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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Jun 4;104(1-2):156–166. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.04.014

Table 1.

Selected demographic characteristics of past-year hallucinogen users among adolescents aged 12–17 years (N = 55,286)

Adjusted logistic regression analysis1 Sample size MDMA use vs. no use2 Other hallucinogen use vs. no use2 MDMA use vs. other hallucinogen use

Sample characteristics 100% AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Gender
 Male 51.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
 Female 48.9 1.4 (1.13–1.70) 0.8 (0.71–0.99) 1.7 (1.31–2.08)

Age group in years
 12–13 32.5 0.1 (0.05–0.11) 0.2 (0.13–0.22) 0.5 (0.27–0.73
 14–15 34.4 0.4 (0.28–0.45) 0.5 (0.38–0.55) 0.8 (0.58–1.03)
 16–17 33.1 1.0 1.0 1.0

Race/ethnicity
 White 60.8 1.0 1.0 1.0
 African American 15.2 0.4 (0.25–0.51) 0.2 (0.14–0.32) 1.7 (0.95–2.90)
 American Indian/Alaska native 0.6 0.5 (0.27–1.09) 2.6 (1.53–4.43) 0.2 (0.08–0.51)
 Asian/Pacific Islander/native Hawaiian 4.4 0.3 (0.13–0.88) 0.1 (0.04–0.29) 3.0 (0.76–11.75)
 Multi-racial 1.6 1.2 (0.67–2.27) 1.2 (0.68–2.20) 1.0 (0.40–2.53)
 Hispanic 17.4 0.7 (0.47–0.92) 0.7 (0.48–0.93) 1.0 (0.610–1.56)

Student status
 Yes 98.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
 No 1.5 3.5 (2.23–5.64) 1.5 (1.00–2.18) 2.4 (1.37–4.17)

Family income
 $0–$19,999 17.7 1.0 (0.69–1.52) 1.3 (0.98–1.77) 0.8 (0.48–1.27)
 $20,000–$39,999 22.3 1.1 (0.78–1.41) 1.0 (0.75–1.33) 1.1 (0.70–1.58)
 $40,000–$74,999 29.7 1.3 (1.00–1.65) 1.1 (0.87–1.37) 1.2 (0.83–1.68)
 $75,000 or more 30.3 1.0 1.0 1.0

Survey year
 2004 33.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
 2005 33.8 0.8 (0.56–1.00) 0.9 (0.71–1.09) 0.8 (0.59–1.23)
 2006 33.1 1.0 (0.76–1.31) 0.7 (0.54–0.86) 1.5 (1.02–2.11)
1

The adjusted multinomial logistic model included all the independent variables listed in the first column.

2

Each hallucinogen use group was compared with adolescents who reported no use of any hallucinogens in the past year.

AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence intervals; Boldface: p < 0.05.