Table 2.

Associations between parental involvement and drug selling among respondents 12–17 years of age

	Non-drug sellers		Sold drugs		Unadjusted OR		Adjusted ORa
	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
Talked with parent about danger of tobacco/alcohol/drug
Yes	97.16	(96.68–97.57)	2.84	(2.43–3.32)	0.89	(0.70–1.12)	0.96	(0.74–1.26)
No	96.81	(96.25–97.29)	3.19	(2.71–3.75)	1.00		1.00
Parents check if homework done in past year
Yes	97.80	(97.43–98.12)	2.20	(1.88–2.57)	0.33	(0.26–0.43)	0.55	(0.42–0.73)b
No	93.70	(92.54–94.69)	6.30	(5.31–7.46)	1.00		1.00
Parents help with homework in past year
Yes	97.65	(97.26–97.98)	2.35	(2.02–2.74)	0.39	(0.30–0.49)	0.66	(0.50–0.86)b
No	94.15	(93.03–95.09)	5.85	(4.91–6.97)	1.00		1.00
Parents limit amount of television in past year
Yes	98.44	(98.00–98.78)	1.56	(1.22–2.00)	0.39	(0.29–0.52)	0.70	(0.52–0.96)b
No	96.08	(95.55–96.54)	3.92	(3.46–4.45)	1.00		1.00
Parents limit time out on school night in past year
Yes	97.53	(97.14–97.87)	2.47	(2.13–2.86)	0.54	(0.42–0.69)	0.72	(0.55–0.95)b
No	95.51	(94.61–96.27)	4.49	(3.73–5.39)	1.00		1.00
Parents tell youth had done good job in past year
Yes	97.64	(97.31–97.93)	2.36	(2.07–2.69)	0.33	(0.25–0.43)	0.50	(0.37–0.67)b
No	93.16	(91.58–94.46)	6.84	(5.54–8.42)	1.00		1.00
Parents tell youth proud of things done in past year
Yes	97.58	(97.23–97.88)	2.42	(2.12–2.77)	0.38	(0.29–0.49)	0.58	(0.43–0.78)b
No	93.80	(92.37–94.97)	6.20	(5.03–7.63)	1.00		1.00

Notes:

^aAdjusted for age, sex, race, family income, lifetime depression, lifetime anxiety, and lifetime drug use;

^bstatistically significant.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.