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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Dec 30.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2022 Nov 22;5:100123. doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100123

Table 2.

Tetrachoric correlations (standard errors) between study variables.

Drug Use Variable 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
1. Prescription opioids * .81 (0.02) .72 (0.03) .53 (0.02) .61 (0.02) * .65 (0.02) .65 (0.03) .69 (0.03) .69 (0.05)
2. Prescription stimulantsa .64 (0.02) * * * * * * * * *
3. Sedatives .85 (0.01) .68 (0.01) .67 (0.04) .55 (0.02) .64 (0.03) * .68 (0.02) .71 (0.03) .72 (0.03) .69 (0.05)
4. Heroin .70 (0.02) .56 (0.03) .71 (0.02) .46 (0.04) .62 (0.04) * .57 (0.04) .59 (0.06) .57 (0.05) .61 (0.07)
5. Cannabis .59 (0.01) .68 (0.02) .63 (0.01) .67 (0.02) .60 (0.02) * .57 (0.02) .71 (0.03) .74 (0.03) .68 (0.04)
6. Cocaine/crack .66 (0.01) .66 (0.01) .71 (0.01) .78 (0.02) .84 (0.01) * .70 (0.02) .70 (0.03) .77 (0.03) .67 (0.05)
7. Illicit stimulantsa .61 (0.02) .81 (0.01) .66 (0.01) .55 (0.02) .74 (0.02) .73 (0.01) * * * *
8. Stimulantsb * * * * * * * .69 (0.03) .78 (0.03) .71 (0.05)
9. Club drugs .65 (0.02) .70 (0.02) .66 (0.01) .66 (0.02) .76 (0.01) .72 (0.01) .58 (0.02) * .86 (0.02) .73 (0.05)
10. Hallucinogens .67 (0.01) .71 (0.02) .71 (0.01) .73 (0.02) .87 (0.01) .84 (0.01) .75 (0.01) * .79 (0.01) .83 (0.04)
11. Inhalants .62 (0.02) .59 (0.02) .65 (0.02) .67 (0.02) .73 (0.02) .72 (0.01) .63 (0.02) * .69 (0.02) .79 (0.01)

Note. (Mis)Use variables below the diagonal, use disorder variables above the diagonal.

a

measure only available for (mis)use.

b

measure only available for use disorder.

*

measure not available; all correlations significant, p<.001.