Table 5.
Logistic regression of illicit drug use on racist life events, socio-demographics, and culture and ethnicity variables
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Racist life events (RLE) | 1.00 (0.01) | 1.04 (0.02) | 1.05 (0.03) | 1.02 (0.02) | 
| Socio-demographics | ||||
| Age (ten years) | 1.25 (0.17) | 1.30 (0.18) | 1.26 (0.17) | 1.31 (0.18) | 
| Education (years) | 0.92 (0.09) | 0.85 (0.08) | 0.90 (0.09) | 0.89 (0.08) | 
| Household income ($K) | 0.98 (0.01) | 0.98 (0.01) | 0.98 (0.01) | 0.98 (0.01) | 
| Work status1 | ||||
| Full-time | 0.28 (0.16)* | 0.31 (0.17)* | 0.27 (0.15)* | 0.28 (0.16)* | 
| Part-time | 0.76 (0.35) | 0.80 (0.37) | 0.77 (0.36) | 0.82 (0.37) | 
| Culture and ethnicity | ||||
| Ethnic affirmation | 1.20 (0.65) | |||
| Ethnic identity achievement | 0.73 (0.43) | |||
| Ethnic community member | 0.50 (0.21) | |||
| Strong cultural practices2 | 0.85 (0.39) | 2.21 (1.32) | ||
| Interaction terms | ||||
| Categorical ethnic affirm3 | ||||
| Medium | 2.20 (1.61) | |||
| High | 1.38 (1.00) | |||
| Ethnic affirmation * RLE | ||||
| Medium * RLE | 0.92 (0.04)* | |||
| High * RLE | 0.96 (0.03) | |||
| Categorical ethnic identity2 | ||||
| Medium | 1.97 (1.34) | |||
| High | 1.82 (1.48) | |||
| Ethnic identity * RLE | ||||
| Medium * RLE | 0.95 (0.03) | |||
| High * RLE | 0.91 (0.04)* | |||
| Cultural practices * RLE | 0.93 (0.03)* | |||
|  | ||||
| Pseudo R2 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 
| BIC | 241.18 | 240.93 | 237.81 | 229.70 | 
| LR X2 | 24.77** | 25.02** | 28.13** | 25.62** | 
Omitted category is “unemployed”
Omitted category is “low to moderate engagement in cultural practices”
Distribution divided into thirds; Omitted category is “low”
= p <.05;
= p <.01;
= p <.001 (two-tailed tests)
Note: Odds ratios are presented, standard errors in parentheses