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. 2020 Jul 18;67(3):354–361. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.06.018

Table 4.

Binary logistic regressions predicting social contexts of substance use during COVID-19 pandemic

SU alone
SU with friends via technology
SU with friends face-to-face
Sent posts of SU to friends
SU with parents
Exp(B) 95% CI p Exp(B) 95% CI p Exp(B) 95% CI p Exp(B) 95% CI p Exp(B) 95% CI p
Model 1 (hypothesis 3)
 Gender 1.59 1.04–2.44 .03 .81 .49–1.36 .43 1.65 1.00–2.72 .05 .44 .26–75 .00 .71 .46–1.09 .12
 Age 1.32 1.03–1.69 .03 1.57 1.18–2.09 .00 .82 .61–.1.10 .19 1.36 1.05–1.76 .02 1.44 1.15–1.79 .00
 Ethnicity .72 .48–1.09 .12 .86 .54–1.38 .53 .95 .57–1.58 .85 .81 .53–1.25 .35 .41 .27–.61 .00
 Pre-COVID substance use 1.20 1.17–1.24 .00 1.16 1.13–1.19 .00 1.15 1.12–1.18 .00 1.14 1.11–1.17 .00 1.03 1.00–1.06 .03
 Reputation concerns 1.16 1.01–1.33 .03 1.13 .96–1.32 .16 1.08 .91–1.29 .36 1.10 .95–1.28 .20 .99 .87–1.12 .86
 Self-reported popularity .98 .90–1.06 .61 1.14 1.03–1.26 .01 1.04 .93–1.15 .53 1.14 1.04–1.25 .00 1.02 .95–1.10 .57
 Popularity X rep concerns 1.08 1.02–1.14 .01 .96 .90–1.03 .28 .91 .85–.98 .01 1.01 .95–1.08 .73 .96 .91–1.01 .09
Model 2 (hypothesis 4)
 Gender 1.86 1.20–2.87 .01 .93 .55–1.56 .77 1.71 1.02–2.85 .04 .52 .31–.89 .02 .72 .47–1.12 .15
 Age 1.27 .99 .06 1.52 1.14–2.02 .00 .81 .60–1.09 .16 1.31 1.01–1.68 .04 1.42 1.14–1.77 .00
 Ethnicity .68 .45–.1.04 .07 .83 .52–1.33 .45 .93 .56–1.55 .79 .78 .51–1.20 .25 .40 .27–.60 .00
 Pre-COVID substance use 1.20 1.16–1.23 .00 1.16 1.13–1.19 .00 1.15 1.11–1.18 .00 1.14 1.11–1.17 .00 1.03 1.00–1.05 .04
 Fear of COVID-19 1.45 1.02–2.07 .04 1.15 .78–1.70 .49 1.13 .74–1.74 .58 1.25 .87–1.80 .22 .93 .68–1.27 .65
 Depression 1.57 1.21–2.04 .00 1.07 .80–1.42 .67 .96 .70–1.31 .77 1.30 1.00–1.69 .05 1.08 .86–1.37 .50
 Anxiety .83 .66–1.03 .10 1.03 .80–1.31 .83 1.07 .82–1.41 .61 .91 .73–1.14 .41 .99 .81–1.21 .93

Bolded Exp(B) and 95% CIs indicate significant effects at p < .05; gender reference group = boys; ethnicity reference group = nonwhite.

CI = confidence interval; SU = substance use.