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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crime Delinq. 2011 Jul;57(4):600–621. doi: 10.1177/0011128708325048

Table 4.

Logistic Regression Analysis of an Arrest for a Crime (Other than Substance Use or Property-Related) in the Past Six Months on Demographics, Geographic Region, Stimulant Use, and Criminal Involvement (n=700)

Coefficient (SE) OR 95% CI
Demographics
 Non-white −.39 (.37) .68 .33 – 1.40
 Age* −.03 (.02) .97 .94 – 1.00
 Male .41 (.28) 1.51 .88 – 2.61
 Single −.12 (.27) .89 .52 – 1.51
 Years of Education* −.12 (.06) .89 .79 – 1.00
 Employed −.05 (.27) .95 .56 – 1.63
 Annual Income Category - $5,000 to $9,999a −.18 (.31) .83 .44 – 1.60
 Annual Income Category – $10,000 or abovea −.33 (.30) .72 .40 – 1.30
Geographic Regionb
 Arkansas* .70 (.38) 2.01 .95 – 4.25
 Kentucky* .63 (.35) 1.88 .95 – 3.75
Last Six Month Pattern of Crack Usec
 Less than Once a Month −.57 (.46) .56 .23 – 1.39
 More than Once a Month, but Less than 3 Days per Week .40 (.34) 1.49 .77 – 2.87
 Three or More Days per Week** .90 (.34) 2.47 1.28 – 4.77
Last Six Month Pattern of Powder Cocaine Usec
 Less than Once a Month −.15 (.34) .86 .44 – 1.69
 More than Once a Month, but Less than 3 Days per Week −.15 (.33) .86 .45 – 1.63
 Three or More Days per Week .15 (.37) 1.17 .56 – 2.42
Last Six Month Pattern of Methamphetamine Usec
 Less than Once a Month .20 (.35) 1.22 .61 – 2.43
 More than Once a Month, but Less than 3 Days per Week −.12 (.35) .89 .45 – 1.75
 Three or More Days per Week .10 (.40) 1.11 .51 – 2.41
Last Six Month Pattern of Amphetamine Usec
 Less than Once a Month .55 (.51) 1.73 .64 – 4.70
 More than Once a Month, but Less than 3 Days per Week* .79 (.37) 2.21 1.06 – 4.59
 Three or More Days per Week −.12 (.67) .89 .24 – 3.33
Criminal Involvement
 Police Contact b/c Substance Use* .63 (.32) 1.89 1.01 – 3.53
 # of Convictions** .03 (.01) 1.03 1.01 – 1.04
a

NOTES: Annual income less than $5,000 is the reference group;

b

Ohio is the reference group;

c

No stimulant use is the reference group; 2 Log likelihood = 515.29; Model χ2 = 55.28, p<.001; Nagelkerke R2 = .14;

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01 (one-tailed significance test)