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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2012 Jul 12;41(11):1426–1441. doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9789-0

Table 2.

Contextual factors of past-year illicit drug for the three racial groups, controlling for gender, family income and adolescents’ delinquent behavior

White
(n=42,593)
Native American
(n=1,123)
Mixed Race
(n=2,959)

Variables (range) ORs 95% CI ORs 95% CI ORs 95% CI
Social Bonding Variables
 Parental
 Attachment
 (quartile)
0.85*** 0. 18-0.89 0.80 0.56-1.14 0.91 0.72-1.16
 School
 Attachment
 (quartile)
0.93*** 0.90-0.97 1.00 0.75-1.34 0.98 0.80-1.21
 Parental
 Disapproval of
 Substance Use
 (dichotomous)
0.46*** 0.41-0.51 0.82 0.44-1.54 0.53** 0.34-0.82
 Conventional
 Activities
 (quartile)
0.94*** 0.91-0.97 1.03 0.76-1.39 1.06 0.88-1.29
 Social Control
 Programs
 (quartile)
1.01 0.97-1.05 0.91 0.70-1.19 1.01 0.84-1.22
Perceptions & Peer Influence
 Negative View of
 Substance Use
 (dichotomous)
0.24*** 0.22-0.27 0.41* 0.20-0.85 0.35*** 0.20-0.63
 Delinquent Peers
 (quartile)
1.62*** 1.55-1.69 1.30 0.97-1.75 1.87*** 1.53-2.28
Control Variables
 Gender, male 0.84*** 0.77-0.91 1.12 0.57- 2.21 0.84 0.55-1.29
 Income
 (4-point scale)
0.984 0.95-1.02 0.70* 0.49-1.00 1.09 0.89-1.34
 Delinquent
 Behaviors
 (dichotomous)
3.45 *** 3.07 - 3.87 1.70 0.89-3.25 3.84*** 2.08-7.09
*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.