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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2016 Jan 29;16(2):137–154. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2015.1108255

Table 4.

Multivariate logistic regression results presenting odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for marijuana use initiation in (a) adolescence (11th grade) and (b) emerging adulthood

(a) Adolescence (11th grade) (b) Emerging adulthood
Predictors OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
 Americanism 1.03 0.74, 1.45 1.06 0.77, 1.48
 Hispanicism 0.94 0.78, 1.14 1.06 0.88, 1.27
 Familism 1.07 0.98, 1.16 0.96 0.88, 1.04
 Peer tobacco use 0.92 0.80, 1.06 0.93 0.72, 1.21
 Peer alcohol use 1.38 1.19, 1.60 0.98 0.80, 1.14
 Peer marijuana use 1.17 1.03, 1.34 0.96 0.80, 1.13
 Female 0.86 0.58, 1.27 0.77 0.54, 1.11
 Depressive symptomology 0.98 0.96, 1.01 1.01 0.99, 1.03

Note: All predictors and covariates were assessed cross-sectionally and there were 129 and 477 new self-reported initiators in adolescence and emerging adulthood, respectively. Significant findings (p<0.05) are in bold.