Table 2.

Parameter estimates, standard errors, and significance levels from univariate models

Group (LT inconsistently is referent)	ST inconsistently sheltered			Consistently sheltered
	B	SE	p	B	SE	p
Demographics
Age	−.14	.10		−.32	.06	<.01
Male versus female	−.91	.41	−.03	−.73	.27	<.01
Ethnicity^a
Mixed	.95	.59		2.06	.52	<.01
Black	.99	.52		1.81	.48	<.01
Hispanic	.72	.58		1.72	.51	<.01
White (referent group)
Impairment
BSI Global Severity Index	.16	.29		−.54	.21	.01
Alcohol or marijuana, past 3 months^b
Use	−1.74	1.22		−2.27	.94	.02
Days used	−.01	.01		−.02	.00	<.01
Other drugs, past 3 months^b
Use	−.34	.47		−1.82	.39	<.01
Days used	−.010	.007		−.003	.003
Problematic parental drug use	−.020	.111		−.155	.077	.04
Lifetime treatment^b
Mental health services	.15	.52		−.22	.31
Drug treatment	−.36	.50		−.34	.32
Drug dependent	−.35	.39		−1.01	.27	<.01
Disaffiliation from family and home
Instrumental support from parents	−.293	.401		.423	.264
Left of own accord	−1.46	.48	<.01	−.39	.31
Able to go back home	.18	.39		1.12	.28	<.01
Homelessness as way of life
Informal sector activity	−.62	.43		−1.92	.32	<.01
Homeless a year or more	−.3574	.5605		−1.7559	.2927	<.01
Economic resources
Entitlement benefits	.02	.37		−.90	.35	.01
Currently employed	.46	.51		.14	.39

ST inconsistently sheltered or consistently sheltered versus LT inconsistently sheltered comparison.

LT = long-term; ST = short-term.

Analysis on ethnicity excludes 14 youth self-reported to be American Indian or Asian.

Measures included as predictors in same model.