Correlates of self-reported offending in children with a first police contact from distinct socio-demographic and ethnic groups

Table 4 Non-parametric correlations of risk variables with level of offending per group

	Dutch Moderate/high SES n = 70	Dutch low SES n = 55	Non-Western low SES n = 105	All N = 230	Sign difference between correlation
	Rho	Rho	Rho	Rho
Child characteristics
Gender (% girl)	-.040	.057	.031	.030	-
Status offenses	.288**	.446***	.253***	.298***	c*
Substance use	.198	.060	.367***	.230***	c*
ADHD	.394***	.358***	.374***	.377***	ns
DBD	.301***	.401***	.459***	.387***	ns
family characteristics
Teen mother	-.055	.267**	.099	.095	ns
Not both biological parents in home	.272**	.220	.255***	.247***	ns
Parental mental health problems	.101	.269**	.306***	.239***	b*

Note. * p < .1
** p < .05
*** p < .01
a. post-hoc difference between moderate to high SES Dutch and low SES Dutch
b. post-hoc difference between moderate to high SES Dutch and low SES non-Western
c. post-hoc difference between low SES Dutch and low SES non-Western.

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