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. 2008 May;98(5):862–868. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.108142

TABLE 3—

Predictors From Logistic Regression Analysis (Partial Model) of Lifetime Use of Licit and Illicit Substances Among US Latinos and Whites 18 Years and Older: National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002

Cigarettes, OR (95% CI) Marijuana, OR (95% CI) Cocaine, OR (95% CI) LSD, OR (95% CI) Heroin, OR (95% CI)
Nativity and ethnicity
    US-born White (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    US-born Latino 0.73a,b (0.60, 0.88) 1.05b (0.87, 1.27) 0.99y (0.80, 1.22) 0.74a,b (0.60, 0.90) 1.39b (0.81, 2.40)
    Immigrant non-Latino White 0.70a,b (0.54, 0.90) 0.46a (0.37, 0.57) 0.48a (0.35, 0.66) 0.59a,b (0.42, 0.83) 0.98 (0.41, 2.30)
    Immigrant Latino 0.37a (0.29, 0.46) 0.33a (0.24, 0.44) 0.33a (0.23, 0.46) 0.10a (0.06, 0.18) 0.40 (0.14, 1.14)
Perceived risk
    None/slight (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    Moderate/great 0.91 (0.75, 1.11) 0.25* (0.22, 0.27) 0.17* (0.15, 0.19) 0.18* (0.16, 0.20) 0.15* (0.10, 0.21)
Survey language
    English (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
    Spanish 0.73* (0.56, 0.96) 0.44* (0.30, 0.63) 1.04 (0.67, 1.59) 0.21* (0.06, 0.72) 0.31 (0.06, 1.79)
Population of metropolitan statistical area of residence
    ≥ 1 million 0.97 (0.88, 1.07) 1.25* (1.14, 1.37) 1.35* (1.21, 1.50) 1.23* (1.10, 1.39) 1.17 (0.87, 1.58)
    < 1 million (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

Note. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Percentages were weighted to the US population. Unweighted sample sizes were as follows: US-born White: 24 742; US-born Latino: 2187; immigrant non-Latino White: 848; immigrant Latino: 2149. Models also included health status, gender, age, mental health status, education, marital status, family income, and work status.

aSignificantly different from US-born Whites; P < .05.

bSignificantly different from immigrant Latinos; P < .05.

* P < .05 (vs reference group).