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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Feb 10;149:173–179. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.01.043

Table 3.

Association between under 21 MLDA exposure and use of illicit drugs other than marijuanaa

Use of illicit drugs other than
marijuana
Past month use Past year use Abuse or Dependence

aOR (95% CI) p aOR (95% CI) p aOR (95% CI) p
Under 21 MLDA exposure 1.05 (0.89, 1.23) .588 1.08 (0.97, 1.20) .177 1.13 (0.88, 1.45) .324
Sex
 Men 1.36 (1.23, 1.49) <.001 1.28 (1.20, 1.37) <.001 1.81 (1.58, 2.08) <.001
 Women Ref. Ref. Ref.
Race
 White (non-Hispanic) Ref. Ref. Ref.
 African American (non-Hispanic) 0.91 (0.74, 1.11) .336 0.78 (0.65, 0.93) .006 1.62 (1.31, 2.01) <.001
 Hispanic 0.52 (0.40, 0.68) <.001 0.51 (0.41, 0.63) <.001 0.65 (0.47, 0.89) .006
 Other (non-Hispanic) 0.66 (0.53, 0.82) <.001 0.58 (0.51, 0.67) <.001 1.06 (0.76, 1.46) .748
Age
 31-40 years 0.70 (0.45, 1.11) .131 0.72 (0.52, 1.00) .050 0.46 (0.20, 1.05) .065
 41-46 years 0.75 (0.52, 1.08) .116 0.78 (0.57, 1.05) .100 0.62 (0.34, 1.16) .136
 47-52 years 0.81 (0.64, 1.01) .065 0.80 (0.64, 1.01) .063 0.68 (0.45, 1.03) .066
 53-63 years Ref. Ref. Ref.
Education
 Less than high school 2.31 (1.80, 2.95) <.001 1.95 (1.63, 2.32) <.001 5.52 (4.21, 7.23) <.001
 High school graduate 1.43 (1.26, 1.63) <.001 1.32 (1.20, 1.45) <.001 2.85 (2.09, 3.89) <.001
 Some college 1.38 (1.22, 1.57) <.001 1.34 (1.25, 1.44) <.001 2.45 (2.02, 2.99) <.001
 College graduate Ref. Ref. Ref.
Year 0.99 (0.95, 1.04) .726 0.98 (0.95, 1.01) .134 0.93 (0.88, 0.99) .013
Unemployment rate (%) 0.96 (0.91, 1.00) .057 0.97 (0.94, 0.99) .015 0.99 (0.92, 1.06) .719
Citizen political ideology 1.00 (0.996, 1.01) .381 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) .819 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) .567
Per capita income, per dollar 0.98 (0.94, 1.02) .339 0.98 (0.94, 1.01) .216 0.97 (0.90, 1.05) .493
a

All models also include fixed effects for state and year of birth.