Table 3.
Logistic Regressions of Marijuana Persistence
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||||||
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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)