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Table 3.

Multivariate results for sociodemographic characteristics relating to reasons for not using or for stopping marijuana use among high school seniors who say they are not likely to use in the next 12 months, 1977-2005, by race/ethnicity

	Never users					Quitters					Continuing users
		Blacks		Hispanics			Blacks		Hispanics			Blacks		Hispanics
	Whites					Whites					Whites
	% (ref.)	%	OR	%	OR	% (ref.)	%	OR	%	OR	% (ref.)	%	OR	%	OR
Negative consequences: (1) Concerned about psychological damage; (2) concerned about physical damage; (3) parents would disapprove; (4) might lead to stronger drugs; (5) possible loss of control of myself; (6) concerned about becoming addicted; (7) concerned about getting arrested; (8) loss of energy or ambition; (9) partner would disapprove; (10) I might have a bad trip
1	70.8	65.8	0.77^‡	67.2	0.85^*	57.0	56.6	1.00	57.0	1.12	45.9	51.4	1.30^‡	51.8	1.47^‡
2	70.2	65.0	0.77^‡	63.4	0.75^†	55.4	57.4	1.13	55.4	1.14	46.5	50.5	1.22^*	42.9	1.01
3	62.8	58.9	0.84^‡	60.4	0.88^*	53.9	51.3	0.89	55.4	1.09	50.8	50.9	1.00	55.0	1.23^*
4	56.5	58.0	1.05	56.7	0.99	47.5	50.6	1.14	51.1	1.18	34.8	43.3	1.48^‡	39.8	1.32^*
5	55.6	54.9	0.93^*	54.1	0.90	41.4	45.2	1.14	49.7	1.41^†	32.6	35.8	1.16^*	37.2	1.30^*
6	54.4	57.4	1.09^*	57.8	1.06	39.0	48.9	1.50^‡	48.4	1.40^‡	30.5	40.9	1.64^‡	38.1	1.35^‡
7	48.3	42.7	0.81^‡	43.0	0.77^†	42.4	37.0	0.79	45.6	1.10	40.5	35.7	0.81^†^a	44.4	1.14
8	37.4	40.4	1.14^‡	37.7	0.98	33.0	36.1	1.14	38.0	1.24^*	30.6	36.1	1.30^*	34.1	1.21
9	33.4	32.6	0.94	31.2	0.88	37.5	31.4	0.75^†^a	42.2	1.18	29.8	27.4	0.89^a	34.9	1.26
10	24.7	27.3	1.13	25.6	1.01	21.4	25.5	1.23	25.2	1.20^*	17.0	20.2	1.26^†	21.9	1.38
Lack of interest/impractical: (1) Don't feel like getting high; (2) not enjoyable; (3) too expensive; (4) not available
1	64.5	54.9	0.65^‡^a	67.4	1.06	62.7	59.9	0.86^a	67.8	1.19^*	55.9	51.9	0.84^a	60.9	1.23^*
2	19.0	26.8	1.62^‡	24.3	1.47^‡	54.7	56.0	1.04	53.8	1.10	41.7	35.1	0.74^‡	32.9	0.77
3	26.4	18.0	0.63^‡^a	15.3	0.50^‡	27.0	19.0	0.65^‡^a	14.8	0.49^‡	25.3	16.2	0.57^‡	13.9	0.51^‡
4	7.1	7.8	1.10	6.6	0.87	4.7	5.2	1.15	3.7	0.77	4.5	4.4	1.02	4.9	1.29
Personal beliefs/peer influences: (1) Against my beliefs; (2) don't like being with users; (3) friends don't use it
1	64.7	53.6	0.61^‡	49.6	0.54^‡	38.0	30.6	0.72^‡	30.2	0.79^*	22.8	20.7	0.89	16.7	0.77
2	50.9	48.1	0.87^‡	48.1	0.88^†	36.0	31.4	0.81^†	33.8	0.91	20.2	14.1	0.64	16.3	0.75^*
3	44.4	32.3	0.57^‡^a	36.9	0.69^‡	31.2	23.0	0.65^‡	25.4	0.75^*	15.7	10.7	0.64	10.7	0.71^‡

Notes: Model information: never users (n = 31,180); quitters (n = 6,980); continuing users (n = 7,920). All models simultaneously control for race/ethnicity and individual year dummies. ^aOdds for blacks significantly differ from those of Hispanics (p ≤ .05). OR = odds ratio.

p < .05;

^†

p < .01;

^‡

p < .001.