Table 3.
Attitudes and Behaviors | Non-Users (Sample Size)b,c,d | Past-Year NMUPS-SE only, AOR (95% CI) | Past-Year NMUPS-SE and non-SE, AOR (95% CI) | Past-Year NMUPS-non-SE only, AOR (95% CI) |
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Academic achievement | ||||
Which of the following best describes your average grade so far in high school? | ||||
C+, C, C-, D (79 or below) | Reference (13 975) |
1.26 (0.58–2.74) | 2.02 (1.42–2.87)e | 1.96 (1.47–2.63)e |
Academic cheating | ||||
How do you think most students in your classes would feel if you cheated on a test? | ||||
They would like it very much, They would like it, or They would not care | Reference (13 232) |
1.69 (0.48–5.91) | 3.56 (2.08–6.10)e | 1.70 (1.12–2.59)f |
Binge drinking | ||||
During the last 2 weeks, how many times have you had 5 or more drinks in a row? | ||||
Yes, binge drinking | Reference (13 841) |
6.05 (3.24–11.31)e | 7.56 (5.72–9.99)e | 5.93 (4.63–7.60)e |
Cigarette smoking | ||||
Have you smoked cigarettes during the past 30 days? | ||||
Yes, cigarette smoking | Reference (14 658) |
2.97 (1.64–5.40)e | 7.74 (5.89–10.16)e | 7.59 (5.99–9.62)e |
Marijuana use | ||||
Have you used marijuana during the last 12 months? | ||||
Yes, marijuana use | Reference (14 809) |
7.94 (3.30–19.08)e | 19.79 (12.93–30.29)e | 11.90 (8.49–16.67)e |
Opioid PDM (past 12 months) | ||||
Yes, opioid nonmedical use (during the past-year) | Reference (14 358) |
5.45 (2.52–11.77)e | 24.14 (18.19–32.02)e | 18.48 (14.29–23.88)e |
Skipped class | ||||
During the last 4 weeks, how many whole days of school have you missed because you skipped or “cut”? | ||||
Skipped one or more days | Reference (13 661) |
1.56 (0.86–2.83) | 3.62 (2.71–4.83)e | 2.26 (1.76–2.90)e |
Route of administration | ||||
Nonoral routes of administration | (766) | Reference | 1.87 (0.46–7.52) | 2.32 (0.57–9.38) |
Subjective high | ||||
Moderately/very high | (764) | Reference | 16.69 (4.84–57.56)e | 17.07 (5.00–58.26)e |
Expected future use | ||||
I definitely/probably will | (762) | Reference | 1.38 (0.60–3.20) | 0.86 (0.37–1.99) |
Abbreviations: NMUPS, nonmedical use of prescription stimulants; NMUPS-SE only, nonmedical use of prescription stimulants for study enhancement only; NMUPS-SE and non-SE, nonmedical use of prescription stimulants for both study enhancement and nonstudy enhancement purposes; NMUPS non-SE only, NMUPS for nonstudy enhancement purposes only; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; Monitoring the Future (MTF) Study; PDM, Prescription Drug Misuse.
Source: 2009 to 2015 MTF; weighted estimates.
Sample sizes for the regression models ranged from 13 232 (student feelings about cheating) to 14 809 (past-year marijuana use) due to missing data.
Reference = Reference group for each multivariate logistic regression model.
Race/ethnicity and highest parental education were used as covariates in our regression analyses due to their significant associations with the 4-category NMUPS variable (see Table 1).
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