From: Mental and physical health in prison: how co-occurring conditions influence inmate misconduct
Variables and Items | M | (SD) | Obs. R |
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Dependent Variables | |||
Prison misconduct types (all ref.: no) | |||
 Alcohol violation | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0–1 |
 Disobey | 0.25 | 0.43 | 0–1 |
 Drug violation | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0–1 |
 Escape attempt | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0–1 |
 Out of place | 0.15 | 0.36 | 0–1 |
 Stolen property | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0–1 |
 Unauthorized item | 0.14 | 0.34 | 0–1 |
 Verbal assault of a guard | 0.08 | 0.27 | 0–1 |
 Verbal assault of an inmate | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0–1 |
 Possession of a weapon | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0–1 |
 Non-serious prison misconduct - variety scale, ct | 0.67 | 0.42 | 0–5 |
 Serious prison misconduct - variety scale, ct | 0.13 | 1.04 | 0–5 |
Main Independent Variables | |||
 Acute health conditions - variety scale, ct | 1.43 | 1.06 | 0–4 |
 Chronic health conditions - variety scale, ct | 0.67 | 1.04 | 0–9 |
 Mental health conditions - variety scale, ct | 0.61 | 1.18 | 0–7 |
 Categories of co-occurring health conditions | |||
  Chronic + mental | 0.02 | – | – |
  Chronic + acute | 0.20 | – | – |
  Acute + mental | 0.10 | – | – |
  All three conditions | 0.13 | – | – |
Covariates | |||
 Drug dependence (ref: no) | 0.38 | 0.49 | 0–1 |
 Work assignment (ref: no) | 0.62 | 0.49 | 0–1 |
 Job program (ref: no) | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0–1 |
 Number of prior incarcerations | 1.87 | 4.58 | 0–161 |
 Total months served | 55.62 | 63.23 | 0–523 |
 Sentence length (months) | 125.42 | 180.68 | 0–4400 |
 Offense type | |||
  Violent | 0.46 | – | – |
  Property | 0.20 | – | – |
  Drug | 0.23 | – | – |
  Public order | 0.11 | – | – |
 Race | |||
  White | 0.37 | – | – |
  Black or African American | 0.40 | – | – |
  Hispanic | 0.17 | – | – |
  Other/multiple races | 0.05 | – | – |
  Female (ref: male) | 0.20 | – | – |
  Age | 35.33 | 10.43 | 16–84 |
  Education | 10.87 | 2.32 | 0–18 |