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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Drug Issues. 2012 Oct 11;42(4):337–357. doi: 10.1177/0022042612461769

Table 6.

Associations Between Risk and Protective Factors and Hard Drug Use, No Drug Use, and Delinquency Among 16- To 17-Year-Olds in the United States and the Netherlands: Adjusted Odds Ratiosa

Hard drug use
No drug use
Delinquency
Risk and protective factors US NL NL × RPF US NL NL × RPF US NL NL × RPF
Risk factors
 Community disorganization 1.80*** 1.95*** 1.00 0.73*** 0.82*** 1.15 1.35*** 1.27*** 0.94
 Perceived availability of hard drugs 2.81*** 2.23*** 0.76 0.56*** 0.67*** 1.21* 1.38*** 1.37*** 0.99
 Low neighborhood attachment 1.32*** 1.64*** 1.23 0.80*** 1.00 1.25** 1.19*** 1.10*** 0.91
 Family history of antisocial behavior 1.57*** 1.64*** 1.03 0.67*** 0.85*** 1.30** 1.30*** 1.18*** 0.90*
 Parental attitudes favorable to alcohol use 1.54*** 1.20 0.78 0.57*** 0.46*** 0.82** 1.28*** 1.14*** 0.89**
 Parental attitudes favorable to smoking 1.58*** 2.16*** 1.36 0.57*** 0.53*** 0.99 1.21*** 1.28*** 1.06
 Parental attitudes favorable to marijuana use 1.62*** 1.87*** 1.16 0.59*** 0.62*** 1.07 1.24*** 1.19*** 0.97
 Family conflict 1.41*** 1.60*** 1.09 0.73*** 0.77*** 1.07 1.31*** 1.18*** 0.89**
 Poor family management 1.86*** 1.64*** 0.85 0.58*** 0.71*** 1.20* 1.43*** 1.16*** 0.82**
 Parental attitudes favorable to antisocial behavior 1.58*** 1.60*** 1.03 0.60*** 0.80*** 1.35 1.28*** 1.21*** 0.96
 Low commitment to school 2.16*** 1.82*** 0.83 0.50*** 0.68*** 1.40** 1.41*** 1.31*** 0.94
 Academic failure – low grades 1.63*** 1.28* 0.78 0.66*** 0.74*** 1.15 1.31*** 1.16*** 0.90
 Academic failure – worse grades 1.44*** 1.12 0.75 0.68*** 0.82*** 1.24** 1.31*** 1.07*** 0.82**
 Rebelliousness 2.32*** 2.21*** 0.94 0.51*** 0.58*** 1.14 1.77*** 1.59*** 0.90
 Attitudes favorable to marijuana use 2.93*** 3.22*** 1.12 0.28*** 0.41*** 1.46** 1.57*** 1.46*** 0.94
 Attitudes favorable to hard drug use 2.13*** 2.20*** 1.03 0.53*** 0.72*** 1.37** 1.30*** 1.22*** 0.94
 Attitudes favorable to antisocial behavior 2.23*** 1.81*** 0.84 0.46*** 0.62*** 1.33** 1.59*** 1.50*** 0.98
 Peer use of marijuana 3.63*** 2.67*** 0.74 0.33*** 0.48*** 1.44*** 1.73*** 1.51*** 0.87**
 Peer use of hard drugs 3.12*** 3.29*** 1.02 0.51*** 0.52*** 1.06 1.44*** 1.37*** 0.95
Protective factors
 Community rewards for prosocial behavior 0.75*** 0.79 1.06 1.37*** 1.10*** 0.82 0.79*** 0.90*** 1.14
 Attachment to parents 0.66*** 0.57*** 1.09 1.36*** 1.25*** 0.91 0.80*** 0.83*** 1.04
 Prosocial opportunities in the family 0.66*** 0.68*** 1.09 1.40*** 1.17*** 0.84 0.78*** 0.85*** 1.07
 Family rewards for prosocial behavior 0.59*** 0.63*** 1.11 1.39*** 1.24*** 0.89 0.76*** 0.83*** 1.10
 Rewards for prosocial behavior at school 0.59*** 0.69*** 1.20 1.34*** 1.21*** 0.91 0.78*** 0.85*** 1.08
 Disapproval of cheating 0.55*** 0.77*** 1.36 1.88*** 1.56*** 0.86 0.60*** 0.74*** 1.20**
 Disapproval of stealing 0.48*** 0.51*** 1.07 1.94*** 1.35*** 0.72** 0.61*** 0.74*** 1.18**
 Importance of honesty 0.62*** 0.67*** 1.10 1.55*** 1.15*** 0.74** 0.73*** 0.90*** 1.22**

Notes:

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001.

a

Adjusted for year of data collection, student characteristics (age, gender, grade, and parental education), and community characteristics (population size, percentage of children in poverty, and intervention status).