Table 4.
Logistic Regression Analysis of Stimulant Use among 5–17 Year Olds, 2006–2008 (N=19,950)
| Odds Ratio | 95% CI
|
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | ||||
| Age | |||||
| 5–12 (omitted) | |||||
| 13–17 | 0.89 | 0.71 | 1.12 | 0.333 | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 2.62 | 2.05 | 3.35 | <.001 | |
| Female (omitted) | |||||
| Race/Ethnicity (mutually exclusive categories) | |||||
| White (omitted) | |||||
| African American | 0.64 | 0.49 | 0.85 | 0.002 | |
| Hispanic | 0.70 | 0.49 | 1.00 | 0.052 | |
| Other | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.86 | 0.016 | |
| Family income relative to federal poverty line | |||||
| Poor/Near Poor (<125%) | |||||
| Low/Middle (125–400%) | 0.80 | 0.54 | 1.17 | 0.243 | |
| High Income(>400%) | 0.78 | 0.58 | 1.05 | 0.106 | |
| Region | |||||
| Northeast (omitted) | |||||
| Midwest | 0.98 | 0.70 | 1.37 | 0.904 | |
| South | 1.09 | 0.81 | 1.47 | 0.582 | |
| West | 0.43 | 0.29 | 0.64 | <.001 | |
| Urban | |||||
| non-MSA (omitted) | |||||
| MSA | 1.10 | 0.83 | 1.46 | 0.497 | |
| Insurance | |||||
| Any Private | 1.38 | 0.71 | 2.68 | 0.346 | |
| Public Only | 1.88 | 1.00 | 3.54 | 0.051 | |
| Uninsured (omitted) | |||||
| Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS, age 5–17) | |||||
| Not impaired (CIS< 16) | |||||
| Impaired (CIS≥16) | 6.83 | 5.43 | 8.58 | <.001 | |
| Year | |||||
| 2006 (omitted) | |||||
| 2007 | 1.04 | 0.87 | 1.24 | 0.671 | |
| 2008 | 1.14 | 0.91 | 1.44 | 0.265 | |
Source: Author’s Calculations from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2006–2008