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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Abus. 2014 Dec 31;36(4):434–439. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2014.988323

TABLE 2.

Zero-inflated gamma regression models for an expected problem drinker possible self in 8th grade predicting alcohol consumption in 9th grade

9th grade alcohol consumption
Predictors Model 1 Model 2

B SE 95% CI p B SE 95% CI p
Step 1: Predicting NO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

Expected problem drinker possible self −1.7 1.1 −3.9–0.5 0.127 −1.6 1.1 −3.8–0.6 0.164
Family structure −0.2 0.5 −1.2–0.7 0.651
(0=Two-parent, 1=Single-parent)
Family cohesion 0.1 0.5 −0.9–1.0 0.866
(0=Effective, 1=Ineffective)
Parental alcohol problems −0.8 0.3 −1.4–−0.2 0.006
Perceived friends’ influence 0.1 0.2 −0.3–0.5 0.592
Gender (0=Boy, 1=Girl) −0.6 0.5 −1.6–0.3 0.201
8th grade alcohol consumption in the last 12 months −2.0 0.4 −2.9–−1.2 <0.001 −2.0 0.5 −3.0–−1.0 <0.001

Step 2: Predicting LEVEL OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

Expected problem drinker possible self 1.0 0.5 0.1–2.0 0.038 0.5 0.5 −0.5–1.5 0.294
Family structure 1.3 0.4 0.5–2.1 0.002
(0=Two-parent, 1=Single-parent)
Family cohesion 0.2 0.4 −0.5–1.0 0.517
(0=Effective, 1=Ineffective)
Parental alcohol problems −0.1 0.1 −0.4–0.1 0.375
Perceived friends’ influence −0.2 0.1 −0.5–0.1 0.268
Gender (0=Boy, 1=Girl) 1.5 0.4 0.7–2.3 <0.001
8th grade alcohol consumption in the last 12 months 0.1 0.1 −0.0–0.2 0.067 0.1 0.0 0.0–0.2 0.027

  −2 Log Likelihood 413.4 378.5

Note: B = logistic regression coefficient for step 1 and gamma regression coefficient for step 2; SE = standard error; CI = confidence interval