Table 3

Average marginal effects from probit models of crime reporting

Theft (T1)Theft (T2)Theft (T3)Robbery (R1)Robbery (R2)Robbery (R3)
High trust0.045*0.047*0.030*0.057*0.061*0.083*
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)
Non-white−0.027*−0.021*−0.016*−0.048*−0.033*−0.062*
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)
Male−0.014*−0.012*−0.008*0.057*0.066*0.044*
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)
Income Quartile Q20.041*0.033*−0.007*0.077*0.045*0.021*
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.003)(0.003)(0.002)
Income Quartile Q30.087*0.076*0.028*0.076*0.025*0.021*
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.003)(0.003)(0.002)
Income Quartile Q40.146*0.129*0.068*0.198*0.112*0.021*
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.003)(0.003)(0.003)
Higher education0.136*0.135*0.116*0.062*0.063*0.057*
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.003)(0.003)(0.002)
Age−0.000*−0.000*−0.000*0.001*0.002*0.003*
(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)(0.000)
Employed−0.001−0.0010.0010.061*0.070*0.082*
(0.001)(0.001)(0.001)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)
Previously victimized0.179*0.174*0.088*0.213*0.200*0.076*
(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.003)(0.003)(0.003)
Neighborhood crime 0.020*0.009* 0.110*0.086*
 (0.001)(0.001) (0.002)(0.002)
Urban 0.012*0.004* 0.070*0.067*
 (0.001)(0.001) (0.003)(0.003)
Northeast −0.029*−0.044* 0.095*0.017*
 (0.001)(0.001) (0.003)(0.002)
Southeast 0.038*−0.016* 0.256*0.142*
 (0.001)(0.001) (0.003)(0.003)
South 0.004*0.004* 0.031*0.028*
 (0.001)(0.001) (0.004)(0.003)
Center-West 0.036*0.019* 0.086*0.085*
 (0.002)(0.002) (0.004)(0.003)
Vehicle-related crime  0.474*  0.372*
  (0.001)  (0.002)
IDs/Documents or cellphone taken  0.089*  0.088*
  (0.003)  (0.003)
Observations3,4173,4173,417677677677
AIC1913363.111905781.281713537.86385555.16368414.45321948.30
BIC1913430.621905885.601713654.46385604.86368491.25322034.13

Note(s): *p < 0.01, **p < 0.05. Standard errors are reported in parentheses

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