Table 5.
Odds ratios and 95 percent confidence intervals for perceived need for alcohol treatment services among adolescents with alcohol abuse or dependence who did not receive any alcohol treatment service
| Users of mental health services (N=515)
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Nonusers of mental health services (N=1,268)
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| Variable | %a | OR | CI | Adjusted ORb | CI | %a | OR | CI | Adjusted ORb | CI |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 12 or 13 | 7.0 | 3.9 | .9–18.0 | 5.9 | 1.0–33.3* | 3.9 | 1.6 | .5–6.0 | 2.0 | .6–6.7 |
| 14 or 15 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .3–4.5 | 1.1 | .3–4.8 | 3.6 | 1.5 | .6–4.0 | 1.2 | .3–4.4 |
| 16 or17 | 1.9 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | 2.4 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 2.7 | 1.3 | .4–4.2 | 1.2 | .4–3.8 | 2.2 | .6 | .2–1.5 | .7 | .2–2.0 |
| Female | 2.1 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | 3.7 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | |
| Race or ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Black | 2.7 | 1.1 | .2–6.2 | 2.3 | .4–7.5 | 1.3 | .5 | .1–3.7 | .4 | .1–3.8 |
| Hispanic | 3.1 | 1.3 | .2–7.2 | 1.6 | .4–6.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 | .4–3.7 | 1.2 | .4–3.6 |
| Other | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3.8 | 1.3 | .3–5.9 | 1.5 | .4–5.8 |
| White | 2.4 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | 2.9 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — |
| Family income | ||||||||||
| 0 to $19,999 | 1.1 | .5 | .1–4.2 | .3 | .1–4.4 | 4.4 | 1.3 | .3–5.1 | 1.1 | .3–4.0 |
| $20,000 to $39,999 | 2.1 | .9 | .1–6.3 | 1.2 | .2–7.8 | 1.9 | .5 | .1–2.1 | .5 | .1–1.8 |
| $40,000 to $74,999 | 3.1 | 1.4 | .3–7.1 | 1.1 | .2–7.5 | 2.4 | .7 | .2–2.5 | .7 | .2–2.5 |
| $75,000 or more | 2.3 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — |
| Population density | ||||||||||
| Large metropolitan area | 2.8 | 6.4 | 1.5–27.9** | 6.5 | 1.3–33.6* | 2.5 | .8 | .3–2.8 | — | — |
| Small metropolitan area | 3.2 | 7.3 | 1.7–31.0** | 5.9 | 1.1–32.1* | 3.2 | 1.1 | .4–2.6 | — | — |
| Nonmetropolitan area | .5 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — |
| Alcohol use diagnosis | ||||||||||
| Dependence | 5.3 | 11.4 | 2.4–53.9** | 8.1 | 1.5–45.4* | 4.7 | 2.5 | 1.01–6.3* | 1.8 | .7–4.5 |
| Abuse | .5 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | 1.9 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — |
| Number of drugs of abuse or dependence | ||||||||||
| One | 2.0 | 3.4 | .5–22.4 | 3.8 | .5–26.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | .5–4.8 | 1.4 | .5–4.6 |
| Two | 8.3 | 14.8 | 2.2–97.9** | 7.7 | 1.3–45.8* | 16.9 | 12.1 | 3.7–40.0*** | 10.4 | 3.0–36.6*** |
| Three or more | 9.5 | 17.3 | 2.9–102.8** | 7.6 | .9–6.3 | 13.7 | 9.4 | 2.6–34.8*** | 7.8 | 2.0–30.6** |
| None | .6 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — | 1.7 | 1.0 | — | 1.0 | — |
a
Weighted prevalence (row percentages) of perceived needs for alcohol treatment services
b
The adjusted model included all variables for which ORs are listed. Age group, gender, race or ethnicity, and family income were included in the final logistic regression models regardless of their level of significance.
*
p ≤.05
**
p ≤.01
***
p ≤.001