TABLE 3—
Predictors of Trajectory Class Membership Among Asian Americans Transitioning From Adolescence to Adulthood: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, United States, 1994–2008
| Predictors | Crude OR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) |
| Trajectory classes of heavy episodic drinking | ||
| Moderately increasing classa | ||
| Male | 1.42* (1.01, 2.09) | 2.22** (1.36, 3.65) |
| US-born | 1.95** (1.31, 2.90) | 1.28 (0.77, 2.11) |
| COO drinking prevalence | 1.22* (1.05, 1.40) | 1.27* (1.03, 1.58) |
| COO DDP | 0.77 (0.52, 1.13) | 1.65 (0.92, 2.97) |
| Neighborhood SES | 1.05 (0.97, 1.13) | 1.09 (0.97, 1.22) |
| Neighborhood coethnic density | 1.35 (0.64, 2.83) | 0.55 (0.20, 1.48) |
| Mother’s college degreeb | 0.93 (0.64, 1.36) | 0.98 (0.72, 2.12) |
| Attachment to mother | 1.00 (0.95, 1.04) | 1.04 (0.60, 1.60) |
| Peer drinking | 1.53*** (1.31, 1.78) | 1.55*** (1.26, 1.91) |
| Early onset of drinkingc | 4.13*** (2.65, 6.44) | 4.39*** (2.53, 7.61) |
| Steeply increasing classa | ||
| Male | 1.82** (1.24, 2.67) | 2.81** (1.48, 5.35) |
| US-born | 4.46*** (2.74, 7.27) | 4.25*** (2.04, 8.84) |
| COO drinking prevalence | 1.18* (1.02, 1.37) | 1.39* (1.06, 1.81) |
| COO DDP | 0.95 (0.63, 1.42) | 2.85* (1.30, 6.23) |
| Neighborhood SES | 1.04 (0.96, 1.13) | 1.05 (0.91, 1.21) |
| Neighborhood coethnic density | 2.42* (1.18, 4.97) | 1.15 (0.37, 3.57) |
| Mother’s college degreeb | 1.13 (0.77, 1.66) | 1.03 (0.56, 1.90) |
| Attachment to mother | 1.06* (1.01, 1.11) | 1.05 (0.97, 1.13) |
| Peer drinking | 1.39*** (1.19, 1.64) | 1.48** (1.13, 1.92) |
| Early onset of drinkingc | 5.09*** (3.17, 8.19) | 5.29*** (2.79, 10.00) |
| Trajectory classes of drunkenness | ||
| Late onset–steeply increasing classa | ||
| Male | 1.23 (0.84, 1.82) | 2.49** (1.44, 4.29) |
| US-born | 2.68*** (1.71, 4.20) | 1.75* (1.01, 3.03) |
| COO drinking prevalence | 1.04 (0.89, 1.21) | 0.98 (0.78, 1.24) |
| COO DDP | 1.35 (0.66, 2.14) | 1.93 (0.99, 3.75) |
| Neighborhood SES | 1.05 (0.97, 1.14) | 1.09 (0.96, 1.24) |
| Neighborhood coethnic density | 0.57 (0.24, 1.36) | 0.32 (0.10, 1.04) |
| Mother’s college degreeb | 1.92** (1.27, 2.89) | 2.52** (1.46, 4.33) |
| Attachment to mother | 1.05 (0.99, 1.10) | 1.01 (0.95, 1.08) |
| Peer drinking | 1.09 (0.91, 1.30) | 1.02 (0.79, 1.30) |
| Early onset of drinkingc | 2.40*** (1.48, 3.88) | 4.11*** (2.25, 7.51) |
| Early onset–steeply increasing classa | ||
| Male | 2.22** (1.40, 3.53) | 5.49*** (2.41, 12.50) |
| US-born | 5.48*** (3.01, 9.98) | 3.41** (1.53, 7.62) |
| COO drinking prevalence | 1.03 (0.87, 1.22) | 1.26 (0.92, 1.72) |
| COO DDP | 0.89 (0.56, 1.41) | 4.66** (1.73, 12.57) |
| Neighborhood SES | 1.04 (0.95, 1.14) | 1.27** (1.07, 1.51) |
| Neighborhood coethnic density | 1.59 (0.68, 3.72) | 0.46 (0.10, 1.68) |
| Mother’s college degreeb | 1.81* (1.15, 2.85) | 2.55* (1.24, 5.27) |
| Attachment to mother | 1.07* (1.01, 1.14) | 1.05 (0.95, 1.15) |
| Peer drinking | 1.56*** (1.31, 1.87) | 1.43* (1.05, 1.96) |
| Early onset of drinkingc | 8.27*** (4.95, 13.80) | 9.49*** (4.64, 19.38) |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; COO = country of origin; DDP = detrimental drinking pattern; OR = odds ratio; SES = socioeconomic status.
a
Slightly decreasing class as reference group.
b
Lower level than a 4-year college degree as reference group.
c
First drinking at age 16 years or older as reference group.
*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.