TABLE III.
Odds ratios with confidence intervals (CI) of bi-variate logistic regression analyses and adjusted odds ratios (CI) of multi-variate logistic regression analysis
| Shooting or hitting someone with a weapon (gun or club) | Holding a weapon (gun or club) to someone | Stealing from someone or some place without using a weapon | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Bi-variate logistic analyses | |||
| Gender | 2.66 *** (1.62, 4.38) | 3.00 *** (2.06, 4.36) | 2.70 *** (1.76, 4.15) |
| Ethnicity | 0.91 (0.56, 1.49) | 0.81 (0.56, 1.17) | 0.68 (0.44, 1.05) |
| Delinquency at T1 | 1.05 * (1.01, 1.09) | 1.08 *** (1.05, 1.11) | 1.06 *** (1.03, 1.10) |
| Alcohol use at T1 | 1.40 (0.86, 2.28) | 1.76 ** (1.21, 2.57) | 1.67 * (1.11, 2.51) |
| Peer deviance at T4 | 2.27 *** (1.83, 2.81) | 2.61 ** (2.04, 3.33) | 2.80 *** (2.14, 3.66) |
| Educational level at T4 | 0.83 ** (0.73, 0.96) | 0.77 *** (0.69, 0.85) | 1.00 (0.89, 1.11) |
| Increasing chronic user vs. non user | 6.80 *** (3.23, 14.32) | 7.46 *** (4.27, 13.03) | 3.82 *** (2.46, 5.93) |
| Moderate user vs. non user | 2.86 * (1.26, 6.93) | 3.11 *** (1.66, 5.83) | 1.20 (0.71, 2.03) |
| Quitter vs. non user | 3.21 * (1.30, 7.95) | 4.07 *** (2.12, 7.81) | 0.18 *** (0.07, 0.47) |
| B. Multi-variate logistic regression analysis | |||
| Gender | 1.20 (0.86, 1.69) | 1.59 * (1.03, 2.47) | 1.46 (0.88, 2.44) |
| Ethnicity | 0.88 (0.64, 1.20) | 0.57 ** (0.38, 0.87) | 0.59 * (0.36, 0.95) |
| Delinquency at T1 | 1.47 * (1.05, 2.06) | 1.25 (0.86, 1.82) | 1.24 (0.80, 1.92) |
| Alcohol use at T1 | 0.79 (0.51, 1.23) | 1.21 (0.74, 1.96) | 1.27 (0.72, 2.26) |
| Peer deviance at T4 | 1.79 *** (1.41, 2.27) | 1.98 *** (1.50, 2.61) | 2.68 *** (1.95, 3.68) |
| Educational level at T4 | 1.01 (0.93, 1.10) | 0.84 ** (0.74, 0.94) | 1.17 * (1.02, 1.33) |
| Increasing chronic user vs. non user | 3.37 *** (2.13, 5.33) | 3.49 *** (1.90, 6.39) | 2.13 * (1.11, 4.08) |
| Moderate user vs. non user | 1.98 ** (1.24, 3.18) | 1.91 † (0.97, 3.75) | 0.97 (0.46, 2.01) |
| Quitter vs. non user | 1.70 * (1.01, 2.86) | 2.88 ** (1.45, 5.73) | 0.39 † (0.14, 1.08) |
Notes.
1
† p<.1, * p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001
2
The estimated probability of each outcome indicator for the non-use group is: a) for shooting or hitting someone with a weapon 0.04; b) for holding a weapon 0.07; and c) for stealing without using a weapon 0.08.
3
The sex coding is female=1, male=2. The ethnicity coding is African American=1, Puerto Rican=2