Table 3. Logistic Regressions: Trajectories of Marijuana Use from Adolescence to Mean Age 43 as Related to Unemployment Status Among Men and Women in the Early Forties (N=548).

Independent Variables	Unemployment
	A.O.R. (95% C.I.) (11.1%)a
BPP of Chronic Users/Decreasers	3.51 (1.13 -10.91)*
BPP of Chronic Occasional Users	1.92 (0.80 – 4.58)
BPP of Increasers	1.31 (0.31 – 5.55)
BPP of Quitters	1.16 (0.36 – 3.71)

Note:

A.O.R.= Adjusted Odds Ratio; C.I.=Confidence Interval; BPP = Bayesian posterior probability

§<0.10;

^*p<0.05;

^apercentage of the sample that the dependent variable = 1;

The following variables were included as control variables in the regression analysis: gender, T8 age, T8 marital status, T8 being a professional, T8 low educational level, T8 depressive mood, T8 physical health problems, T8 cigarette smoking, T5–T7 unemployment experience, T2 family income, and T2 parental educational level;

BPP of belonging to a non-user group serves as the reference;

Unemployment was defined as unemployed for 5-9 weeks or longer in the past 12 months.