Table 7.

Reasons for Marijuana Use: Multivariate Analyses among Past 12-Month Users

Reason for Use	Gender			Race/Ethnicity					Drug Use Level
	Females	Males		White	Black		Hispanic		Experiment	Occasional		Heavier
	%	%	OR	%	%	OR	%	OR	%	%	OR	%	OR
Social/recreational
To have a good time	64.6 (ref)	67.4	1.05*	67.2 (ref)	56.1	0.69***	65.9	0.95	29.6 (ref)	55.0	2.92***	74.6	7.10***
To experiment	67.0 (ref)	62.9	0.91***	64.9 (ref)	63.7	0.82***	65.8	0.97	92.7 (ref)	83.0	0.38***	55.1	0.10***
To get high	74.9 (ref)	76.6	0.95	77.3 (ref)	65.9	0.64***	70.5	0.70***	31.0 (ref)	60.9	3.55***	86.8	15.01***
Because of boredom	26.6 (ref)	27.9	1.00	27.5 (ref)	27.6	1.11	24.1	0.79**	7.8 (ref)	14.7	2.08***	34.0	6.34***
To fit in	9.8 (ref)	12.2	1.31***	11.4 (ref)	9.5	0.80*	8.9	0.85	11.1 (ref)	12.9	1.17	10.5	0.86
Coping with negative affect
To relax	45.4 (ref)	47.1	0.98	47.1 (ref)	38.0	0.75***	47.4	0.90	11.0 (ref)	26.0	2.96***	57.7	12.45***
To get away from problems	23.1 (ref)	20.8	0.81***	21.7 (ref)	20.7	1.04	26.0	1.20**	5.4 (ref)	12.9	2.64***	27.1	7.12***
Because of anger/frustration	17.0 (ref)	13.9	0.73***	15.0 (ref)	16.7	1.27***	19.1	1.30**	3.5 (ref)	8.3	2.54***	19.3	7.24***
Drug effect
To increase drug effects	9.9 (ref)	15.3	1.55***	13.6 (ref)	7.6	0.57***	8.6	0.55***	1.5 (ref)	3.7	2.56***	17.2	14.09***
To decrease drug effects	1.8 (ref)	2.5	1.28**	2.2 (ref)	1.5	0.75	2.8	1.16	0.2 (ref)	0.3	1.19	3.0	13.39***
Compulsive use
To get through the day	6.8 (ref)	8.1	1.10	7.4 (ref)	7.7	1.18*	9.1	1.21*	0.9 (ref)	1.3	1.46c	10.4	13.80***
Because I am hooked	2.2 (ref)	3.7	1.59***	2.9 (ref)	3.0	1.15	3.6	1.12	0.2 (ref)	0.2	0.99	4.3	22.63***
Miscellaneous
To seek deeper insights	11.9 (ref)	18.3	1.58***	15.7 (ref)	12.2	0.82*	14.5	0.83	2.8 (ref)	6.0	2.30***	20.0	9.21***

Note: All models controlled for year using year dummies.

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