Table 4.
Multivariate relationships between individual- and tract-level predictors and each substance misuse outcome in a sample of 172 African-American adults relocating from seven HOPE VI public housing comDlexes. RelationshiDS were modeled using generalized linear mixed models.
| Measures | Model A: Frequency of illegal drug use4 Odds Ratio (p-value) |
Model B: Drug/alcohol dependence Odds Ratio (p-value) |
Frequency of binge drinking5 Odds Ratio (p-value) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model C | Model D | |||
| Intercept | 3.78 (0.34) | 0.08 (0.000) | 0.38 (0.009) | 0.32 (0.02) |
| Interview wave | 1.50 (0.46) | 0.27 (0.05) | 0.82 (0.66) | 1.18 (0.72) |
| Individual Characteristics | ||||
| Age | 0.92 (0.008) | -- | -- | -- |
| Gender | -- | 3.28 (0.05) | -- | -- |
| Employment status | 0.12 (0.06) | 0.07 (0.05) | -- | -- |
| HIV positive (self reported) | -- | -- | 0.19 (0.06) | 0.17 (0.05) |
| Census Tract Characteristics | ||||
| Economic Disadvantage | ||||
| Baseline | 1.92 (0.34) | 0.92 (0.87) | 1.96 (0.10) | 2.17 (0.06) |
| ≥1 standard deviation Improvement since baseline | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.99 (0.87) | 0.32 (0.04) | 0.30 (0.03) |
| Social Disorder | ||||
| Baseline | 1.23 (0.58) | 1.14 (0.98) | 0.96 (0.86) | -- |
| ≥1 standard deviation improvement since baseline | 1.44 (0.67) | 1.14 (0.88) | 0.62 (0.50) | -- |
| Off-premises alcohol outlet density per square mile | -- | -- | -- | |
| Baseline | -- | -- | -- | 1.01 (0.68) |
| >3 point decrease | 0.29 (0.05) | |||