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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Drug Policy. 2014 Oct 23;26(5):484–491. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.10.001

Table 2.

Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals from Logistic Regression Models Predicting POM

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
County Type (urban=ref)
    Rural 0.845 0.734-0.972 0.019 0.745 0.644-0.861 <.001 0.770 0.664-0.892 <.001
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
Race/Ethnicity (non-Hispanic white=ref)
    non-Hispanic black 0.575 0.475-0.696 <.001 0.479 0.392-0.584 <.001 0.494 0.404-0.603 <.001
    Hispanic 0.661 0.557-0.786 <.001 0.573 0.480-0.684 <.001 0.631 0.528-0.754 <.001
Age (18-25=ref)
    26-34 0.920 0.803-1.054 0.229 0.908 0.790-1.043 0.173 0.795 0.691-0.914 0.001
    35-49 0.518 0.437-0.613 <.001 0.512 0.433-0.606 <.001 0.458 0.387-0.542 <.001
    50 and older 0.191 0.115-0.251 <.001 0.219 0.165-0.290 <.001 0.220 0.166-0.291 <.001
Female 0.802 0.716-0.897 <.001 0.882 0.782-0.995 0.041 1.081 0.958-1.220 0.206
Marital status (married=ref)
    Divorced, separated, widowed 1.892 1.547-2.315 <.001 1.515 1.227-1.870 <.001 1.372 1.108-1.697 0.004
    Never married 1.999 1.681-2.378 <.001 1.682 1.413-2.002 <.001 1.477 1.243-1.756 <.001
Number of people in household 1.087 1.033-1.144 0.001 1.046 0.992-1.104 0.098 1.049 0.994-1.107 0.081
Any children in household 0.895 0.764-1.047 0.165 0.844 0.720-0.989 0.036 0.859 0.732-1.007 0.060
HUMAN CAPITAL & RESOURCE CHARACTERISTICS
Family Income ($75,000 or more=ref)
    Less than $20,000 1.011 0.833-1.227 0.913 1.012 0.832-1.231 0.904
    $20,000-39,999 1.142 0.944-1.381 0.172 1.131 0.934-1.369 0.207
    $40,000-74,999 1.116 0.939-1.327 0.214 1.115 0.936-1.328 0.221
Any public assistance in past year 1.595 1.374-1.852 <.001 1.456 1.248-1.699 <.001
Educational attainment (college=ref)
    Less than high school 1.499 1.202-1.870 <.001 1.288 1.032-1.609 0.026
    High school graduate 1.318 1.109-1.566 0.002 1.200 1.008-1.428 0.040
Employment status (employed=ref)
    Unemployed 1.277 1.091-1.496 0.002 1.182 1.009-1.385 0.039
    Disabled 0.904 0.665-1.228 0.517 0.835 0.613-1.138 0.254
    In School 0.838 0.682-1.029 0.091 0.894 0.728-1.098 0.286
    Keeping house or retired 0.514 0.386-0.684 <.001 0.526 0.396-0.698 <.001
Manual labor occupation 1.268 1.028-1.565 0.027 1.225 0.990-1.515 0.062
Has health insurance 0.812 0.712-0.926 0.002 0.861 0.755-0.982 0.026
RISK/SANCTIONS
Perceives that heroin is easy to obtain 1.536 1.347-1.752 <.001
Perceives heroin use as risky 0.554 0.486-0.631 <.001
Ever been arrested and booked for breaking law 2.118 1.880-2.387 <.001
# of religious services attended in past year (none=ref)
    1-5 1.125 0.981-1.290 0.092
    6-24 0.822 0.680-0.993 0.042
    more than 24 0.735 0.613-0.881 0.001
Pseudo R-square 0.083 0.099 0.126
Model 4 Model 5
OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
County Type (urban=ref)
    Rural 0.768 0.662-0.892 0.001 0.886 0.746-1.052 0.167
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
Race/Ethnicity (non-Hispanic white=ref)
    non-Hispanic black 0.514 0.421-0.628 <.001 0.799 0.641-0.998 0.048
    Hispanic 0.667 0.558-0.798 <.001 0.941 0.778-1.139 0.534
Age (18-25=ref)
    26-34 0.814 0.707-0.938 0.004 1.017 0.859-1.203 0.846
    35-49 0.490 0.413-0.582 <.001 0.777 0.636-0.948 0.013
    50 and older 0.250 0.187-0.333 <.001 0.502 0.370-0.682 <.001
Female 0.983 0.869-1.112 0.789 1.058 0.917-1.220 0.442
Marital status (married=ref)
    Divorced, separated, widowed 1.294 1.041-1.607 0.020 1.150 0.909-1.454 0.245
    Never married 1.471 1.235-1.751 <.001 1.103 0.901-1.349 0.342
Number of people in household 1.044 0.989-1.101 0.121 1.029 0.965-1.097 0.388
Any children in household 0.875 0.747-1.025 0.098 0.989 0.826-1.185 0.907
HUMAN CAPITAL & RESOURCE CHARACTERISTICS
Family Income ($75,000 or more=ref)
    Less than $20,000 0.943 0.774-1.150 0.563 0.954 0.759-1.199 0.688
    $20,000-39,999 1.087 0.897-1.318 0.395 1.231 0.994-1.524 0.057
    $40,000-74,999 1.089 0.913-1.298 0.343 1.225 1.005-1.493 0.044
Any public assistance in past year 1.355 1.160-1.583 <.001 1.386 1.164-1.651 <.001
Educational attainment (college=ref)
    Less than high school 1.213 0.971-1.517 0.090 1.336 1.034-1.726 0.027
    High school graduate 1.165 0.978-1.517 0.087 1.148 0.944-1.397 0.166
Employment status (employed=ref)
    Unemployed 1.113 0.949-1.306 0.118 0.962 0.801-1.155 0.679
    Disabled 0.610 0.448-0.832 0.002 0.596 0.417-0.852 0.005
    In School 0.895 0.726-1.103 0.298 0.820 0.638-1.054 0.121
    Keeping house or retired 0.516 0.388-0.685 <.001 0.658 0.481-0.899 0.009
Manual labor occupation 1.248 1.006-1.548 0.044 1.387 1.104-1.743 0.005
Has health insurance 0.859 0.753-0.981 0.025 0.931 0.802-1.079 0.341
RISK/SANCTIONS
Perceives that heroin is easy to obtain 1.436 1.255-1.642 <.001 1.213 1.034-1.422 0.018
Perceives heroin use as risky 0.550 0.482-0.628 <.001 0.582 0.499-0.678 <.001
Ever been arrested and booked for breaking law 2.003 1.776-2.258 <.001 1.206 1.051-1.384 0.008
# of religious services attended in past year (none=ref)
    1-5 1.116 0.972-1.281 0.119 1.236 1.057-1.446 0.008
    6-24 0.810 0.668-0.983 0.033 0.976 0.782-1.217 0.826
    more than 24 0.751 0.626-0.902 0.002 1.191 0.975-1.454 0.087
CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Poor/fair self-rated health 1.136 0.946-1.364 0.172 1.148 0.931-1.417 0.197
Psychological distress 2.107 1.848-2.402 <.001 1.544 1.328-1.794 <.001
At least one visit to emergency room in past year 1.465 1.303-1.647 <.001 1.347 1.183-1.535 <.001
SUBSTANCE USE
Nicotine use 1.321 1.116-1.564 0.001
Alcohol use 1.485 1.124-1.963 0.005
Marijuana use 2.137 1.835-1.963 <.001
Any illicit drug use (not incl. marijuana) 2.128 1.779-2.545 <.001
Non-medical use of other non-opioids 10.378 8.672-12.420 <.001
Age of first cigarette use (never used=ref)
    under 18 1.015 0.754-1.365 0.924
    18-25 0.937 0.689-1.274 0.676
    older than 25 1.435 0.650-3.167 0.372
Age of first alcohol use (never used=ref)
    under 18 0.951 0.533-1.697 0.865
    18-25 0.802 0.459-1.402 0.439
    older than 25 0.883 0.345-2.256 0.795
Age of first illicit drug use (never used=ref)
    under 18 2.009 1.514-2.666 <.001
    18-25 1.647 1.230-2.204 0.001
    older than 25 1.207 0.665-2.191 0.536
Pseudo R-square 0.142 0.298

Notes: two tailed tests, weighted

Notes: two tailed tests, weighted