Perceptions of neighborhood social environment and drug dependence among incarcerated women and men: a cross-sectional analysis

Table 2 The logistic regression results of the mediating effect of mental health problem history ^a and intimate partner violence ^b to the relationship between drug dependence and fear of neighborhood

Step and variable	B	*S.E.*	*Wald*	OR	p	Dependent
Step 1						Drug dependence
Age	0.02	0.01	2.35	1.02	0.13
Gender	−0.45	0.20	5.74	0.64	0.02
Fear of neighborhood	0.24	0.11	4.67	1.27	0.03
Constant	−0.19	0.47	0.16	0.83	0.69
Step 2^a						Mental health problem history
Age	0.01	0.01	0.05	1.00	0.82
Gender	−1.00	0.18	31.35	0.37	< 0.001
Fear of neighborhood	0.37	0.11	12.33	1.45	< 0.001
Constant	0.78	0.42	3.53	2.18	0.06
Step 3^a						Drug dependence
Age	0.02	0.01	3.27	1.02	0.07
Gender	−0.24	0.20	1.51	0.78	0.22
Mental health problem history	0.90	0.20	20.51	2.47	< 0.001
Constant	−0.71	0.47	2.29	0.49	0.13
Step 4^a						Drug dependence
Age	0.02	0.01	3.12	1.02	0.08
Gender	−0.30	0.21	2.11	0.74	0.15
Fear of neighborhood	0.17	0.11	2.32	1.19	0.13
Mental health problem history	0.87	0.21	17.89	2.38	< 0.001
Constant	−0.87	0.51	2.87	0.42	0.09
Step 2^b						Intimate partner violence
Age	0.01	0.01	0.25	1.01	0.62
Gender	−0.87	0.20	19.97	0.42	< 0.001
Fear of neighborhood	0.36	0.11	11.23	1.43	0.001
Constant	−0.01	0.44	0.01	0.99	0.98
Step 3^b						Drug dependence
Age	0.01	0.01	2.14	1.02	0.14
Gender	−0.21	0.21	0.97	0.82	0.33
Intimate partner violence	0.81	0.21	14.49	2.25	< 0.001
Constant	−0.49	0.47	1.07	0.61	0.30
Step 4^b						Drug dependence
Age	0.02	0.01	2.02	1.02	0.16
Gender	−0.24	0.21	1.24	0.79	0.27
Fear of neighborhood	0.21	0.12	3.08	1.24	0.08
Intimate partner violence	0.79	0.22	12.71	2.21	< 0.001
Constant	−0.75	0.51	2.17	0.47	0.14

Note: Age and gender are control variables. B s were tested through the Wald χ² statistic with d.f. = 1. ^a: The tests of mediating effects caused by mental health problem history. ^b: The tests of mediating effects caused by intimate partner violence.

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