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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Behav. 2009 Nov-Dec;33(6):718–727. doi: 10.5993/ajhb.33.6.9

Table 2.

Odds Ratios for Perceived Discrimination and Lifetime Substance Use Outcomes (N=1332)

Independent Variable Cigarette Use
Alcohol Use
Marijuana Use
Inhalant Use
Crude (95% CI) Adjusted (95%CI) Crude (95% CI) Adjusted (95%CI) Crude (95% CI) Adjusted (95%CI) Crude (95%CI) Adjusted (95%CI)
Perceived Discrimination 1.73** (1.31–2.29) 1.73** (1.30–2.31) 1.48** (1.13–1.94) 1.53** (1.20–1.96) 1.69** (1.21–2.35) 1.70** (1.21–2.40) 1.46* a (1.01–2.20) 1.50* a (1.02–2.25)
Male 0.97(0.75–1.27) 0.75**(0.64–0.88) 0.95(0.85–1.07) 0.82*a(0.70–0.96)
Age 1.24(0.96–1.59) 0.92(0.77–1.10) 1.11(0.84–1.46) 0.94(0.68–1.29)
SES 1.24(0.97–1.59) 1.53**(1.21–1.94) 1.49**(1.17–1.91) 1.18(0.91–1.52)
Acculturation 1.01(0.89–1.16) 1.05(0.88–1.24) 1.34**(1.15–1.56) 1.10(0.95–1.27)

Note.

**

P<0.01

*

P<0.05

a

If we use the more conservative Bonferroni adjustment for these analyses, these values would no longer be significant (9 models = 0.5/9=0.06).

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