Table 3.

Association between frequency of past year marijuana use and involuntary job loss, NESARC longitudinal (2001–2002/2003–2004) and cross-sectional (2012–2013) cohorts

	Use in wave 1 & job loss in wave 2 (n=21,932)		Use and job loss in wave 3 (n=21,439)
	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Frequency of use
Daily	4.59 (3.71, 5.67)	2.18 (1.71, 2.77)	3.41 (2.67, 4.35)	1.40 (1.06, 1.86)
Weekly	1.72 (1.60, 1.84)	0.86 (0.77, 0.97)	3.30 (2.38, 4.56)	1.48 (1.03, 2.14)
Monthly or less	1.79 (1.60, 2.00)	1.09 (0.95, 1.25)	2.60 (2.12, 3.20)	1.57 (1.24, 2.00)
No use	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Conflict at work
Yes	1.96 (1.84, 2.09)	1.55 (1.45, 1.65)	3.18 (2.75, 3.68)	2.72 (2.31, 3.19)
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Race
Black	1.78 (1.66, 1.90)	1.44 (1.34, 1.54)	1.68 (1.46, 1.93)	1.42 (1.20, 1.68)
Hispanic	1.38 (1.29, 1.48)	1.02 (0.93, 1.12)	1.15 (1.00, 1.33)	1.15 (0.96, 1.38)
Other groups	1.14 (0.97, 1.34)	1.15 (0.97, 1.37)	1.05 (0.79, 1.38)	1.43 (1.04, 1.99)
White	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Gender
Male	1.18 (1.09, 1.27)	1.20 (1.10, 1.31)	1.27 (1.11, 1.46)	1.17 (0.99, 1.37)
Female	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Age (continuous)	0.97 (0.97, 0.97)	0.98 (0.98, 0.98)	0.97 (0.97, 0.98)	0.99 (0.98, 0.99)
Education
<HS	3.89 (3.53, 4.29)	1.97 (1.75, 2.23)	3.24 (2.51, 4.18)	1.49 (1.08, 2.05)
HS/GED	2.54 (2.29, 2.83)	1.51 (1.35, 1.70)	2.86 (2.26, 3.63)	1.43 (1.09, 1.87)
Some college	2.17 (2.00, 2.35)	1.41 (1.29, 1.54)	2.27 (1.81, 2.85)	1.30 (1.02, 1.66)
College graduate	1.33 (1.22, 1.46)	1.12 (1.03, 1.23)	1.34 (1.03, 1.76)	1.13 (0.86, 1.48)
College+	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Marital status
Never married	1.91 (1.76, 2.07)	1.20 (1.09, 1.31)	2.20 (1.94, 2.49)	1.19 (1.03, 1.38)
Widowed/divorced/separated	1.36 (1.23, 1.50)	1.18 (1.05, 1.31)	1.52 (1.30, 1.78)	1.23 (1.04, 1.45)
Married/living with someone as if married	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Household Income
0–19,999	3.06 (2.81, 3.32)	1.69 (1.52, 1.89)	3.60 (2.96, 4.38)	2.07 (1.65, 2.61)
20,000–34,999	2.53 (2.32, 2.76)	1.59 (1.43, 1.78)	2.31 (1.95, 2.73)	1.53 (1.28, 1.83)
35,000–69,999	1.81 (1.66, 1.97)	1.37 (1.25, 1.50)	1.64 (1.39, 1.94)	1.26 (1.05, 1.51)
≥70,000	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Census region
Midwest	1.29 (1.20, 1.39)	1.17 (1.09, 1.26)	0.89 (0.81, 1.11)	0.77 (0.60, 0.98)
South	1.17 (1.10, 1.26)	1.01 (0.95, 1.08)	1.02 (0.82, 1.26)	0.90 (0.72, 1.14)
West	1.18 (1.09, 1.27)	1.08 (0.99, 1.17)	0.90 (0.72, 1.13)	0.84 (0.66, 1.07)
Northeast	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
General health
Poor	2.49 (1.86, 3.33)	1.92 (1.39, 2.66)	1.11 (0.96, 1.28)	1.57 (1.04, 2.38)
Fair	2.11 (1.87, 2.38)	1.56 (1.37, 1.77)	1.50 (1.28, 1.76)	1.29 (1.05, 1.59)
Good	1.35 (1.22, 1.50)	1.11 (1.00, 1.23)	2.01 (1.63, 2.47)	1.17 (0.99, 1.39)
Very good	1.16 (1.07, 1.26)	1.06 (0.98, 1.16)	2.76 (1.90, 4.02)	1.00 (0.86, 1.16)
Excellent	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Nativity
Foreign-born	0.98 (0.92, 1.04)	0.94 (0.87, 1.00)	0.58 (0.51, 0.68)	0.63 (0.51, 0.77)
US-born	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Lifetime mental problems
Yes	1.42 (1.32, 1.53)	1.22 (1.13, 1.31)	1.66 (1.48, 1.87)	1.10 (0.96, 1.25)
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Alcohol disorder
Yes	1.75 (1.55, 1.96)	0.93 (0.81, 1.07)	1.96 (1.72, 2.24)	1.34 (1.15, 1.56)
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Other drug disorder
Yes	1.88 (1.62, 2.19)	1.03 (0.87, 1.21)	2.53 (2.03, 3.14)	1.30 (1.03, 1.64)
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Family history of drug disorder
Yes	1.45 (1.36, 1.55)	1.17 (1.09, 1.26)	1.61 (1.42, 1.81)	1.15 (1.02, 1.30)
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Government aid as child
Yes	1.86 (1.70, 2.02)	1.17 (1.06, 1.29)	1.96 (1.73, 2.23)	1.13 (0.96, 1.33)
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Occupational class
Blue-collar	1.98 (1.81, 2.16)	1.32 (1.19, 1.45)	2.22 (1.91, 2.59)	1.64 (1.40, 1.94)
Service	1.52 (1.40, 1.65)	1.04 (0.95, 1.14)	1.67 (1.42, 1.97)	1.08 (0.90, 1.29)
Other	1.37 (1.07, 1.76)	1.11 (0.85, 1.44)	1.71 (1.13, 2.60)	1.44 (0.94, 2.21)
White collar	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref