Table 2.
Characteristics of the study sample and unadjusted tests of study variables in relation to substance dependence risk.
| Study Variables | Overall (n = 2,510) |
SDaGroup (n = 2,061) |
Controls (n = 449) |
P-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple Caregivers | 0.004 | |||
| Yes | 7.50% | 8.25% | 4.24% | |
| Number of Relocations | < 0.0001 | |||
| 0 | 24.63% | 23.51% | 29.57% | |
| 1 | 21.96% | 20.50% | 28.44% | |
| 2 | 18.47% | 19.02% | 16.03% | |
| 3 + | 34.94% | 36.97% | 25.96% | |
| Violent Crime Exposure | < 0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 19.85% | 22.85% | 6.70% | |
| Sexual Abuse Exposure | < 0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 14.65% | 16.46% | 6.71% | |
| Physical Abuse Exposure | < 0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 9.72% | 11.49% | 2.01% | |
| Number of Types of Violent | < 0.0001 | |||
| Crime/Abuse Exposures Mean (s.d.) |
0.44 (0.77) | 0.50 (0.81) | 0.15 (0.42) | |
| Household Substance Use | < 0.0001 | |||
| Yes | 57.42% | 62.92% | 33.26% | |
| Regular Smokers in the | < 0.0001 | |||
| Household | ||||
| Yes | 73.74% | 78.28% | 53.79% | |
| Infrequent Religious | 0.71 | |||
| Involvement | 26.02% | 26.20% | 25.17% | |
| Yes | ||||
| Relationship with | < 0.0001 | |||
| Main Caregiver | ||||
| Excellent | 44.52% | 42.92% | 51.56% | |
| Very Good | 19.46% | 17.94% | 26.12% | |
| Good | 20.41% | 21.36% | 16.29% | |
| Fair | 9.79% | 11.01% | 4.46% | |
| Poor | 5.81% | 6.78% | 1.56% | |
| Infrequent Contact with | 0.18 | |||
| Relatives | 40.90% | 41.55% | 38.03% | |
| Index of Lifetime Mood and | < 0.0001 | |||
| Anxiety Disorders | ||||
| Mean (s.d.) | 0.51 (0.88) | 0.59 (0.93) | 0.18 (0.49) |
a
Substance dependence
b
Wald Type III GEE χ2