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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2015 Aug 13;143:36–44. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.016

Table 3.

Generalized linear mixed models of unemployment predicting heavy episodic drinking, cigarette smoking, and cannabis use for 6 or more months in a given year, respectively

Heavy drinking Smoking Cannabis
Coeff (SE) Coeff (SE) Coeff (SE)
Odds Ratio [95% CI] Odds Ratio [95% CI] Odds Ratio [95% CI]

Variables M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Age −0.12***(.0 01) −0.12***(0.01) −0.12***(0.01) −0.08***(0.01) −0.07*** (0.02) −0.07***(0.02) −0.13***(0.01) −0.15*** (0.02) −0.16***(0.02)
0.89[.87,.92] 0.89[.86,.91] 0.89[.86,.91] 0.93[.90,.95] 0.93[.90,.96] 0.93[.91,.96] 0.88[.86,.91] 0.86[.83,.89] 0.85[.82,.88]
Unemployment (a time-varying predictor) 0.04**(0.02) 0.04**(0.02) −0.01(0.02) −0.02(0.02) −0.04* (0.02) −0.07***(0.03) −0.01(0.02) −0.01 (0.02) −0.04(0.03)
1.04[1.00,1.08] 1.04[1.01,1.09] 0.99[.95,1.04] 0.98[.95,1.02] 0.96[.92,1.00] 0.93[.88,.98] 0.99[.96,1.03] 0.99[.95,1.03] 0.96[.91,1.01]
Baseline substance use, ages 13–14 0.39**(0.18) 0.28(0.19) 1.82*** (0.52) 0.96***(0.37) 0.83*** (0.25) 0.77***(0.26)
1.47[1.03,2.10] 1.33[.92,1.91] 6.19[2.23,17.19] 2.62[1.27,5.43] 2.29[1.41,3.72] 2.16[1.30,3.59]
Baseline symptoms of psychopathology, ages 10–12
  Internalizing problems −0.45 (0.34) −0.45(0.33) 0.95* (0.53) 0.61(0.46) −0.89* (0.46) −0.92*(0.52)
0.64[.33,1.24] 0.64[.33,1.23] 2.60[.91,7.38] 1.85[.74,4.58] 0.41[.17,1.02] 0.40[.15,1.10]
  Externalizing problems 0.90*** (0.27) 0.37(0.29) 1.78*** (0.55) 1.27***(0.49) 1.62*** (0.35) 0.70*(0.39)
2.46[1.46,4.16] 1.45[.82,2.57] 5.94[2.01,17.55] 3.56[1.37,9.27] 5.06[2.53,10.12] 2.02[.94,4.36]
Childhood low SES −0.46(0.42) −0.61(0.62) −0.75(0.57)
0.63[.28,1.45] 0.55[.16,1.83] 0.47[.16,1.44]
Unemployment × childhood SES 0.17***(0.05) 0.19***(0.05) 0.13**(0.55)
1.19[1.08,1.31] 1.21[1.09,1.34] 1.14[1.02,1.27]
Gender (Male =1) 3.14***(0.33) 0.60(0.44) 2.67***(0.41)
23.08[12.12,43.95] 1.83[.77,4.33] 14.50[6.50,32.31]
Ethnic minority group
  African American −0.88**(0.38) −1.46**(0.58) 0.68(0.49)
0.42[.20,.88] 0.23[.07,.72] 1.98[.76,5.15]
  Asian American −1.28***(0.42) −0.60(0.58) −2.26***(0.60)
0.28[.12,.63] 0.55[.18,1.70] 0.11[.03,.34]
  Native American 1.39**(0.60) 1.44(1.10) 1.41*(0.84)
4.00[1.24,12.94] 4.20[.49,36.20] 4.09[.79,21.22]
Educational attainment, age 21
  High school graduation (Yes=1) −0.59(0.39) −5.92***(0.81) −0.26(0.53)
0.55[.26,1.18] 0.00[.00,.01] 0.77[.27,2.16]

Note:

***

p < 0.01,

**

p < 0.05,

*

p < 0.1