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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 7.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007 Jul 2;91(2-3):107–114. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.05.015

Table 4.

Stepwise Regression Results – Factors Predicting Perceived Need among Rural, Illicit Stimulant Drug Users (n=710)

Variable Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval
White Race/Ethnicity 0.48 0.34, 0.70
Previous Substance Abuse
Treatment		 1.47 1.07, 2.03
ASI Family/Social
Problems		 1.12 1.02, 1.24
ASI Legal Problems 1.11 1.02, 1.21
SF-8 Physical Health Status
Scores ≥ 44.0		 0.63 0.45, 0.89
SF-8 Mental Health Status
Scores ≥ 44.2		 0.61 0.43, 0.86
Non-Daily
Methamphetamine Use		 0.55 0.38, 0.78

Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness-of-Fit Test

X2 = 4.88, DF = 8, p = 0.77

Individual background variables included in the analysis were: state, age, gender, race, education, employment status, drug abuse treatment history, ASI composite family/social and legal scores, and SF-8 physical and mental health status. Drug use variables were 30- day measures and included: methamphetamine, amphetamine, crack, cocaine HCl, heroin, non-prescribed opioids, non-prescribed tranquilizers, marijuana, alcohol drunkenness, and drug injection.