Table 1

Predictors for Any Past Year (Model 1) and Significant Alcohol and Drug Use (Model 2)

Predictors (IVs)
Model 1 (N = 479)
Model 2 (N = 312)


B (SE)
β
Odds Ratio (OR)
C.I.
B (SE)
β
Odds Ratio (OR)
C.I.

Background Variables








Year licensed
-
-
-

.58* (.33)
-.21
.47
.3 – .9
Past month cigarette use
-
-
-

1.11^(.59)
.16
3.04
1.0 – 9.6
Pattern of alcohol use
3.01*** (.74)
.64
20.27
4.8–86.4
3.37*** (.51)
.79
29.01
10.6–79.6
Psychological Variable








Professional invincibility
-1.43** (.52)
-.17
.24
.1 – .7
-
-
-

Social Variables








Professional/social and/or pharmaceutical offers for alcohol and or drug use
1.24*** (.26)
.28
3.45
1.1–2.8
-
-
-

Social circles with known alcohol and drug abusers
.57*** (.24)
.15
1.77
2.0 – 5.8
-.66* (.33)
-.17
.52
.3–1.0
Intercept
-.51 (.26)



-.51 (.38)




^p = .056, *p ≤ .05, **p ≤ .01, ***p ≤ .001.

Notes: Only significant predictors shown; - = not-significant; Gender, access to drugs in Model 1 and mean income, family history of substance use and religious affiliation in Model 2, were trending toward significance but removed from the models. C.I. = Confidence Interval. IVs = Independent Variables

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