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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Sep 14;92(1-3):191–199. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.08.001

Table 3.

The association of adolescent educational indicators and drug use disorder: school performance, behaviors, and expectations (N = 986)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI, p-value) Adjusted OR1 (95% CI, p-value)
Standardized Math scores – 7th/8th grade2 (high = better score) 0.97 (0.95, 0.99), p = .002 0.98 (0.96, 0.99), p = .004
Standardized Reading scores – 7th/8th grade 0.98 (0.97, 1.01), p = .11 0.98 (0.97, 1.01), p = .16
Mother’s report: suspension from school (1–5, 5 = often) 1.09 (0.87, 1.35), p = .46 1.04 (0.83, 1.30), p = .73
Mother’s report: of skipping school (1–5, 5 = often) 1.12 (0.95, 1.32), p = .16 1.11 (0.95, 1.31), p = .19
Adolescent’s report of suspension from school (1–5; 5 = often) 1.31 (1.11, 1.56), p < .001 1.28 (1.07, 1.52), p < .01
Adolescent’s report of skipping school(1–5, 5 = often) 1.32 (1.15, 1.52), p < .01 1.31 (1.14, 1.52), p < .01
Mother’s expectations reported during adolescence (1–5; 5 = high) 0.89 (0.74, 1.08), p = .22 0.90 (0.74, 1.09), p = .27
Adolescent’s expectations (1–5, 5 = high) 0.81 (0.66, 1.01), p = .051 0.82 (0.67,1.01), p = .061
1

Multivariate models adjust for gender and mother’s self-report of drug use or regular alcohol use.