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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Community Ment Health J. 2016 Jul 16;53(3):324–333. doi: 10.1007/s10597-016-0045-z

Table 3.

Tests for additive interaction between substance use disorders and poverty on first time suicide attempt/thought* (N=31,568)

Variable Effect When Not In
Poverty
Effect When
In Poverty
Test of Interaction

RD% (SE) p-value RD% (SE) p-value IC% (SE) p-value

Substance Use Disorders
  (ref = No Disorder)
  Alcohol Use Disorder Only 0.7% (0.5%) 0.14 0.1% (0.1%) 0.95 −0.7% (1.1%) 0.55
  Drug Use Disorder Only 2.5% (1.5%) 0.10 0.6% (2.5%) 0.80 −1.9% (2.9%) 0.52
  Both Alcohol/Drug Use Disorders 0.5% (1.0%) 0.59 2.7% (2.5%) 0.29 2.1% (2.7%) 0.43

RD% = Risk Difference. For example the RD%=0.1% for substance use disorder in the Effect when in Poverty column means that the risk of first-time suicide attempt/thought is 0.1% higher when a person in poverty has an alcohol use disorder only compared to not having any substance use disorders but still being in poverty.

IC% = Interaction contrast Risk Difference (This is the difference in the RD effect when in poverty compared to when not in poverty).

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