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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2015 Jun 15;26(4):355–365. doi: 10.1080/1067828X.2013.844089

Table 2.

Relationship Between Marijuana Use Underreporting and Reported Use of Alcohol and Engaging in Sexual Risk Behavior at Each Time Point

Baseline 3 mon. follow-up 6 mon. follow-up 12 mon. follow-up 18 mon. follow-up

Variable MJ
Underrep.
Others MJ
Underrep.
Others MJ
Underrep.
Others MJ
Underrep.
Others MJ Underrep. Others
a. Alcohol use:
None 100.0% 37.8% 90.0% 69.3% 100.0% 72.1% 100.0% 67.2% 90.9% 59.7%
Use 1 or more times - 62.2% 10.0% 30.7% - 27.9% - 32.8% 9.1% 40.3%

100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
One-sided Fisher’s Exact
Test p-level p = .056 p = .037 p = .002 p = .010 p = .035

b. Sexual risk behavior:
None 66.7% 55.6% 50.0% 54.0% 61.9% 50.0% 58.3% 46.9% 72.7% 40.3%
Engaged one or more 33.3% 44.4% 50.0% 46.0% 38.1% 50.0% 41.7% 53.1% 27.3% 59.7%

100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 99.97% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
One-sided Fisher’s Exact
Test p-level p = n.s. p = n.s. p = n.s. p = n.s. p = .037
n 3 293 or
294
20 226 or
228
21 214 or
215
12 194 or
195
11 154

Note. MJ underrep. refers to youth who were identified as possibly underreporting their marijuana use.