Table 2.

Odds ratios (ORs) from logistic regression models regressing child substance use on father’s substance use disorders and control variables

	Child early alcohol use		Child early cannabis use
Variable	OR	[95% CI]	OR	[95% CI]
Father alcohol use disorder	0.93	[0.36, 2.42]	0.89	[0.27, 2.92]
Father cannabis use disorder	6.71**	[1.92, 23.52]	8.13**	[2.07, 31.95]
Father is African American	0.30*	[0.10, 0.96]	1.23	[0.29, 5.21]
Father is Latino	0.06**	[0.01, 0.31]	0.99	[0.20, 4.91]
Father age at start of study	0.72	[0.44, 1.16]	0.94	[0.53, 1.66]
Neighborhood arrest ratea	1.04	[0.85, 1.28]	1.00	[0.79, 1.27]
Father years of education	1.10	[0.86, 1.41]	1.02	[0.80, 1.32]
Father general delinquency	1.09	[0.92, 1.30]	1.22	[0.97, 1.53]
Other caregiver alcohol or cannabis use disorder	0.98	[0.32, 3.07]	1.27	[0.36, 4.48]
Father age at child’s birth	0.84*	[0.73, 0.98]	0.80*	[0.65, 0.98]
Child is male	0.69	[0.35, 1.37]	0.87	[0.40, 1.88]
Father–child contact	0.86	[0.54, 1.38]	1.16	[0.71, 1.91]

Notes: CI = confidence interval.

^aOf father’s neighborhood during his adolescence.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01.