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Table 2 Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of marijuana-specific risk and protective factors among U.S. adolescents

From: Race/ethnicity differences in risk and protective factors for marijuana use among U.S. adolescents

 

Perceived availability of marijuana

(n = 66,019)

Parental disapproval of marijuana use

(n = 67,111)

Peer disapproval of marijuana use

(n = 67,187)

Close friends disapproval of marijuana use

(n = 66,920)

Risk perception of marijuana use

(n = 66,825)

Race (Ref: White)

 Black

0.807***

1.079

1.151**

1.074

0.787***

(0.750–0.868)

(0.963–1.208)

(1.057–1.253)

(0.988–1.166)

(0.738–0.840)

 Hispanic

1.014

1.455***

1.068

1.099*

0.903***

(0.949–1.083)

(1.294–1.636)

(0.984–1.159)

(1.022–1.182)

(0.854–0.955)

 Asian

0.464***

2.885***

1.996***

2.491***

1.690***

(0.406–0.530)

(2.048–4.063)

(1.747–2.281)

(2.244–2.766)

(1.497–1.907)

 Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islander

0.957 (0.678–1.352)

0.694 (0.372–1.296)

0.825 (0.524–1.300)

0.960 (0.614–1.502)

0.719 (0.483–1.070)

 Native-Americans

0.834

0.675*

0.873

0.883

0.579***

(0.682–1.019)

(0.500–0.910)

(0.691–1.104)

(0.690–1.129)

(0.473–0.708)

 Mixed-race

1.236***

0.818

0.765***

0.801***

0.673***

(1.122–1.361)

(0.660–1.014)

(0.672–0.870)

(0.709–0.904)

(0.611–0.741)

 Male (ref: female)

0.800***

1.045

1.061**

0.939**

0.801***

(0.765–0.835)

(0.952–1.147)

(1.018–1.106)

(0.899–0.981)

(0.770–0.833)

Poverty level (ref: < 100%)

 100–199%

1.239***

1.422***

0.994

0.985

1.134**

(1.153–1.331)

(1.250–1.619)

(0.908–1.088)

(0.919–1.055)

(1.050–1.225)

 200%+

1.414***

1.991***

0.946

0.989

1.290***

(1.328–1.506)

(1.777–2.231)

(0.882–1.015)

(0.923–1.059)

(1.204–1.382)

Urbanicity (ref: Large metro)

 Small metro

0.954*

0.915

1.080*

1.043

1.012

(0.911–1.000)

(0.825–1.015)

(1.017–1.147)

(0.989–1.101)

(0.958–1.070)

 Non-metro

0.754***

1.100

1.419***

1.374***

1.240***

(0.688–0.827)

(0.946–1.279)

(1.278–1.575)

(1.232–1.534)

(1.102–1.396)

Age (ref: 12, 13)

 14–15

3.963***

0.590***

0.275***

0.296***

0.519***

(3.778–4.157)

(0.514–0.676)

(0.249–0.304)

(0.267–0.327)

(0.489–0.552)

 16–17

9.317***

0.312***

0.131***

0.133***

0.290***

(8.720–9.955)

(0.274–0.357)

(0.120–0.144)

(0.120–0.146)

(0.273–0.308)

Year (ref: 2015)

 2016

0.928*

0.869

0.957

1.010

0.982

(0.865–0.995)

(0.738–1.024)

(0.869–1.054)

(0.923–1.105)

(0.910–1.059)

 2017

0.986

0.785***

0.925*

0.917*

0.907*

(0.927–1.048)

(0.690–0.893)

(0.857–0.998)

(0.850–0.990)

(0.841–0.979)

 2018

0.978

0.745***

0.848***

0.847***

0.759***

(0.898–1.066)

(0.651–0.852)

(0.783–0.918)

(0.780–0.919)

(0.711–0.809)

 2019

0.941

0.682***

0.854***

0.860***

0.736***

(0.866–1.022)

(0.594–0.783)

(0.791–0.923)

(0.796–0.929)

(0.683–0.792)

  1. 95% confidence intervals (CI) in parentheses; Ref: Reference group
  2. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05