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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2012 May-Jun;21(3):243–249. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2012.00233.x

Table 2.

Associations of Cocaine and Methamphetamine Use with Socio-Demographic, Health and Behavioral Characteristics

Characteristics % Ever Use
Cocaine
P-Valuea % Ever Use
Methamphetamine
P-Valuea
Gender: .663 .262
 Male 60.0 56.5
 Female 56.1 46.3
Age: .022 .001
 15–19 43.9 26.8
 20–25 64.4 63.5
Race/Ethnicity: .181 .809
 African-American 38.1 47.6
 White 65.1 58.1
 Hispanic 57.9 47.4
 Mixed 64.7 47.1
 Other 46.2 53.9
Education: .041 .725
 High School/GED 65.6 52.7
 < 12 years 49.2 55.6
Working Full-Time or Part-Time: .283 .284
 Yes 70 12.8 65.0
 No 57.4 87.2 52.2
Person of Faith .533 .035
 Yes 56.5 45.9
 No 61.4 62.9
Foster Care History: .458 .001
 Yes 63.6 75.0
 No 57.1 45.5
Primary Support:
 Drug/Alc Users 71.7 .011 60.0 .434
 Non-Users 66.7 57.1
 Both Equally 50.0 50.0
 No Support 27.3 36.4
Juvenile Hall/Jail/Prison: .018 .001
 Yes 65.1 67.0
 No 44.9 24.5
Depressedb: .389 .553
 Yes 62.2 56.1
 No 55.4 51.4
≥ 10 Lifetime Partners .001 . .003
 Yes 72.3 65.1
 No 43.8 41.1
Ever Traded Sex for Money .030 .001
 Yes 81.0 90.5
 No 56.0 48.5
Injection Drug Use: .001 .001
 Yes 86.1 83.7
 No 48.7 42.5
Recentc Alcohol Use: .005 .070
 Yes 63.2 56.6
 No 30.0 35.0
a

Chi-square test

b

CES-D ≥ 16

c

Past 6 months