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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Use. 2008 Jan 1;13(4):283–292. doi: 10.1080/14659890802170745

Table III.

Family type-specific odds of lifetime substance use

Predictor of lifetime use Family type Single-parent (n=179) Nuclear (n=755) Blended (n=77) Extended (n=130) Combined (n=1141)
Gender OR 0.63 0.80 0.51 0.47 0.70
SE 0.22 0.15 0.29 0.19 0.10
LL 0.32 0.54 0.17 0.21 0.53
UL 1.24 1.16 1.56 1.06 0.92
Country of birth OR 1.29 1.27 0.54 1.95 1.28
SE 0.58 0.23 0.33 0.94 0.20
LL 0.54 0.89 0.16 0.75 0.95
UL 3.10 1.82 1.78 5.03 1.73
Language completed survey OR 0.52 0.52 3.90 0.61 0.61
SE 0.35 0.19 3.76 0.53 0.16
LL 0.14 0.26 0.59 0.11 0.36
UL 1.95 1.05 25.77 3.37 1.03
Language spoken at home OR 1.00 0.94 1.34 1.02 0.97
SE 0.14 0.08 0.42 0.17 0.06
LL 0.76 0.80 0.72 0.73 0.85
UL 1.32 1.10 2.46 1.41 1.10
Acculturation stress OR 1.07 1.58* 3.12 1.70 1.53*
SE 0.50 0.22 2.08 1.08 0.17
LL 0.41 1.18 0.80 0.46 1.22
UL 2.80 2.10 12.23 6.25 1.92
Parental monitoring OR 1.24 0.65* 0.62 0.82 0.72*
SE 0.29 0.08 0.17 0.18 0.08
LL 0.77 0.51 0.35 0.53 0.58
UL 2.00 0.84 1.10 1.28 0.90

Note. OR (Odds Ratio); SE (standard error); LL (lower limit) 95% confidence interval; UL(upper limit) 95% Confidence Interval.

*

p<0.05.