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. 2012 Sep;73(5):772–782. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2012.73.772

Table 4.

Covariate and control effects in logistic regressions

Variable Current smoking Current drinking Heavy episodic drinkinga Marijuana useb
Age(ref.: 17-18 years)
 19-20 years 1.17 [0.81, 1.67] 1.90* [1.43, 2.54] 2.30* [1.57, 3.37] 1.16 [0.85, 1.59]
 21-22 years 1.26 [0.74, 2.14] 4.41* [2.73, 7.12] 3.22* [1.81, 5.73] 1.39 [0.84, 2.31]
 ≥23 years 0.75 [0.25, 2.30] 2.13 [0.90, 5.03] 7.90* [2.92, 21.38] 2.35 [0.81, 6.81]
Non-White (ref.: White) 0.32* [0.21, 0.49] 0.43* [0.30, 0.60] 0.19* [0.11, 0.32] 0.47* [0.32, 0.71]
Female (ref.: male) 0.69* [0.47, 0.99] 0.58* [0.43, 0.79] 0.53* [0.37, 0.76] 0.57* [0.40, 0.79]
Family background
 Parents married in 1997 (ref.: unmarried) 1.00 [0.65, 1.53] 1.26 [0.89, 1.77] 2.10* [1.29,3.42] 1.37 [0.92, 2.02]
 Parental age in 1997 (ref.: <age 36)
  36-49 years 0.86 [0.57, 1.30] 1.31 [0.91, 1.87] 0.93 [0.59, 1.46] 1.10 [0.74, 1.63]
  ≥50 years 1.44 [0.62, 3.35] 0.95 [0.53, 1.70] 0.73 [0.33, 1.63] 1.42 [0.73, 2.78]
High school graduate (ref.: nongraduates) 0.27* [0.16, 0.46] 1.06 [0.62, 1.82] 1.10 [0.52, 2.34] 0.65 [0.40, 1.06]
Educational and working status (ref.: not working or in school)
 Working only 0.83 [0.55, 1.25] 1.21 [0.79, 1.84] 1.08 [0.57, 2.04] 0.99 [0.64, 1.54]
 Student 0.32* [0.20, 0.50] 0.96 [0.63, 1.47] 1.26 [0.66, 2.42] 0.68 [0.42, 1.08]
Residence and relationship status
 Lives with parents (ref.: lives on own) 0.84 [0.58, 1.21] 0.76 [0.54, 1.06] 0.63* [0.43, 0.92] 0.93 [0.66, 1.31]
 Married (ref.: neither married nor cohabiting) 0.74 [0.31, 1.77] 0.54 [0.26, 1.10] 0.41 [0.12, 1.41] 0.26* [0.09, 0.74]
 Cohabiting (ref.: neither married nor cohabiting) 1.77* [1.07, 2.93] 0.91 [0.56, 1.49] 0.56* [0.32, 0.98] 1.04 [0.64, 1.68]
 Ever been pregnant/fathered a child (ref.: never pregnant/fathered) 1.57 [0.93, 2.65] 0.72 [0.45, 1.16] 0.68 [0.32, 1.46] 0.66 [0.38, 1.15]
Year 2005 (ref.: Year 2007) 1.00 [0.74, 1.37] 1.41* [1.07, 1.85] 2.07* [1.45, 2.97] 1.35* [1.03, 1.77]
Constant 2.61* [1.12, 6.06] 1.41 [0.63, 3.13] 0.13* [0.05, 0.34] 0.72 [0.31, 1.64]
Pseudo R2 .1444 .0969 .1474 .0605
Sample size, n 1,853 1,853 1,853 1,853

Notes: Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals [reported in brackets] are shown. Ref. = reference.

a

At least four drinks (for females) or five drinks (for males) per occasion, 12 or more times per year

b

reference period is the 12 months before the interview.

p < .10

*

p < .05.