Table 2.
Bivariate Associations of Family Characteristics With Any or Regular Substance Use
| Alcohol | Drugs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any Alcohol Use | Regular Alcohol Use | Any Drug Use | Regular Drug Use | |||||
| No (n=511) | Yes (n=151) | No (n=539) | Yes (n=40) | No (n=532) | Yes (n=137) | No (n=379) | Yes (n=50) | |
| Family Characteristics | ||||||||
| Medicaid insurance only | ||||||||
| No | 241 (75.6) | 78 (24.4) | 266 (93.7) | 18 (6.3) | 262 (81.1) | 61 (18.9) | 196 (90.3) | 21 (9.7) |
| Yes | 270 (78.7) | 73 (21.3) | 273 (92.5) | 22 (7.5) | 270 (78.0) | 76 (22.0) | 183 (86.3) | 29 (13.7) |
| Child lives with both parents | ||||||||
| No | 334 (75.6) | 108 (24.4) | 351 (91.6) | 32 (8.4) | 347 (77.3) | 102 (22.7)* | 244 (85.9) | 40 (14.1)* |
| Yes | 176 (80.4) | 43 (19.6) | 187 (95.9) | 8 (4.1) | 185 (84.5) | 34 (15.5) | 135 (93.8) | 9 (6.2) |
| Parental marital status | ||||||||
| Single | 108 (74.5) | 37 (25.5) | 116 (90.6) | 12 (9.4)** | 107 (73.3) | 39 (26.7) | 73 (83.0) | 15 (17.0)* |
| Married to biological parent | 160 (79.6) | 41 (20.4) | 174 (96.7) | 6 (3.3) | 167 (83.1) | 34 (16.9) | 130 (94.9) | 7 (5.1) |
| Remarried/living with partner | 97 (75.8) | 31 (24.2) | 93 (86.9) | 14 (13.1) | 104 (80.0) | 26 (20.0) | 66 (82.5) | 14 (17.5) |
| Other (e.g., separated, divorced) | 146 (77.7) | 42 (22.3) | 156 (95.1) | 8 (4.9) | 154 (80.2) | 38 (19.8) | 110 (88.7) | 14 (11.3) |
| Parental history of substance abuse | ||||||||
| No | 283 (77.1) | 84 (22.9) | 301 (94.4) | 18 (5.6) | 305 (83.1) | 62 (16.9)** | 218 (91.6) | 20 (8.4)* |
| Yes | 225 (77.1) | 67 (22.9) | 237 (91.5) | 22 (8.5) | 224 (74.9) | 75 (25.1) | 160 (84.2) | 30 (15.8) |
| Number of impactful stressful life events | 4 (2, 8) | 5 (2, 9)* | 4 (2, 8) | 5 (2, 10) | 4 (2, 7) | 5 (3, 9)*** | 4 (2, 7) | 6 (4, 10)*** |
Note: N (row %) shown for categorical measures; median (25th, 75th) percentile shown for continuous measures (stressful life events). Bold values are statistically significant at p<.05.
*
p<.05
**
p<.01
***
p<001