Table 2.

Multivariate Prediction of Service, Medication and Psychostimulant Use in Puerto Rican Children

	Service Use				Medication Use				Psychostimulant Use
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 1		Model 2		Model 1		Model 2
Predictor	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE
Site
Puerto Rico	−0.63***	0.11	−0.34**	0.13	−1.12****	0.22	−0.99****	0.25	−0.96***	0.28	−0.90**	0.30
South Bronx	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Linear Time	0.05	0.04	0.07	0.04	0.02	0.06	0.03	0.07	−0.03	0.10	−0.03	0.13
Gender
Female	−0.71****	0.10	−0.61****	0.11	−1.00****	0.24	−1.00****	0.23	−1.00**	0.32	−0.92**	0.31
Male	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Age	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.02	0.05	−0.08	0.06	−0.08	0.06
Age-Squared	−0.02*	0.01	−0.02*	0.01	−0.05**	0.02	−0.05**	0.02	−0.08***	0.02	−0.09****	0.02
ADHD
ADHD	1.22****	0.18	0.34	0.21	0.75**	0.28	0.19	0.34	0.80*	0.37	0.10	0.46
ADHD NOS	1.08****	0.16	0.68****	0.17	1.13***	0.30	0.18	0.28	0.92**	0.34	0.50	0.33
Never ADHD	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Any Other Diagnosis with Impairment
Yes	0.71****	0.17	0.19	0.20	0.65*	0.30	0.10	0.32	0.60	0.37	-0.03	0.41
No	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Caretaker medication attitude
Yes	0.48****	0.12	0.34**	0.12	2.33****	0.26	2.23****	0.27	2.53****	0.36	2.47****	0.37
Maybe	0.08	0.14	0.01	0.14	0.74*	0.34	0.71*	0.35	0.52	0.50	0.48	0.52
No	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Risk variables
Negative Family Influence			−0.21**	0.07			−0.32**	0.12			−0.36*	0.16
Ineffective Parent Structuring			−0.12	0.06			−0.21	0.13			−0.22	0.14
Enviornmental Risks			0.20****	0.05			0.09	0.10			0.02	0.14
Negative Child Characterisitics			0.77****	0.07			0.61****	0.13			0.50**	0.16
Lack of Maternal Warmth			0.27****	0.06			0.50****	0.11			0.50***	0.14

¹Propensity scores were adjusted in the models.

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001

^****p<0.0001