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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 9.
Published in final edited form as: Am Behav Sci. 2005 Apr 1;48(8):1102–1123. doi: 10.1177/0002764204274194

TABLE 3.

Effects of Network Properties on Amphetamine Use at 3 Months, United States and Australia

Model 1
Model 2
Variable Beta Odds Ratio 95% Confidence
Interval
Beta Odds Ratio 95% Confidence
Interval
Background characteristics
   Age (years) 0.06 1.06 0.84, 1.34 0.08 1.08 0.87, 1.34
   Gender (male = 1) −0.32 0.73 0.36, 1.49 −0.61 0.54 0.26, 1.12
   Site (United States = 1) −0.80* 0.45 0.21, 0.95 −0.81* 0.45 0.21, 0.93
Baseline behavior (user =1)
   Amphetamine user 2.29** 9.90 4.83, 20.29 2.62** 13.74 6.84, 27.63
Network properties
   Concentration of injecting friends 0.46 1.59 0.79, 3.20
   Change in concentration 0.42 1.52 0.86, 2.70
   Concentration of homeless friends 0.73** 2.08 1.18, 3.65
   Change in concentration 0.07 1.07 0.65, 1.79
   Density 0.63* 1.88 0.94, 3.79
Hosmer-Lemeshow test
   Chi-square 5.11 7.87
   df 8      8     
   p > chi-square 0.75 0.45
−2 log likelihood 213.32 224.23
*

p < .05.

**

p < .01. One-tailed t test.