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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Child Welf. 2011 Nov 9;5(5):521–545. doi: 10.1080/15548732.2011.617277

TABLE 6.

Predictors of Substance Abuse Service Receipt

Characteristics B Wald df p Odds ratio
Race
 African American (reference group)
 Caucasian −.212 .446 1 N.S. .809
 Other race .502 1.31 1 N.S. 1.65
Hispanic ethnicity
 Yes −.248 .239 1 N.S. .780
 No (reference group)
Gender
 Male .645 5.58 1 * 1.91
 Female (reference group)
Living arrangements
 Foster home (reference group)
 Relative care −.456 1.25 1 N.S. .634
 Group care .996 8.65 1 ** 2.71
 Other1 .007 .000 1 N.S. 1.01
D/A disorder
 Yes 2.20 60.91 1 *** 9.03
 No (reference group)

Note. D/A = drug/alcohol.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001.

1

“Other” includes adoption, independent living, or other living arrangements.