Table 9.

Reasons for Cocaine 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	48.0 (ref)	45.6	0.93	47.8 (ref)	34.5	0.56**	39.4	0.74	28.8 (ref)	47.6	2.28***	60.0	3.84***
To experiment	77.0 (ref)	75.2	0.88	75.8 (ref)	77.2	1.00	76.7	1.06	89.7 (ref)	81.2	0.47***	60.2	0.16***
To get high	69.2 (ref)	68.2	0.98	70.3 (ref)	55.5	0.48***	54.6	0.53***	43.4 (ref)	70.3	3.38***	87.2	10.60***
Because of boredom	12.7 (ref)	13.4	1.11	12.8 (ref)	14.2	1.33	16.5	1.03	6.1 (ref)	12.7	2.22***	19.0	3.52***
To fit in	4.4 (ref)	5.7	1.32*	4.9 (ref)	5.3	1.18	8.5	1.83*	6.0 (ref)	4.3	0.71	5.2	0.87
Coping with negative affect
To relax	20.6 (ref)	19.5	0.94	19.8 (ref)	22.6	1.29	20.5	1.04	9.2 (ref)	18.6	2.39***	29.9	4.68***
To get away from problems	10.9 (ref)	8.0	0.72**	9.2 (ref)	7.0	0.88	12.2	1.02	3.6 (ref)	8.1	2.28***	14.8	4.47***
Because of anger/frustration	6.4 (ref)	4.8	0.73*	5.1 (ref)	6.0	1.45	11.1	1.60	1.8 (ref)	4.1	2.24**	9.7	5.60***
Drug effect
To increase drug effects	9.2 (ref)	12.8	1.52***	11.2 (ref)	11.8	1.19	11.1	0.79	5.1 (ref)	10.1	2.12***	17.2	3.98***
To decrease drug effects	1.9 (ref)	3.0	1.70*	2.3 (ref)	3.2	1.56	4.5	1.46	0.7 (ref)	1.7	2.29**	4.7	6.39***
Compulsive use
To get through the day	6.5 (ref)	5.4	0.86	5.6 (ref)	7.0	1.51	8.8	1.31	1.0 (ref)	3.1	3.17**	12.3	13.72***
Because I am hooked	2.0 (ref)	2.7	1.47	2.2 (ref)	3.7	2.21*	3.9	1.13	0.4 (ref)	0.4	0.77	5.9	12.90***
Coping with physical needs
To stay awake	25.4 (ref)	16.5	0.59***	20.2 (ref)	15.0	0.75	25.1	1.20	7.7 (ref)	17.0	2.43***	33.3	5.80***
To get more energy	34.6 (ref)	25.4	0.62***	29.6 (ref)	19.6	0.60**	33.3	1.06	11.2 (ref)	27.4	2.98***	45.5	6.55***
Miscellaneous
To seek deeper insights	7.0 (ref)	9.6	1.43***	8.5 (ref)	10.6	1.39	5.6	0.67	4.0 (ref)	8.1	2.24***	12.3	3.73***

Note: All models controlled for year using year dummies.

^*p<.05;

^**p<.01;

^***p<.001