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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2012 Apr;11(2):113–129. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2012.675227

Table 3.

Full and reduced logistic regression models for regular drinking and been drunk

Variable Full Models OR (95% CI) Reduced Models OR (95% CI)
Regular Drinking Been Drunk Regular Drinking Been Drunk
Sociodemographic
 Age (y) 1.05*** (1.03, 1.07) 1.05*** (1.03, 1.08) 1.05*** (1.03, 1.07) 1.06*** (1.04, 1.08)
 Never homeless 1.10 (.67, 1.81) 0.94 (.57, 1.54)
 Had health insurance for past 12 months? 0.53** (.35, .80) 0.47** (.28, .80) 0.50***(.33, .75) 0.46** (.28, .76)
 Physical health 1.01 (.77, 1.33) 0.81 (.64, 1.02) 0.85 (.69, 1.06)
 Mental health 1.06 (.84, 1.34) 1.16 (.90, 1.48)
Social-psychological
 Self-esteem 1.00 (.94, 1.07)
 Depression 1.02 (.99, 1.05) 1.02 (.99, 1.05)
 Sensation seeking 1.15* (1.02, 1.28) 1.18*** (1.08, 1.30)
Social networks
 Hangs out with those who are legally employed 0.88 (.51, 1.51)
 Hangs out with drug users 1.89** (1.27, 2.81) 1.84** (1.25, 2.70)
 Hangs out with those who participate in illegal activities 1.48 (.94, 2.33) 1.52 (.96, 2.40)
 Lives with those who are legally employed 0.82 (.47, 1.41) 0.77 (.48, 1.22)
 Lives with drug users 1.75 (.94, 3.26) 1.64 (.91, 2.96)
 Lives with those who participate in illegal actitivies 2.35 (.86, 6.43) 2.26 (.94, 5.45)
Situational
 Crack/cocaine 90 days 2.10** (1.21, 3.66) 0.94 (.51, 1.73) 2.42*** (1.45, 4.04)
 Experienced childhood physical abuse 1.87 (.99, 3.54) 2.03* (1.12, 3.71)
 Experienced childhood sexual abuse 1.94 (.92, 4.08) 2.07* (1.02, 4.18)
 Experienced childhood emotional abuse 1.29 (.58, 2.85)
Contextual Factors
 Perceived fear of non-violent crime 1.04 (.97, 1.11)
 Recent neighborhood criminal activity 0.98 (.89, 1.09)
 Witnessed violence 1.03 (.97, 1.09)
a

The variable was coded as follows: 1 = never homeless and 0 = ever homeless.

p < .10,

*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .00.