Table 2.
Characteristics of the Study Sample by Perceived Risk of Weekly Cannabis Use and Correlates of Perceiving No Risk of Weekly Cannabis Use Among US Pregnant Women (n=2,247). Results of Univariate and Multivariable Logistic Regression Models, 2015–2017 National Survey of Drug Use and Health
| Characteristics | Perceived Risk of Weekly Cannabis Use | p-value | Perceiving no risk associated with weekly cannabis use | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any Risk | No Risk | ||||||||
| Sample Size and Weighted Proportion | n=1,665a | n=582a | |||||||
| 78.4% | (76.2, 80.6) | 21.6% | (19.4, 23.8) | ||||||
| %b | (95% CI) | %b | (95% CI) | OR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | ||
| Socio-demographic factors | |||||||||
| Age group (years old) | <0.01 | ||||||||
| 14 to 17 | 1.5 | (1.0, 2.1) | 2.3 | (0.6, 4.1) | 2.0 | (0.8, 4.9) | 1.4 | (0.5, 4.8) | |
| 18 to 29 | 29.2 | (26.8, 31.6) | 44.1 | (38.9, 49.4) | 2.0 | (1.6, 2.6) | 1.7 | (1.3, 2.2) | |
| 30 to 44 | 69.3 | (66.8, 71.8) | 53.6 | (48.4, 58.7) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Self-identified race/ethnicity | <0.01 | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 54.0 | (50.4, 57.6) | 60.2 | (54.6, 65.9) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 13.8 | (11.8, 15.7) | 19.3 | (14.7, 23.9) | 1.3 | (0.9, 1.8) | 1.0 | (0.7, 1.5) | |
| Non-Hispanic Other | 9.4 | (7.3, 11.5) | 9.2 | (5.4, 13.0) | 0.9 | (0.5, 1.4) | 1.0 | (0.6, 1.7) | |
| Hispanic | 22.8 | (19.9, 25.7) | 11.2 | (7.7, 14.8) | 0.4 | (0.3, 0.6) | 0.4 | (0.3, 0.6) | |
| Population density | <0.05 | ||||||||
| Large metropolitan | 57.1 | (53.9, 60.2) | 48.3 | (43.0, 53.7) | 0.6 | (0.4, 1.0) | 1.1 | (0.9, 1.5) | |
| Small metropolitan | 38.1 | (34.8, 41.3) | 45.0 | (39.8, 50.2) | 0.8 | (0.5, 1.4) | 1.1 | (0.7, 1.7) | |
| Non-metropolitan | 4.8 | (3.5, 6.1) | 6.6 | (4.4, 8.8) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Poverty level | <0.01 | ||||||||
| Living in poverty | 20.4 | (18.1, 22.8) | 32.1 | (28.0, 36.3) | 2.2 | (1.7, 2.9) | 1.8 | (1.3, 2.5) | |
| Income up to 2X FPTc | 18.7 | (16.0, 21.4) | 23.5 | (18.2, 28.8) | 1.7 | (1.2, 2.5) | 1.4 | (0.9, 2.2) | |
| Income more than 2X FPT | 60.8 | (57.7, 64.0) | 44.4 | (39.1, 49.7) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Residence in medical marijuana legalized | 0.79 | ||||||||
| State | |||||||||
| No | 48.4 | (44.7, 52.1) | 47.6 | (42.7, 52.6) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Yes | 51.6 | (47.9, 55.3) | 52.4 | (47.4, 57.3) | 1 | (0.8, 1.2) | 1.1 | (0.9, 1.4) | |
| Substance use related factors | |||||||||
| Alcohol and/or tobacco use in the past 30 days | <0.01 | ||||||||
| Neither | 83.7 | (81.8, 85.6) | 66.3 | (61.2, 71.4) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Alcohol use only | 6.4 | (5.0, 7.8) | 7.6 | (4.7, 10.5) | 1.5 | (1.0, 2.3) | 1.1 | (0.7, 1.8) | |
| Tobacco use only | 7.9 | (6.4, 9.5) | 20.4 | (16.8, 24.0) | 3.2 | (2.3, 4.6) | 1.7 | (1.1, 2.6) | |
| Alcohol and tobacco use | 2.0 | (1.2, 2.8) | 5.7 | (2.9, 8.4) | 3.5 | (2.0, 6.5) | 1.6 | (0.7, 3.3) | |
| Past 30-day use of drugs other than cannabis | <0.01 | ||||||||
| No | 99.1 | (98.6, 99.6) | 94.7 | (91.6. 97.9) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Yes | 0.9 | (0.4, 1.4) | 5.3 | (2.1, 8.4) | 5.8 | (2.6, 13.0) | 3.1 | (1.2, 8.1) | |
| Health and pregnancy related factors | |||||||||
| Trimester of pregnancy | 0.21 | ||||||||
| First | 31.7 | (28.0, 35.4) | 34.2 | (29.0, 39.5) | 1.0 | (0.7, 1.3) | 0.8 | (0.6, 1.1) | |
| Second | 36.3 | (32.9, 39.8) | 30.4 | (24.7, 36.1) | 0.7 | (0.5, 1.1) | 0.7 | (0.5, 1.1) | |
| Third | 31.9 | (28.7, 35.1) | 35.4 | (29.9, 40.9) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Self-reported health status | 0.44 | ||||||||
| Excellent to good | 95.0 | (93.7, 96.2) | 94.0 | (91.6, 96.4) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Fair to Poor | 5.0 | (3.8, 6.3) | 6.0 | (3.6, 8.4) | 1.2 | (0.7, 2.0) | 0.7 | (0.4, 1.1) | |
| Past 12-months MDEd | <0.01 | ||||||||
| No | 94.2 | (92.7, 95.7) | 88.6 | (84.8, 92.5) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Yes | 5.8 | (4.3, 7.3) | 11.4 | (7.5, 15.2) | 2.1 | (1.3, 3.6) | 1.6 | (0.9, 2.8) | |
| Year of the survey | <0.01 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 34.9 | (31.9, 37.8) | 26.8 | (22.4, 31.3) | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | 33.9 | (31.5, 36.3) | 31.8 | (26.5, 37.0) | 1.2 | (0.9, 1.6) | 1.3 | (0.9, 1.7) | |
| 2017 | 31.2 | (28.0, 34.5) | 41.4 | (36.1, 46.7) | 1.7 | (1.3, 2.4) | 1.6 | (1.2, 2.3) | |
Notes: aUnweighted number; bEstimates from weighted analyses; cFederal Poverty Threshold; dMajor Depressive Episode as defined by DSM-IV.