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. 2013 Jan 28;2013:709207. doi: 10.1155/2013/709207

Table 3.

Results of binary logistic regression analyses predicting misuse from risk perception, societal stigma, and access.

Prescription Nonprescription No Distinction
Pain OR (95% CI) Sedatives and Tranquilizers OR (95% CI) Stimulants OR (95% CI) Pain OR (95% CI) Sleep OR (95% CI) Cough/Cold OR (95% CI)
Step  1 {ΔR 2} (.06) (.10) (.08) (.02) (.03) (.04)

Age 1.06 (.75, 1.49) 1.20 (.76, 1.88) 1.73** (1.27, 2.36) 1.03 (.75, 1.41) .85 (.47, 1.54) 1.21(.89, 1.66)
Gender .68 (.37, 1.25) .59 (.24, 1.44) .94 (.48, 1.84) .61 (.35, 1.06) 1.65 (.63, 4.34) .54 (.28, 1.04)
Ethnicitya
  Black .20** (.07, .56) .16** (.04, .63) .50 (.13, 1.88) 2.54 (.33, 19.71) .75 (.09, 6.02) .00b
  Asian .00b .00b .00b .95 (.05, 16.50) .74 (.04, 12.95) .00b
  Hispanic .19 (.03, 1.10) .22 (.02, 2.37) .18 (.02, 2.114) 3.63 (.37, 36.83) .00b .00b
  Other .30 (.09, 1.03) .67 (.15, 2.96) .32 (.06, 1.66) 2.67 (.31, 23.19) 1.02 (.11, 9.92) .00b

Step  2 {ΔR 2} (.28) (.31) (.31) (.30) (.29) (.27)

Age 1.00 (.66, 1.51) .90 (.45, 1.80) 2.18*** (1.48, 3.21) .94 (.65, 1.35) .77 (.42, 1.40) 1.28 (.89, 1.83)
Gender .96 (.47, 1.99) .49 (.15, 1.54) 1.23 (.55, 2.72) .67 (.35, 1.26) 1.64 (.56, 4.80) .52 (.25, 1.10)
Ethnicitya
  Black .23* (.07, .76) .09** (.02, .54) .66 (.13, 3.41) 2.52 (.29, 21.93) .38 (.04, 4.11) .00b
  Asian .00b .00b .00b .65 (.03, 13.66) 1.53 (.06, 40.06) .00b
  Hispanic .09* (.01, .72) .18 (.01, 3.15) .21 (.01, 3.41) 3.35 (.28, 40.55) .00b .00b
  Other .29 (.07, 1.22) .48 (.08, 3.07) .85 (.12, 6.00) .62 (.25, 1.51) 1.21 (.09, 17.02) .00b
PR .78* (.64, .96) .63** (.46, .87) .71** (.56, .91) .84 (.67, 1.04) .91 (.69, 1.20) 1.00 (.79, 1.27)
PSSD 1.42 (.42, 4.89) .28 (.07, 1.14) .62 (.19, 2.02) .62 (.25, 1.51) .56 (.14, 2.28) .65 (.23, 1.81)
PSS:
  Parent .92 (.63, 1.34) 21.03* (1.9, 229.7) .77 (.52, 1.15) 1.08 (.77, 1.51) .81 (.49, 1.34) .93 (.64, 1.35)
  Peer .52*** (.36, .75) .84 (.47, 1.50) .56** (.36, .87) .70 (.48, 1.02) .69 (.39, 1.19) .52** (.34, .79)
  Peer use 1.12 (.97, 1.32) 1.50** (1.16, 1.94) 1.15 (.98, 1.35) 1.24*** (1.12, 1.36) 1.14 (.89, 1.46) 1.19** (1.06, 1.33)
Access
  School 2.09* (1.01, 4.35) 1.87 (.60, 5.76) 1.54 (.65, 3.63) 1.26 (.64, 2.47) 1.03 (.36, 2.90) 1.55 (.73, 3.30)
  Home 1.69 (.84, 3.42) 3.57 (.75, 16.90) 1.14 (.36, 3.57) .10 (.01, 1.27) 16.5 (3.4, 79.1)*** .00b

PR: perceived risk; PSS: perceived societal stigma; PSSD: prescription safer than street drug; ΔR 2: change in Nagelkerke R 2 at each step; aWhite/Caucasian is the comparison group; bodds ratio cannot be computed due to extremely large standard error.

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001.