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. 2011 May;72(3):361–370. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2011.72.361

Table 2.

Multivariate models testing main and interactive effects of prejudice indicators with poverty and nativity status

Group and variable Past-year drinking to drunkenness ≥1 drinking consequence ≥2 dependence symptoms
OR [95% CI] OR [95% CI] OR [95% CI]
Black respondents (n = 504)
 Stigma model
  Racial stigma 1.02 [0.93, 1.12] 1.13 [0.98, 1.29] 1.20* [1.03, 1.39]
  Below poverty 1.69 [0.93, 3.08] 1.40 [0.60, 3.24] 2.01 [0.79, 5.13]
  Stigma × Poverty
 Unfair treatment model
  Unfair treatment 1.03 [0.83, 1.26] 1.40** [1.09, 1.79] 1.27 [0.91, 1.76]
  Below poverty 1.57 [0.86, 2.88] 1.12 [0.49, 2.55] 0.83 [0.26, 2.64]
  Unfair treatment × Poverty 1.95* [1.04, 3.64]
Latino respondents (n = 766)
 Stigma model
  Racial stigma 0.95 [0.82, 1.10] 1.04 [0.91, 1.19] 0.95 [0.82, 1.12]
  Foreign born 0.73 [0.48, 1.11] 0.59 [0.34, 1.04] 0.72 [0.41, 1.26]
  Below poverty 1.21 [0.76, 1.95] 1.12 [0.62, 2.01] 1.13 [0.61, 2.09]
  Stigma × Foreign born 1.18 [0.99, 1.40]
  Stigma × Poverty 1.24* [1.00, 1.54] 1.26 [0.99, 1.61]
 Unfair treatment model
  Unfair treatment 0.92 [0.68, 1.25] 1.16 [0.89, 1.50] 0.97 [0.65, 1.43]
  Foreign born 0.71 [0.47, 1.07] 0.60 [0.34, 1.05] 0.63 [0.34, 1.20]
  Below poverty 1.24 [0.79, 1.96] 1.32 [0.75, 2.33] 1.27 [0.67, 2.42]
  Unfair treatment × Foreign born 2.05** [1.18, 3.59]
  Unfair treatment × Poverty 1.54 [0.97, 2.43]

Notes: OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval. Models were adjusted for sex, age, education, and marital status. Racial stigma and unfair treatment were assessed in separate models. Nonsignificant (p > .10) interaction terms were removed from models.

p <.10;

*

p < .05;

**

p <.01.