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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 17.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2010 Mar;36(2):87–91. doi: 10.3109/00952991003587469

TABLE 1.

Factors associated with drug dealing among White adolescents aged 12–17 years (N = 11,113).

N % AOR 95% CI
Gender
 Male 253 4.5 3.3 2.30,4.75**
 Female 106 2.0 1.0
Marijuana
 Yes 310 20.8 13.9 8.32,23.19**
 No 49 .5 1.0
Cocaine
 Yes 80 42.1 1.8 1.06,2.97
 No 279 2.6 1.0
Hallucinogens
 Yes 132 39.3 1.9 1.26,2.86**
 No 227 2.1 1.0
Psychotherapeutics
 Yes 201 20.4 2.6 1.78,3.79**
 No 158 1.6 1.0
Availability of marijuana
 Easily obtained 239 6.1 1.9 0.91,4.09
 Not easily 19 .4 1.0
Availability of cocaine
 Easily obtained 210 8.2 1.5 1.06,2.27*
 Not easily 141 1.7 1.0
Availability of heroin
 Easily obtained 83 6.0 1.4 0.92,2.18
 Not easily 267 2.9 1.0
Approached by someone selling drugs
 Yes 253 16.2 3.4 2.39,4.81**
 No 106 1.1 1.0
Public assistance
 Yes 20 6.4 0.3 .12,.67**
 No 339 3.1 1.0
*

p ≤.05

**

p ≤ .01