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Table 4 Weighted multinomial logistic regression analysis for correlates of legal cannabis product safety perceptions, 2019–2021

From: Consumer perceptions of legal cannabis products in Canada, 2019–2021: a repeat cross-sectional study

 

Safer to use legal cannabis products

AOR (95% CI)

N = 15,060

Safer purchasing legal cannabis products

AOR (95% CI)

N = 15,067

Safer to use

(vs. less)

No diff

(vs. less)

Don’t know

(vs. less)

Safer to buy

(vs. less)

No diff

(vs. less)

Don’t know

(vs. less)

Survey year

 2021 (vs 2020)

1.42 (1.07, 1.89)

1.19 (0.89, 1.59)

1.20 (0.89, 1.62)

0.98 (0.73, 1.33)

0.81 (0.60, 1.10)

0.78 (0.56, 1.07)

 2020 (vs 2019)

0.97 (0.73, 1.30)

0.96 (0.72, 1.28)

0.95 (0.70, 1.29)

1.33 (0.98, 1.80)

1.38 (1.01, 1.88)

1.32 (0.95, 1.83)

 2021 (vs 2019)

1.39 (1.06, 1.82)

1.14 (0.87, 1.50)

1.15 (0.86, 1.53)

1.31 (0.99, 1.73)

1.12 (0.85, 1.49)

1.02 (0.76, 1.38)

Province of residence

 British Columbia

0.79 (0.54, 1.15)

1.21 (0.83, 1.78)

1.47 (0.98, 2.21)

1.19 (0.79, 1.81)

2.07 (1.36, 3.16)

2.03 (1.30, 3.16)

 Alberta

0.97 (0.64, 1.46)

0.97 (0.63, 1.48)

1.24 (0.80, 1.94)

1.16 (0.75, 1.79)

1.11 (0.71, 1.73)

1.31 (0.82, 2.10)

 Saskatchewan

0.99 (0.55, 1.77)

1.20 (0.67, 2.16)

1.20 (0.65, 2.22)

1.61 (0.83, 3.10)

1.78 (0.91, 3.51)

1.81 (0.90, 3.62)

 Manitoba

0.93 (0.50, 1.75)

1.02 (0.54, 1.92)

1.31 (0.68, 2.53)

1.07 (0.59, 1.96)

1.14 (0.62, 2.10)

1.38 (0.72, 2.63)

 Ontario

0.74 (0.53, 1.04)

0.85 (0.60, 1.21)

1.11 (0.77, 1.60)

0.92 (0.64, 1.30)

1.16 (0.81, 1.66)

1.31 (0.90, 1.92)

 New Brunswick

1.02 (0.59, 1.77)

1.17 (0.68, 2.04)

1.54 (0.87, 2.73)

1.75 (0.87, 3.50)

2.11 (1.04, 4.27)

2.38 (1.16, 4.91)

 Nova Scotia

0.83 (0.45, 1.53)

1.28 (0.69, 2.38)

1.29 (0.68, 2.46)

1.69 (0.85, 3.56)

2.39 (1.19, 4.79)

2.01 (0.99, 4.11)

 Prince Edward Island

0.48 (0.17, 1.32)

0.40 (0.14, 1.18)

0.48 (0.16, 1.48)

1.39 (0.41, 4.67)

1.27 (0.37, 4.39)

1.68 (0.43, 6.49)

 Newfoundland & Labrador

1.29 (0.66, 2.52)

1.25 (0.63, 2.46)

1.43 (0.70, 2.89)

4.36 (1.70, 11.19)

4.13 (1.59, 10.69)

3.97 (1.50, 10.56)

 Québec

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Cannabis use frequency

 Past year but less than monthly

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 Monthly

0.59 (0.41, 0.83)

0.88 (0.62, 1.26)

0.45 (0.31, 0.64)

0.58 (0.41, 0.82)

0.86 (0.60, 1.24)

0.41 (0.28, 0.59)

 Weekly

0.73 (0.50, 1.06)

1.17 (0.80, 1.71)

0.38 (0.26, 0.57)

0.78 (0.53, 1.15)

1.28 (0.86, 1.91)

0.42 (0.28, 0.63)

 Daily/almost daily

0.49 (0.36, 0.69)

1.32 (0.95, 1.85)

0.33 (0.23, 0.46)

0.61 (0.43, 0.88)

1.47 (1.02, 2.11)

0.35 (0.24, 0.50)

  1. Models were adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity/race, education, income adequacy, and survey device used