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Table 3 Weighted Negative Binomial Regressions of Inmate Misconduct in State Prisons (Imputed; N = 14,499)

From: Mental and physical health in prison: how co-occurring conditions influence inmate misconduct

 

Inmate Misconduct

Model

Non-serious

Serious

Parameter

IRR

(SE)

IRR

(SE)

Acute physical health conditions, ct.

1.25***

(0.02)

1.30***

(0.05)

Chronic physical health conditions, ct.

0.91***

(0.02)

0.87***

(0.04)

Mental health conditions, ct.

1.05**

(0.02)

1.07

(0.04)

Co-occurring health conditions (ref = none)

 Chronic + mental

1.48**

(0.20)

1.37

(0.46)

 Chronic + acute

1.22**

(0.10)

1.47*

(0.26)

 Mental + acute

1.44***

(0.11)

1.40

(0.26)

 All three

1.53***

(0.14)

1.50*

(0.32)

 Drug dependence (ref = no)

1.23***

(0.04)

1.68***

(0.10)

 Work assignment (ref = no)

0.89***

(0.03)

0.71***

(0.04)

 Job program (ref = no)

1.38***

(0.04)

1.48***

(0.09)

 Number of prior incarcerations

1.00

(0.00)

1.01

(0.00)

 Months served

1.00***

(0.00)

1.01***

(0.00)

 Sentence length

1.00***

(0.00)

1.00*

(0.00)

Offense type (ref = violent offense)

 Property

0.87***

(0.03)

0.73***

(0.06)

 Drug

0.70***

(0.03)

0.55***

(0.05)

 Public order

0.76***

(0.04)

0.76*

(0.10)

Gender (ref = male)

1.03

(0.04)

0.55***

(0.05)

Racial group (ref = white)

 Black

1.25*

(0.05)

1.11

(0.02)

 Hispanic

0.93

(0.04)

0.99

(0.10)

 Other

1.09

(0.07)

1.04

(0.13)

 Age

1.00

(0.00)

1.00

(0.00)

 Education

0.96***

(0.01)

0.95***

(0.01)

 Constant

0.40***

(0.05)

0.06***

(0.01)

 Alpha

0.544

 

0.676

 
  1. NOTE: Standard errors are in parentheses next to parameter estimates
  2. ABBREVIATIONS: IRR = incidence rate ratio, ref. = reference category in binary variable (=0);
  3. ct. = count, SE = standard error
  4. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001 (two-tailed)