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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Health Serv Res. 2003 APR-JUN;30(2):190–201. doi: 10.1007/BF02289807

Table 5.

Logistic regression predicting receiving treatment for drug-related problems among past year drug users youth ages 12–17, NHSDA 1995–1996 (N = 1701)

Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
AORa % CIb AOR % CI AOR % CI AOR % CI
Predisposing factors
 Male 1.4 (0.8, 2.2) 1.5 (0.9, 2.4) 1.6* (1.0, 2.7) 1.8* (1.1, 3.1)
 Age (15 and over) 4.6§ (2.0, 10.6) 4.8§ (2.1, 11.4) 3.9 (1.6, 9.3) 4.1 (1.7, 9.9)
 White 2.6§ (1.3, 5.1) 2.2 (1.1, 4.4) 1.9* (0.9, 3.9) 1.7 (0.8, 3.7)
Enabling factors
 Urban 1.1 (0.6, 2.0) 1.1 (0.6, 2.0) 1.0 (0.6, 1.9) 1.0 (0.5, 1.8)
 Low income 0.6 (0.3, 1.5) 0.7 (0.3, 1.7) 0.5 (0.2, 1.5) 0.5 (0.2, 1.4)
 Insurancec
  Public insurance 2.8 (1.0, 7.5) 2.5* (0.9, 6.9) 2.6* (0.9, 8.0) 2.9* (0.9, 9.0)
  Private insurance 1.2 (0.5, 2.6) 1.2 (0.5, 2.6) 1.3 (0.6, 3.1) 1.4 (0.6, 3.2)
Service need
 1–2 drug problems 6.5§ (2.5, 16.8)
 3+ drug problems 10.3§ (4.1, 25.8)
 Multiple drug use in the past year 2.4 (1.4, 4.5) 1.7 (0.9, 3.2)
 Used more than intended 2.6 (1.3, 5.2) 2.6 (1.3, 5.3)
 Spent a lot of time getting/using drug 1.5 (0.8, 2.9) 1.3 (0.7, 2.6)
 Built up tolerance for drug 1.4 (0.7, 2.6) 1.0 (0.5, 2.1)
 Failed to cut down 1.1 (0.6, 2.0) 0.9 (0.5, 1.7)
 Drug use caused emotional or health problems 3.5 (1.9, 6.4) 3.1 (1.6, 5.8)
 Drug use reduced important activities 1.6 (0.8, 3.0) 1.3 (0.7, 2.5)
 3+ drinking problems 1.2 (0.7, 2.3)
 3+ smoking problems 1.2 (0.7, 2.2)
 Externalizing problemsd 1.4 (0.8, 2.6)
 Internalizing problemse 1.1 (0.5, 2.5)
 Not in good health 2.5 (1.0, 6.1)
*

P < .10.

P < .05.

P < .01.

§

P < .001.

a

AOR = adjusted odds ratio.

b

CI = confidence interval.

c

Reference = no insurance.

d

Positive on either delinquent or aggressive behaviors.

e

Positive on 1 of the 3 internalizing behavior domains: withdrawn, somatic, or anxious/depressed.