TABLE 2.
Association Between Discrimination and Substance Use Among Latina/os (unweighted). Drug Use and HIV Risk Among Youth (Duhray), 1997–2000. (N=401)
| Only Alcohol/Marijuana Use | Hard Drug Use | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||
| OR (SE) |
Model 1 OR (SE) |
Model 2 OR (SE) |
OR (SE) |
Model 1 OR (SE) |
Model 2 OR (SE) |
|
| Discrimination | 2.663 ** | 2.405 ** | 4.692 ** | 5.647 *** | 3.029 ** | 4.417 * |
| (0.855) | (0.819) | (2.273) | (1.847) | (1.187) | (2.724) | |
| Male | 2.023 * | 1.438 | 2.402 * | 8.073 *** | 4.464 *** | 5.825 ** |
| (0.619) | (0.500) | (1.037) | (2.646) | (1.895) | (3.211) | |
| Discrimination*Male | - | - | 0.223* | - | - | 0.368 |
| - | - | (0.155) | - | - | (0.301) | |
| Ever arrested | 2.944 ** | 2.314 | 2.445 | 30.798 *** | 12.138 *** | 12.575 *** |
| (1.217) | (1.057) | (1.123) | (13.149) | (5.828) | (6.051) | |
| Age | 1.165 * | 1.186 * | 1.168 | 1.314 *** | 1.349 ** | 1.331 ** |
| (0.086) | (0.097) | (0.096) | (0.098) | (0.133) | (0.131) | |
| Education | 0.948 | 0.96 | 0.978 | 0.634 *** | 0.826 | 0.839 |
| (0.114) | (0.13) | (0.135) | (0.076) | (0.13) | (0.133) | |
| Currently in school | 0.966 | 1.278 | 1.184 | 0.268 *** | 0.729 | 0.686 |
| (0.288) | (0.439) | (0.414) | (0.089) | (0.321) | (0.304) | |
| Currently employed | 1.456 | 1.308 | 1.368 | 0.646 | 0.614 | 0.628 |
| (0.443) | (0.444) | (0.472) | (0.206) | (0.261) | (0.269) | |
| Puerto Rican | 0.902 | 0.746 | 0.71 | 3.703 *** | 2.275 | 2.201 |
| (0.265) | (0.274) | (0.267) | (1.204) | (1.029) | (1.007) | |
| Length of stay | 1.028 | 1.011 | 1.017 | 1.112 ** | 1.087 | 1.091 |
| (0.038) | (0.041) | (0.042) | (0.043) | (0.057) | (0.058) | |
| Foreign born | 0.685 | 0.671 | 0.660 | 0.595 | 0.434 | 0.428 |
| (0.205) | (0.380) | (0.378) | (0.181) | (0.340) | (0.337) | |
| Family support | 0.624 | 0.702 | 0.718 | 0.416 * | 0.559 | 0.569 |
| (0.254) | (0.301) | (0.311) | (0.166) | (0.274) | (0.279) | |
| Dark skin and Curly hair | 1.141 | 1.011 | 1.024 | 2.072 * | 2.040 | 2.077 |
| (0.369) | (0.360) | (0.370) | (0.660) | (0.833) | (0.854) | |
Notes:
Models used multinomial regression. No substance use is the base outcome. OR = odds ratio; SE= standard error.
Age centered at 20.85 and length of stay conditionally relevant based on nativity.
Baseline for adjusted models: Currently not in school, currently not employed, non-Puerto Rican, US born, no family support, no dark skin and curly hair, female, never arrested, no discrimination.
*
p ≤ 0.05;
**
p ≤ 0.01
***
p ≤ 0.001