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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Behav Health Serv Res. 2014 Apr;41(2):185–202. doi: 10.1007/s11414-013-9349-8

Appendix Table D. Selected Estimation Results for Employment Status and Income (Generalized Estimating Equation).

Currently Employed1 Personal Income2
Men

Current cannabis user 0.680***
(0.562 to 0.823)
−2,811***
(−4,659 to −963)

Less than weekly cannabis use 0.771**
(0.610 to 0.973)
−1,951*
(−4,085 to 182)
Weekly but less than daily cannabis
use
0.625***
(0.465 to 0.841)
−4,534***
(−7,516 to −1,552)
Daily cannabis use 0.392***
(0.241 to 0.636)
−4,281
(−9,772 to 1,210)

Cannabis abuse and/or dependence 0.738**
(0.553 to 0.986)
−2,417*
(−5,237 to 402)

N 14,398 14,398

Women

Current cannabis user 0.738***
(0.600 to 0.907)
−220
(−2,067 to 1,625)

Less than weekly cannabis use 0.799*
(0.630 to 1.012)
828 (−1211 to 286)
Weekly but less than daily cannabis
use
0.646**
(0.430 to 0.970)
−2,706
(−6,551 to 1,139)
Daily cannabis use 0.507**
(0.286 to 0.899)
−5,658*
(−11,327 to 9)

Cannabis abuse and/or dependence 1.075
(0.721 to 1.604)
−723
(−4,153 to 2,705)

N 14,154 14,154
1

Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) fitting logit regression model. Odds ratios reported.

2

Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) fitting linear regression model.

*

Statistically significant, p ≤ 0.10;

**

Statistically significant, p ≤ 0.05;

***

Statistically significant, p ≤ 0.01.

Notes: 95% confidence intervals are reported in parentheses. All specifications control for the following measures: age, race, ethnicity, marital status, number of persons in the household, years of schooling, being born outside the U.S., urbanicity, general and mental health status, a weekly binge drinking indicator, smoking status, other drug use status, state unemployment rate, and state dummies.