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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009 Jul 18;105(1-2):16–23. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.05.026

Table 2.

Multivariate binomial logistic regression models predicting days of substance use: drinking to intoxication, marijuana, crack, cocaine, methamphetamine/other amphetamines (weighted) + N = 438

Substance use past 6 months #
Binge drinking Marijuana Crack Cocaine Meth/Amphet.
Predictor Variables
Individual characteristics
Age 1.03 (1.001, 1.06)* 0.96 (0.92, 1.005) 1.04 (1.01, 1.08)* 1.05 (1.004, 1.10)* 0.94 (0.89, 0.98)**
African American (vs. other) 0.65 (0.30, 1.41) 1.96 (1.05, 3.67)* 3.12 (1.37, 7.09)** 2.16 (0.77, 6.06) 0.18 (0.06, 0.53)**
Hispanic (vs. other) 0.75 (0.35, 1.61) 0.48 (0.18, 1.23) 0.69 (0.20, 2.47) 0.49 (0.10, 2.48) 0.90 (0.47, 1.72)
At least high school (GED) 0.90 (0.47, 1.70) 1.39 (0.75, 2.58) 1.16 (0.57, 2.36) 1.52 (0.60, 3.90) 0.74 (0.39, 1.40)
Married 0.85 (0.30, 2.42) 2.63 (1.17, 5.89)* 0.32 (0.10, 1.01) 0.62 (0.16, 2.31) 1.86 (0.73, 4.79)
Depression past 12 months 2.11 (1.02, 4.35)* 1.36 (0.65, 2.84) 1.61 (0.82, 3.13) 1.48(0.66, 3.33) 1.16 (0.60, 2.23)
Any time in jail or prison during lifetime 1.56 (0.70, 3.49) 2.37 (1.02, 5.48)* 1.81 (0.75, 4.40) 2.79 (0.91, 8.60) 2.16 (0.95, 4.91)
Personal network characteristics
How (non-relative) alter was met (percent):
At employment or school 1.00 (0.98, 1.01) 0.98 (0.96, 0.998)* 0.95 (0.91, 0.996)* 0.95 (0.92, 0.98)** 0.99 (0.96, 1.01)
On the street 1.00 (0.97, 1.02) 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) 1.03 (0.998, 1.05) 0.99 (0.97, 1.02) 0.98 (0.95, 1.01)
In the criminal justice system 0.63 (0.52, 0.75)** 1.10 (0.99, 1.22) 0.97 (0.89, 1.06) 1.03 (0.90, 1.18) 0.86 (0.70, 1.05)
Behavior of all alters past 6 months:
Drank alcohol to Intoxication 1.02 (1.004, 1.03)* 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) 0.98 (0.97, 0.997)* 0.98 (0.97, 1.00) 0.99 (0.97, 1.01)
Used drugs 1.01 (0.996, 1.02) 1.02 (1.01, 1.04)** 1.04 (1.02, 1.05)** 1.04 (1.02, 1.06)** 1.05 (1.03, 1.06)**
Quality of relationship with alters past 6 months:
Received any tangible or informational support from alter 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) 0.98 (0.96, 0.996)* 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) 0.99 (0.98, 1.01) 1.00 (0.98, 1.01)
Emotional closeness to alter 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) 1.02 (0.995, 1.04) 1.01 (0.9995, 1.03) 1.03 (1.01, 1.05)** 1.00 (0.98, 1.02)
Behavior of sex partner alters past 6 months: +
Number of sex partner alters who perpetrated violence against respondent at any time 1.46 (0.98, 2.18) 1.55 (1.05, 2.29)* 1.36 (0.84, 2.21) 1.27 (0.66, 2.46) 1.23 (0.83, 1.83)
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01

#

Models predicting the odds of substance use on any given day during the past 6 months; odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals depicted.

+

Table depicts results from final, trimmed models. Personal network characteristics not associated with any outcome at p < .10 in bivariate or initial multivariate models are excluded from final, trimmed models.