Table 3.

Adjusted Predictors of Classes of Sensation-Seeking Trajectories, Boricua Youth Study, Waves 1–3 ^a,b

	Normative (n=1089, 43.8%)			Low (n=927, 37.2%)				Accelerated (n=299, 12.0%)				Stabilizers (n=174, 7.0%)
	n	%	AOR	n	%	AOR (95% CI)	p–value	n	%	AOR (95% CI)	p-value	n	%	AOR (95% CI)	p-value
Site
South Bronx (n=1,136)	560	48.62	Reference	351	31.28	0.45 (0.31, 0.67)	<.0001	122	10.87	0.52 (0.32, 0.82)	.006	103	9.22	1.21 (0.70, 2.09)	.487
Puerto Rico (reference, n=1,353)	529	37.95		576	42.98			177	14.12			71	4.95
Gender
Female (n=1,206)	443	41.26	Reference	573	43.06	3.63 (2.54, 5.20)	<.000 1	139	11.23	1.19 (0.72, 1.96)	.497	51	4.45	0.41 (0.22, 0.77)	.006
Male (reference, n=1,283)	646	52.42		354	23.55			160	11.53			123	12.5
Maternal education
Less than high school (n=850)	358	45.22	Reference	326	34.67	1.41 (0.73, 2.73)	.300	95	10.14	0.92 (0.44, 1.92)	.833	71	9.96	2.73 (1.17, 6.39)	.020
High School (n=1,043)	473	48.39		380	31.49	1.06 (0.60, 1.86)	.846	122	12.06	0.98 (0.50, 1.92)	.958	68	8.06	1.92 (0.74, 4.98)	.181
At least some college (reference, n=596)	248	47.91		214	34.03			80	12.98			31	5.08
Single parent household
Yes (n=908)	405	47.69	Reference	319	31.40	0.72 (0.46, 1.12)	.145	108	11.68	1.27 (0.75, 2.12)	.371	76	9.23	1.17 (0.70, 1.95)	.540
No (reference, n=1,569)	678	46.25		603	34.37			191	11.31			97	8.08
Parental Psychopathology
Yes (n=827)	372	46.81	Reference	303	33.37	1.02 (0.82, 1.26)	.885	99	11.79	1.02 (0.80, 1.31)	.858	53	8.03	0.93 (0.68, 1.27)	.642
No (reference, n=1,641)	707	46.94		617	33.03			197	11.19			120	8.84
SES
Below federal poverty level(n=1,712)	722	46.37	Reference	682	34.77	1.46 (0.44, 1.05)	.086	194	10.62	0.73 (0.83, 2.25)	.223	114	8.24	0.80 (0.73, 2.15)	.420
Above federal poverty level(reference, n=777)	367	48.05		245	29.95			105	12.86			60	9.13

Note: AOR = adjusted odds ratio; SES = socioeconomic status.

^aThe sample age-corrected class is the reference category.

^bModel-weighted and adjusted for sampling design and adjusted for all covariates described in the table.