Table 2.
Characteristics of AI/AN youth participants (New Mexico YRRS 2009-2019)
| Total n (%1) |
AI/AN Youth with Opioid Misuse n (%2) |
AI/AN Youth with no Opioid Misuse n (%2) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 19,067 (100%) | 2363 (12.0) | 16,704 (88.0) | NA |
| Mediating variable | ||||
| Social Support (SS) | ||||
| Low SS | 3258 (17.5) | 720 (22.0) | 2538 (78.0) | < 0.0001 |
| Moderate SS | 5945 (31.6) | 874 (14.5) | 5071 (85.5) | |
| High SS | 9864 (50.9) | 769 (7.3) | 9095 (92.7) | |
| Control variables | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤ 14 | 3826 (20.8) | 361 (8.7) | 3465 (91.3) | 0.0001 |
| 15 | 4936 (26.1) | 612 (12.8) | 4324 (87.2) | |
| 16 | 4899 (24.5) | 640 (12.9) | 4259 (87.1) | |
| ≥ 17 | 5406 (28.6) | 750 (13.4) | 4656 (86.6) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 9807 (49.4) | 1202 (11.8) | 8605 (88.2) | 0.3870 |
| Male | 9260 (50.6) | 1161 (12.5) | 8099 (87.5) | |
| Grade | ||||
| 9th | 5626 (29.9) | 614 (9.8) | 5012 (90.2) | 0.0039 |
| 10th | 5053 (26.7) | 631 (13.2) | 4422 (86.8) | |
| 11th | 4511 (23.0) | 618 (13.3) | 3893 (86.7) | |
| 12th | 3762 (20.4) | 473 (11.9) | 3289 (88.1) | |
| Academic performance | ||||
| High grades (A’s / B’s) | 11,577 (69.0) | 1106 (9.5) | 10,471 (90.5) | < 0.0001 |
| Poor grades (C, D, or F’s) | 5143 (31.0) | 902 (17.0) | 4241 (83.0) | |
| Maternal education level | ||||
| < High School | 2349 (18.0) | 352 (15.6) | 1997 (84.4) | 0.0001 |
| High School | 7534 (50.0) | 864 (10.9) | 6670 (89.1) | |
| ≥ College | 4437 (32.0) | 459 (10.0) | 3978 (90.0) | |
| Sexual identity | ||||
| Heterosexual | 10,633 (81.1) | 869 (8.1) | 9764 (91.9) | < 0.0001 |
| Gay/Lesbian | 353 (2.9) | 107 (29.9) | 246 (70.1) | |
| Bisexual | 1493 (11.4) | 315 (22.1) | 1178 (77.9) | |
| Questioning | 547 (4.6) | 96 (22.4) | 451 (77.6) | |
| Stratifying variables | ||||
| Reservation status of school | ||||
| On | 4066 (13.0) | 484 (10.0) | 3582 (90.0) | 0.041 |
| Off | 14,108 (87.0) | 1767 (12.0) | 12,341 (88.0) | |
| Rurality status of school | ||||
| Rural | 13,782 (66.0) | 1727 (13.0) | 12,055 (87.0) | 0.187 |
| Urban | 4392 (34.0) | 524 (11.0) | 3868 (89.0) | |