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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Life Course Criminol. 2016 May 20;2(2):135–161. doi: 10.1007/s40865-016-0032-7

Table 3.

Logistic Regressions of Marijuana Persistence

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Variables b SE b SE b SE b SE
Time Varying Covariates (t−1):
  Perceptions of MJ as Fun 0.17 0.11 0.49 *** 0.12 0.48 *** 0.12 0.49 *** 0.11
  Number of MJ Friends −0.02 0.16 0.01 0.16 0.28 0.19 0.31 0.20
  Friends’ Mean Fun Perceptions 0.17 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.03 0.19 0.01 0.19
  Friendship Nominations Received 0.05 * 0.02 0.05 * 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.03
  Delinquency 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.04
  Alcohol Use 0.08 0.18 0.06 0.18 0.02 0.18 0.35 0.23
  Risk and Sensation Seeking 0.12 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.06 0.07 0.09 0.10
  School Adjustment and Bonding −0.17 0.13 −0.09 0.15 −0.12 0.15 0.06 0.16
  Grades −0.11 0.10 −0.14 0.10 −0.14 0.10 −0.27 0.14
  Religiosity −0.02 0.08 −0.05 0.08 −0.05 0.08 −0.09 0.09
  Both Biological Parents −0.20 0.20 −0.15 0.20 −0.15 0.20 −0.09 0.21
  Family Relations −0.14 0.22 −0.09 0.23 −0.08 0.23 −0.21 0.26
  Reduced Price School Lunch −0.03 0.23 0.03 0.24 0.05 0.23 0.14 0.28
  Wave −0.22 *** 0.06 −0.21 *** 0.06 −0.22 *** 0.06 −0.21 *** 0.06
Time Stable Covariates:
  Sex (1=Male) −0.07 0.19 −0.10 0.19 −0.09 0.19 −0.08 0.20
  Race (1=White) 0.04 0.25 0.15 0.24 0.12 0.26 0.19 0.25
Time Varying Covariates (t−[t−1]):
  Δ Perceptions of MJ as Fun 0.41 *** 0.07 0.41 *** 0.07 0.37 *** 0.08
  Δ Number of MJ Friends 0.34 ** 0.11 0.36 ** 0.10
  Δ Friends’ Mean Fun Perceptions −0.13 0.11 −0.16 0.11
  Δ Friendship Nominations Received 0.01 0.04 0.01 0.04
  Δ Delinquency 0.06 0.04
  Δ Alcohol Use 0.41 * 0.18
  Δ Risk and Sensation Seeking 0.06 0.12
  Δ School Adjustment and Bonding 0.25 0.17
  Δ Grades −0.31 0.16
  Δ Religiosity −0.10 0.08
  Δ Both Biological Parents −0.04 0.42
  Δ Family Relations −0.45 0.27
  Δ Reduced Price School Lunch 0.20 0.33
 Constant 2.40 ** 0.70 1.39 0.82 1.74 * 0.85 1.11 0.93
 Wald Chi2, df 85.41, *** 33.59, *** 11.57, ** 25.33, **

n=1,009

NOTE: Robust Standard errors adjust for 53 community-cohorts

*

p < .05;

**

p <. 01;

***

p <. 001 (two-tailed tests)