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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 3.

Odds Ratios for Perceived Discrimination and 30-Day Substance Use Outcomes (N=1332)

Independent Variable Cigarette Use
Alcohol Use
Binge Drinking
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) Crude (95%CI) Adjusted (95%CI)
Perceived Discrimination 2.44** (1.75–3.42) 2.54** (1.73–3.72) 1.60** (1.31–1.97) 1.63** (1.33–1.99) 1.83** (1.45–2.32) 1.84** (1.47–2.30) 1.95** (1.42–2.68) 1.95** (1.38–2.75) 1.56* a (1.07–2.28) 1.64** (1.14–2.36)
Male 0.76(0.56–1.04) 0.91(0.79–1.05) 1.00(0.75–1.34) 0.99(0.73–1.35) 0.68**(0.55–0.85)
Age 1.40(0.92–2.14) 1.06(0.75–1.48) 0.96(0.70–1.30) 1.28(0.79–2.08) 0.70(0.32–1.52)
SES 1.71**(1.15–2.53) 1.55**(1.13–2.14) 1.56*(1.10–2.22) 1.55*a(1.09–2.19) 1.00(0.70–1.42)
Acculturation 1.31(0.91–1.87) 1.00(0.81–1.24) 1.03(0.80–1.32) 1.52**(1.13–2.06) 1.42**(1.19–1.68)

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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