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Table 6 Multinomial Logit Estimation for “Not a Real Medical Illness” Stigma Response to Prescription Drug Abuse (“Don’t Know” Versus Base of “Neither Agree nor Disagree”)

From: Recognition and stigma of prescription drug abuse disorder: personal and community determinants

Respondent Variables

Sig.

Exp (B)

Own Prescription Drug Abuse

0.158

0.007

Friend/family Prescription Drug Abuse

0.134

8.047

Male

0.462

0.533

White

0.558

1.952

ID: Prescription Drug Abuse

0.003

0.019

[Age base = 35–54]

 Age 18–34

0.003

0.005

 Age 55+

0.851

0.797

[Respondent Income: base = $50–75)]

 $25 K or less

0.518

2.262

 $25-50 K

0.252

3.637

 $75-100 K

0.044

0.004

 $100 K+

0.074

0.023

[Respondent Education: base = HS or less]

 Some college

0.404

0.302

 College degree

0.613

0.512

 More than College

0.041

0.008

[Sufferer in Vignette: base = Michael]

 Michelle

0.397

2.344

Regional Level Variables

 Northeast

0.88

0.787

 Midwest

0.007

322.140

 West

0.004

3911.298

County Level Variables

Sig.

Exp(B)

 Rural

0.705

1.986

 Unemployment

0.047

0.500

 Association Rate

0.217

0.181

 Percent fair or poor health

0.088

1.830

 Percent access to exercise

0.087

1.093

 Percent uninsured

0.245

1.174

 Percent frequent physical distress

0.022

0.044

 Percent frequent mental distress

0.078

4.675

 Percent lack of sleep

0.241

1.207

 Percent physically inactive

0.004

1.979

[County Quartile Mental Health Providers Per Capita: base = lowest]

 2nd Quartile

0.023

0.023

 3rd Quartile

0.471

3.011

 4th Quartile

0.064

0.029

 Percent excessive drinking

0.711

0.906

 Percent alcohol driving deaths

0.216

0.933

 Violent crime rate

0.549

0.998

 Percent child poverty

0.409

1.136

 Legalized Marijuana State Law

0.198

7.776

 Constant

0.126

5.37e-08

Number of observations

 

127

Cox & Snell R-squared

 

0.484

Nagelkerke R-squared

 

0.700