Table 3.
Logistic Regression for Health Behaviors with Categorical Data
| Criterion | B | SE B | OR | B | SE B | OR | B | SE B | OR | B | SE B | OR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future | Hedonism | Fatalism | Gender | |||||||||
| Risky health behaviors | ||||||||||||
| Past month drug use | -.53 | .12 | .59** | .77 | .13 | 2.16** | -.10 | .11 | .90 | -.05 | .11 | .95 |
| Lifetime drug use | -.39 | .13 | .68** | .52 | .22 | 1.68** | -.15 | .12 | .86 | -.01 | .12 | .99 |
| Non-smokers vs. occasional-smokers | -.36 | .20 | .70* | .54 | .22 | 1.72** | -.07 | .20 | .94 | .06 | .15 | 1.05 |
| Non-smokers vs. regular-smokers | -.58 | .15 | .56** | .03 | .27 | 1.03 | .33 | .15 | 1.40** | -.05 | .16 | .95 |
| Protective health behaviors | ||||||||||||
| Seat belt use | -.09 | .19 | .91 | -.04 | .21 | .96 | -.76 | .18 | .47** | .43 | .18 | 1.53** |
| Condom use | .41 | .13 | 1.50** | .40 | .14 | 1.49** | -.09 | .13 | .91 | -.10 | .13 | .91 |
| Any birth control | -.28 | .22 | .75 | .74 | .16 | 2.09** | -.99 | .22 | .37** | .49 | .14 | 1.63** |
Note. B coefficients represent logits and OR represents odds ratio.
*
p < .10
**
p < .05.