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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2013 Dec 1;50:26–35. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.11.010

Table 4.

AORs of past-year CU in the sample and of CUD among past-year cannabis users

Adjusted logistic regression1 CU
in the sample
N=394,400
CUD
in the sample
N=394,400
CUD among
cannabis users
n=68,292

AOR 95% CI AOR 95% CI
Race/ethnicity (vs. white)
 Black 0.94 0.89–1.00 1.45 1.32–1.59 1.40 1.27–1.54
 Native American 1.04 0.90–1.19 1.80 1.38–2.34 1.49 1.03–2.14
 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.72 0.50–1.04 0.65 0.42–1.01 0.73 0.43–1.25
 Asian American 0.39 0.34–0.45 0.70 0.54–0.91 1.88 1.39–2.55
 Mixed race 1.41 1.24–1.60 1.36 1.10–1.70 1.13 0.89–1.43
 Hispanic 0.61 0.58–0.63 1.01 0.91–1.13 1.41 1.25–1.58

Age in years (vs. 12–17)
 18–25 1.70 1.65–1.75 0.80 0.74–0.85 0.47 0.43–0.51
 26–34 0.70 0.67–0.74 0.25 0.22–0.28 0.27 0.23–0.30
 35–49 0.37 0.36–0.39 0.12 0.11–0.14 0.20 0.18–0.23
 50–64 0.24 0.22–0.26 0.05 0.04–0.06 0.15 0.11–0.20
 65+ 0.05 0.03–0.06 …..2 0.11 0.04–0.31

Sex (vs. female)
 Male 1.41 1.37–1.45 1.72 1.62–1.83 1.28 1.18–1.38

Family income per year (vs.
<$20,000)
 $20,000–$49,999 0.87 0.83–0.92 0.84 0.76–0.92 0.89 0.80–1.00
 $50,000–$74,999 0.79 0.75–0.83 0.78 0.68–0.89 0.90 0.78–1.05
 $75,000+ 0.80 0.76–0.85 0.85 0.76–0.94 1.03 0.91– 1.16

Government assistance (vs. no) 0.99 0.95–1.05 1.11 1.00–1.23 1.05 0.94–1.18

County type (vs. large metropolitan)
 Small metropolitan 0.76 0.74–0.79 0.81 0.76–0.88 0.93 0.86–1.01
 Nonmetropolitan 0.53 0.48–0.58 0.57 0.50–0.66 0.86 0.72–1.02

Residential move (vs. no) 1.19 1.15–1.23 1.16 1.08–1.26 1.03 0.95–1.11

Major depressive episode (vs. no) 1.47 1.40–1.54 2.08 1.92–2.26 2.05 1.88–2.23

Arrested/booked (vs. no) 2.39 2.30–2.50 2.46 2.29–2.64 1.27 1.18–1.37

Nicotine dependence (vs. no) 2.43 2.33–2.54 2.77 2.54–3.03 1.16 1.07–1.25

Alcohol use disorder (vs. no) 3.64 3.47–3.81 5.13 4.71–5.57 2.46 2.26–2.66

Frequency of CU, days/year (vs. 1–
11 days/year)
 12–51 … … … … 8.95 7.89–10.16
 52+ … … … … 24.10 21.04–27.61

Bold faced: P<0.05.

1

Each adjusted logistic regression included all variables listed in the first column and controlled for survey year.

2

Adults aged 50+ were categorized as one group due to small sample sizes.