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Table 5 Predictors of Non-Use compared to other use patterns in a sample of rural middle school students

From: The role of trauma and positive youth development in polysubstance use among rural middle school students: a latent class analysis

Predictors

% (N) or Mean (SD)

Vape and Alcohol Experimenter

Polysubstance Experimenters

Polysubstance Regular Users

Relative Risk Ratios [RRR] (95% CI)

Gender (female)

51.2 (539)

1.07 (0.74 – 1.55)

0.61 (0.35 – 1.04)

0.49 (0.21 – 1.13)

Sexual identity (sexual minority)

11.4 (98)

0.53 (0.28 – 1.01)

1.11 (0.52 – 2.40)

1.21 (0.46 – 3.19)

Grade

    

6th (referent)

33.5 (289)

-

-

-

7th

34.9 (301)

1.45 (0.94 – 2.26)

2.33 (1.07 – 5.10)*

3.79 (0.97 – 14.7)

8th

31.6 (272)

1.83 (1.15 – 2.93)*

5.68 (2.65 – 12.17)***

11.92 (31.7 – 44.75)***

Ethnicity (Hispanic)

59.5 (513)

0.85 (0.46 – 1.59)

0.98 (0.41 – 2.34)

0.97 (0.36 – 2.64)

Mostly/all English spoken at home (yes)

50.1 (442)

0.37 (0.20 – 0.70)**

0.93 (0.38 – 2.26)

0.32 (0.12 – 0.85)*

Mostly/all English spoken at with friends (yes)

72.6 (640)

0.87 (0.57 – 1.34)

0.75 (0.37 – 1.51)

0.81 (0.29 – 2.25)

ACEs

1.76 (1.88)

1.26 (1.13 – 1.41)***

1.42 (1.22 – 1.65)***

1.99 (1.58 – 2.52)***

Bullying

4.22 (.56)

1.05 (1.01 – 1.10)*

1.02 (0,96 – 1.10)

1.02 (0.94 – 1.10)

Parent communication about alcohol and drugs

 

1.28 (1.03 – 1.59)*

2.10 (1.51 – 2.91)***

2.04 (1.18 – 3.41)*

Never

36.9 (318)

Once or Twice

29.5 (246)

Many times

298 (34.6)

Parent connectedness

16.5 (4.8)

0.98 (0.94 – 1.02)

0.96 (0.91 – 1.26)

0.89 (0.83 – 0.96)**

School Connectedness

14.4 (3.2)

0.92 (0.87 – 0.97)**

0.85 (0.78 – 0.94)**

0.82 (0.73 – 0.91)**

  1. *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001; Note: Nagelkerke R2 = 0.316