Table 3.
Youth Reported Parent-Child Communication Measures Predicting Youth Marijuana Initiation
| Explanatory Variable | Talked About Drugs | Family Rules about Drugs | Consequences of Drugs | Media and Drugs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |
| Talked with parent about drugs in past 6 months: lagged | 1.37*** | 1.38*** | ||||||
| Talked with parent about family rules about drugs: lagged | 1.14* | 1.18* | ||||||
| Talked with parent about consequences of drugs: lagged | 1.33*** | 1.31*** | ||||||
| Talked with parent about drugs (TV and media): lagged | 1.07 | 1.15 | ||||||
| Male | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.88* | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.93 | 0.87* | 0.91 |
| Race/ethnicity of surveyed parent (ref = white) | ||||||||
| Black | 0.84 | 0.95 | 0.84 | 0.94 | 0.84 | 0.94 | 0.84 | 0.94 |
| Hispanic | 1.02 | 0.88 | 1.02 | 0.87 | 1.01 | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.87 |
| Other race | 0.98 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.99 |
| Highest education of either parent (ref = <high school/dropout) | ||||||||
| High school degree | 0.97 | 1.01 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.04 | 0.97 | 1.02 |
| College graduate | 0.83 | 1.00 | 0.84 | 1.01 | 0.86 | 1.04 | 0.84 | 1.02 |
| Household income (ref = <$25K) | ||||||||
| Income: ≥ $25 and <$50K | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.91 |
| Income: ≥ $50 and <$75K | 0.82 | 0.76* | 0.81 | 0.76* | 0.82 | 0.75* | 0.81 | 0.76* |
| Income: ≥ $75K | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.82 |
| Income: missing | 0.6 | 0.78 | 0.59 | 0.79 | 0.60 | 0.78 | 0.60 | 0.79 |
| Family feeling of togetherness: lagged | 0.85 | 0.92 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.87 | 0.94 |
| Enjoy being with parents: lagged | 0.76*** | 0.76** | 0.76*** | 0.76** | 0.76*** | 0.76** | 0.77*** | 0.77** |
| Fight/argue with family: lagged | 1.61*** | 1.18 | 1.56*** | 1.16 | 1.61*** | 1.17 | 1.57*** | 1.15 |
| Youth monitoring behavior scale: lagged | 0.65*** | 0.80*** | 0.65*** | 0.80*** | 0.65*** | 0.80*** | 0.65*** | 0.80*** |
| Youth exposure to ONDCP ads: lagged | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.99 | 0.95 |
| Other adult sharing parenting | 0.69*** | 0.74*** | 0.69*** | 0.75*** | 0.69*** | 0.75*** | 0.69*** | 0.75*** |
| Parents believe child has used marijuana: lagged | 2.18*** | 1.58 | 2.08*** | 1.53 | 2.14*** | 1.52 | 2.18*** | 1.54 |
| Sensation seeking scale: lagged | 1.68*** | 1.66*** | 1.67*** | 1.66*** | ||||
| Delinquency scale: lagged | 1.46*** | 1.50*** | 1.47*** | 1.49*** | ||||
| Smoked cigarettes in past 30 days: lagged | 2.69*** | 2.74*** | 2.72*** | 2.73*** | ||||
| How often gotten drunk off alcohol in past 12 months: lagged | 2.86*** | 2.84*** | 2.87*** | 2.84*** | ||||
| Ever offered marijuana: lagged | 2.03*** | 2.06*** | 2.04*** | 2.09*** | ||||
| Grade point average: lagged | 0.97*** | 0.97*** | 0.97*** | 0.97*** | ||||
| Parents ever report using marijuana | 1.64*** | 1.55*** | 1.66*** | 1.56*** | 1.65*** | 1.56*** | 1.65*** | 1.56*** |
| N | 13,091 | 10,717 | 13,079 | 10,714 | 13,034 | 10,686 | 13,096 | 10,724 |
*
p<0.10
**
p<0.05
***
p<0.01