peer Deviance |
0.06 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.10 |
0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Other) |
→ |
Peer Deviance |
0.01 |
0.02 |
-0.02 |
0.04 |
0.513 |
|
|
| Intercept |
→ |
Peer Deviance |
-0.02 |
0.06 |
-0.14 |
0.09 |
0.685 |
|
|
| Extreme Heat Exposure |
→ |
Median Home Value |
-0.22 |
0.01 |
-0.23 |
-0.20 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Latino) |
→ |
Median Home Value |
-0.07 |
0.01 |
-0.09 |
-0.05 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Black) |
→ |
Median Home Value |
-0.27 |
0.01 |
-0.28 |
-0.25 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Other) |
→ |
Median Home Value |
-0.01 |
0.01 |
-0.03 |
0.00 |
0.114 |
|
|
| Intercept |
→ |
Median Home Value |
1.77 |
0.02 |
1.74 |
1.80 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Financial Difficulty |
→ |
Delinquency |
0.04 |
0.02 |
0.00 |
0.09 |
0.053 |
|
|
| Puberty (Any) |
→ |
Delinquency |
0.06 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.11 |
0.002 |
|
|
| Peer Deviance |
→ |
Delinquency |
0.06 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.10 |
0.001 |
|
|
| Median Home Value/ |
→ |
Delinquency |
-0.06 |
0.02 |
-0.10 |
-0.02 |
0.002 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Latino) |
→ |
Delinquency |
-0.01 |
0.02 |
-0.05 |
0.03 |
0.594 |
|
|
| Age (10) |
→ |
Delinquency |
-0.02 |
0.02 |
-0.06 |
0.02 |
0.345 |
|
|
| Sex (Male) |
→ |
Delinquency |
0.10 |
0.02 |
0.06 |
0.14 |
< 0.001 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Black) |
→ |
Delinquency |
0.08 |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.13 |
0.002 |
|
|
| Race/Ethnicity (Other) |
→ |
Delinquency |
0.04 |
0.02 |
0.00 |
0.08 |
0.083 |
|
|
| Intercept |
→ |
Delinquency |
0.26 |
0.08 |
0.10 |
0.42 |
0.002 |
|
|
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