Table 4 Predictors of Regular Polysubstance Use compared to other use patterns in a sample of rural middle school students

Gender (female)

48.8 (441)

2.01 (0.88 – 4.55)

2.19 (0.95 – 5.06)

1.22 (0.51 – 2.91)

Sexual identity (sexual minority)

11.4 (98)

0.82 (0.31 – 2.15)

0.43 (0.15 – 1.18)

0.91 (0.32 – 2.63)

Grade

6th (referent)

33.5 (289)

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7th

34.9 (301)

0.26 (0.06 – 1.02)

0.38 (0.09 – 1.49)

0.61 (0.14 – 2.71)

8th

31.6 (272)

0.08 (0.02 – 0.31)***

0.15 (0.05 – 0.58)**

0.47 (0.11 – 1.98)

Ethnicity (Hispanic)

59.5 (513)

1.01 (0.37 – 2.76)

0.87 (0.32 – 1.37)

1.01 (0.33 – 3.06)

Mostly/all English spoken at home (yes)

49.7 (428)

3.12 (1.16 – 8.36)*

1.16 (0.42 – 3.17)

2.92 (0.93 – 9.21)

Mostly/all English spoken at with friends (yes)

72.5 (625)

1.22 (0.44 – 3.38)

1.08 (0.39 – 2.99)

0.92 (0.31 – 2.74)

ACEs

1.76 (1.88)

0.50 (0.39 – 0.63)***

0.63 (0.49 – 0.79)***

0.71 (0.58 – 0.90)***

Bullying

4.22 (.56)

0.98 (0.90 – 1.06)

1.03 (0.95 – 1.12)

1.00 (0.91 – 1.09)

Drug or alcohol communication with parents

0.48 (0.29 – 0.84)**

0.62 (0.36 – 1.08)

1.02 (0.58 – 1.82)

Never

36.9 (318)

Once or Twice

29.5 (246)

Many times

298 (34.6)

Parent connectedness

16.5 (4.8)

1.11 (1.04 – 1.19)**

1.09 (1.02 – 1.25)**

1.08 (1.01 – 1.16)*

School Connectedness

14.4 (3.2)

1.21 (1.08 – 1.36)**

1.12 (1.01 – 1.25)*

1.04 (0.93 – 1.17)