Extreme Heat Exposure Is Associated with Higher Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Elevated Youth Delinquency

Journal of Social Mathematical & Human Engineering Sciences | Vol 3, Issue 1

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