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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Drug Policy. 2019 Jun 28;71:103–112. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.03.002

Table 4:

Bivariate associations between sociodemographic correlates and DSM-IV drug use disorder

Lifetime DSM-IV drug use disordera Past-year DSM-IV drug use disorder among lifetime casesb
Prevalence of DUD according to… DUD prevalence % (SE) Distribution of DUD % (SE) OR (95% CI) DUD prevalence % (SE) Distribution of DUD % (SE) OR (95% CI)
Gender
Male 5.0 (0.1) 69.3 (1.0) 2.4* (2.2-2.7) 21.6 (1.0) 69.6 (1.9) 1.1 (0.9-1.4)
Female 2.1 (0.1) 30.7 (1.0) 1 21.3 (1.3) 30.4 (1.9) 1
X21 [p] 367.1** [<0.001] 1.4 [0.231]
Age-cohort
18-29 5.2 (0.2) 41.7 (1.2) 69.3* (51.3-93.5) 29.9 (1.5) 58.1 (2.1) 1.4 (0.5-3.9)
30-44 4.4 (0.1) 39.6 (1.1) 29.2* (22.4-38.2) 17.4 (1.1) 32.0 (2.1) 1.3 (0.4-3.6)
45-59 2.4 (0.1) 16.3 (0.8) 8.9* (6.8-11.7) 11.7 (1.5) 8.9 (1.2) 1.3 (0.4-3.9)
60+ 0.5 (0.1) 2.5 (0.3) 1 8.9 (3.6) 1.0 (0.4) 1
X23 [p] 984.6** [<0.001] 1.3 [0.739]
Employment status
Student 3.4 (0.4) 4.9 (0.6) 0.9 (0.7-1.1) 24.5 (3.8) 5.6 (1.0) 1.0 (0.6-1.6)
Homemaker 2.1 (0.1) 8.0 (0.5) 1.1 (1.0-1.4) 21.1 (2.4) 7.8 (0.9) 1.0 (0.7-1.5)
Retired 0.7 (0.1) 2.3 (0.3) 1.0 (0.7-1.4) 7.3 (3.3) 0.8 (0.4) 0.5 (0.2-1.5)
Other 5.4 (0.3) 15.8 (0.9) 1.9 (1.7-2.2) 27.6 (2.5) 20.3 (1.7) 1.3 (0.9-1.7)
Employed 4.0 (0.1) 69.0 (1.1) 1 20.4 (0.9) 65.5 (2.0) 1
X24 [p] 81.2** [<0.001] 4.6 [0.327]
Marital status
Never married 6.0 (0.2) 44.5 (1.1) 1.7* (1.5-1.9) 28.5 (1.3) 59.0 (2.2) 1.6* (1.2-2.0)
Divorced/separated/widowed 3.3 (0.2) 11.3 (0.6) 1.9* (1.6-2.1) 16.3 (2.0) 8.6 (1.1) 1.4 (0.9-2.0)
Currently married 2.5 (0.1) 44.2 (1.1) 1 15.7 (1.2) 32.4 (2.1) 1
X22 [p] 143.3** [<0.001] 13.2** [0.001]
Education level
No education 0.7 (0.2) 0.6 (0.1) 1.5 (0.9-2.5) 45.8 (12.6) 1.3 (0.4) 6.2* (1.8-21.0)
Some primary 2.2 (0.2) 5.0 (0.5) 1.9* (1.5-2.4) 23.4 (4.1) 5.4 (1.0) 1.8 (1.0-3.3)
Finished primary 2.2 (0.2) 4.5 (0.4) 1.9* (1.5-2.4) 24.1 (3.4) 5.0 (0.7) 1.8* (1.0-3.2)
Some secondary 4.5 (0.2) 27.6 (1.0) 2.0* (1.7-2.3) 25.7 (1.6) 33.0 (2.0) 1.6* (1.1-2.4)
Finished secondary 3.4 (0.2) 27.5 (1.1) 1.4* (1.2-1.6) 22.5 (1.7) 28.8 (2.0) 1.4 (1.0-2.1)
Some college 4.4 (0.2) 21.5 (0.9) 1.3* (1.1-1.6) 17.2 (1.6) 17.2 (1.6) 1.2 (0.8-1.7)
Finished college 2.9 (0.2) 13.3 (0.9) 1 14.9 (1.9) 9.2 (1.2) 1
X26 [p] 86.4** [<0.001] 14.8** [0.022]
Household income
Low 4.3 (0.2) 30.5 (1.1) 1.6* (1.4-1.8) 25.0 (1.4) 35.3 (2.0) 1.6* (1.2-2.1)
Low-average 3.6 (0.2) 24.4 (1.1) 1.2* (1.1-1.4) 20.7 (1.9) 23.4 (2.0) 1.3 (0.9-1.8)
High-average 3.5 (0.2) 25.2 (1.0) 1.1 (1.0-1.3) 22.6 (1.7) 26.4 (2.0) 1.5* (1.1-2.1)
High 3.2 (0.2) 19.9 (0.9) 1 16.2 (1.4) 14.9 (1.3) 1
X23 [p] 59.0** [<0.001] 11.4** [0.010]
*

Significant at the .05 level, 2-sided test.

**

Significant at the .05 level, 2-sided test.

a

Estimates are based on discrete-time logistic regression analyses controlling for age-cohorts, gender, person-years and survey (results for latter two not shown).

b

Estimates are based on logistic regression model adjusted for gender, time since drug use disorder onset and survey (results for latter two not shown).