TABLE 5.

Differences in Well-Being-Health Risk Behavior Associations by Gender

Behavior	Men OR/IRR (95% CI)	Women OR/IRR (95% CI)
Illicit Drug Use
Marijuana Use
Incidence	0.57*** (0.50–0.66)	0.66*** (0.60–0.74)
Frequency	1.01 (0.91–1.12)	1.03 (0.94–1.12)
Hard Drug Use
Incidence	0.28*** (0.22–0.35)	0.42*** (0.32–0.52)
Frequency	0.98 (0.84–1.14)	0.76** (0.62 to 0.94)
Inhalant Use
Incidence	0.24*** (0.19–0.31)	0.38*** (0.30–0.48)
Frequency	0.92 (0.74–1.14)	0.72** (0.57–0.90)
Injecting Drug Use
Incidence	0.10*** (0.06–0.17)	0.22*** (0.14–0.34)
Frequency	1.49* (1.04–2.14)	0.80 (0.50–1.10)
Prescription Drug Misuse
Incidence	0.37*** (0.26–0.51)	0.57*** (0.46–0.71)
Frequency	0.93 (0.76–1.13)	0.80 (0.64–1.01)
Sexual Risk Taking
Oral Sex
Incidence	0.84* (0.73–0.97)	0.92 (0.82–1.04)
Frequency	1.01 (0.95–1.07)	1.04* (1.01–1.08)
Anal Sex
Incidence	0.52*** (0.40–0.67)	0.60*** (0.45–0.80)
Frequency	0.92 (0.83–1.02)	0.82* (0.69–0.99)
Casual Sex
Incidence	0.42*** (0.32–0.57)	0.69*** (0.54–0.89)
Frequency	0.81* (0.66–0.99)	0.51*** (0.42–0.63)
Unprotected Sex
Incidence	0.79** (0.68–0.91)	0.84*** (0.77–0.93)
Frequency	1.05 (0.98–1.13)	1.10*** (1.06–1.13)
Sex while Drunk/High
Incidence	0.74* (0.55–0.98)	0.98 (0.90–1.11)
Frequency	0.89 (0.76–1.05)	0.82*** (0.76–0.90)
Driving Related Risks
Driving while Drunk/High
Incidence	1.16 (0.83–1.63)	0.94 (0.75–1.18)
Frequency	0.66*** (0.56–0.78)	0.62*** (0.52–0.73)
Riding with Impaired Driver
Incidence	0.64*** (0.51–0.80)	0.75*** (0.63–0.89)
Frequency	0.83** (0.72–0.94)	0.81*** (0.74–0.90)

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^***p < .001.