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. 2008 Mar 25;85(3):411–427. doi: 10.1007/s11524-008-9267-x

TABLE 5.

Logistic regression models predicting marijuana and cocaine/crack use (n = 439)

  Marijuana Cocaine/Crack
Past 30-day self-reporta Positive test resultb Past 30-day self-reportc Positive test resultd
Variables OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Age
18–25 2.686 1.429, 5.050*** 2.536 0.942, 6.829* 0.882 0.220, 3.531 0.572 0.223, 1.462
26–30 1.602 0.666, 3.855 1.934 0.719, 5.202 0.344 0.045, 2.629 0.741 0.30, 1.830
31+ 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Race/ethnicity
African American 1.430 0.720, 2.837 4.107 1.349, 12.508** 0.849 0.136, 5.295 3.416 0.758, 15.388
Hispanic 1.062 0.498, 2.267 1.928 0.585, 6.355 5.151 0.758, 34.992* 3.964 0.868, 18.103*
Other 0.89 0.289, 2.741 2.295 0.610, 8.629 0.592 0.033, 10.535 1.282 0.148, 11.101
White 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Gender
Male 2.876 1.552, 5.331**** 1.835 1.010, 3.334** 2.140 0.535, 8.565 1.463 0.660, 3.243
Female 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
SES
Low 1.745 0.685, 4.447 2.061 0.788, 5.391
Medium 1.028 0.414, 2.554 1.214 0.426, 3.464
High 1.00 1.00
Children present in HH
Yes 0.967 0.447, 2.094 0.926 0.437, 1.965 1.140 0.202, 6.427 0.809 0.289, 2.264
No 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Interview date
Post-9/11/2001 0.546 0.298, .999** 0.472 0.220, 1.014* 0.157 0.021, 1.191* 0.414 0.202, 0.848**
Pre-9/11/2001 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
R2 0.090   0.117   0.160   0.064  

Only cases with valid urine and oral fluid tests were included. Sample size is weighted and rounded to the nearest whole value.

*p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01, ****p < 0.001

aGoodness-of-fit statistics: χ2 = 9.38, df = 8, ns

bGoodness-of-fit statistics: χ2 = 2.85, df = 8, ns

cGoodness-of-fit statistics: χ2 = 14.14, df = 8, p < 0.10

dGoodness-of-fit statistics: χ2 = 6.09, df = 8, ns.