“College fields of study and substance use”

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Longitudinal Results of the Association Between College Fields of Study and Substance Use Behaviors from Multilevel Logistic Regression (N = 1031)

	Smoking			Heavy Alcohol Use			Marijuana Use
	O.R.	95% C.I.		O.R.	95% C.I.		O.R.	95% C.I.
*Change in Health Risk Behaviors by Major*
STEM × Age	1.026	0.844	1.248	0.935	0.796	1.097	1.036	0.852	1.260
Health × Age	1.150	0.829	1.596	0.790	0.620	1.005	0.704*	0.497	0.997
Education × Age	0.875	0.681	1.124	0.922	0.747	1.137	0.808	0.604	1.081
Social Sciences × Age	0.894	0.736	1.086	0.808*	0.685	0.952	0.781*	0.634	0.962
Business × Age	0.896	0.752	1.068	0.779**	0.666	0.910	0.965	0.804	1.158
Others × Age	0.797	0.548	1.160	0.993	0.729	1.354	1.061	0.750	1.502
Multiple Fields^a × Age	0.913	0.744	1.120	0.933	0.780	1.116	0.905	0.734	1.116

*** p < .001, **p < .01, *p < .05
Abbreviations: Ref. reference group, S.E. standard error, C.I. confidence interval, O.R. odds ratio
Note: Samples with attaining college degrees only. All models control for aforementioned covariates
^aMultiple Fields refers to individuals with a double major in different fields of college major only; individuals with a double major in the same field of college major are not categorized into Multiple Fields

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