Table 3: Multinomial logistic regression analyses examining factors associated with medicinal and nonmedicinal substance abuse among youth in grades 7-12, Youth Smoking Survey, Canada, 2012.
Characteristic or behaviourMedicinal substance abuse (model 1)Nonmedicinal substance abuse (model 2)Concurrent abuse of medicinal and nonmedicinal substances (model 3)
OR (95% CI)p*OR (95% CI)p*OR (95% CI)p*
Grade (χ2 = 183.060, p < 0.001)1.031(0.951-1.119)0.41.365(1.304-1.429)< 0.0011.279(1.163-1.406)< 0.001
Sex (χ2 = 21.067, p < 0.001)
Female1.666(1.319-2.103)< 0.0010.958(0.848-1.082)0.51.194(1.016-1.401)0.031
Ethnicity (χ2 = 168.578, p < 0.001)
Aboriginal v.
Asian1.264(0.638-2.503)1.004.351(2.578-7.346)< 0.0012.790(0.883-8.815)0.1
Black0.827(0.381-1.796)1.001.892(1.062-3.372)0.020.753(0.282-2.005)1.00
Latin0.882(0.219-3.561)1.001.217(0.683-2.169)1.001.069(0.406-2.815)1.00
Other1.931(1.050-3.549)0.021.808(1.189-2.749)< 0.0011.056(0.444-2.512)1.00
White1.300(0.780-2.167)1.001.991(1.420-2.792)< 0.0011.568(0.780-3.152)0.9
Asian v.
Black0.654(0.301-1.424)1.000.435(0.284-0.667)< 0.0010.270(0.109-0.666)< 0.001
Latin0.698(0.152-3.204)1.000.280(0.172-0.452)< 0.0010.383(0.102-1.440)0.50
Other1.528(0.808-2.888)0.80.415(0.277-0.622)< 0.0010.379(0.147-0.973)0.04
White1.029(0.535-1.978)1.000.458(0.321-0.652)< 0.0010.562(0.226-1.396)0.9
Black v.
Latin1.067(0.202-5.641)1.000.643(0.407-1.017)0.071.420(0.532-3.789)1.00
Other2.335(1.111-4.908)0.010.955(0.541-1.688)1.001.403(0.748-2.631)1.00
White1.573(0.791-3.126)0.81.052(0.704-1.574)1.002.083(1.040-4.171)0.03
Latin v.
Other2.188(0.592-8.087)1.001.485(0.810-2.722)0.80.988(0.398-2.451)1.00
White1.474(0.412-5.265)1.001.636(1.043-2.565)0.021.467(0.636-3.383)1.00
Other v.
White0.674(0.442-1.026)0.091.101(0.806-1.505)1.001.485(0.912-2.418)0.3
Region (χ2 = 81.292, p < 0.001)
British Columbia v.
Ontario and Quebec1.427(1.087-1.994)0.0051.310(0.983-1.746)0.081.469(1.058-2.039)0.01
Alberta andSaskatchewan1.209(0.909-1.609)0.51.795(1.179-2.733)0.0022.369(1.638-3.426)< 0.001
Eastern provinces1.474(1.016-2.139)0.31.243(0.879-1.757)0.61.087(0.747-1.579)1.00
Ontario and Quebec v.
Alberta andSaskatchewan0.822(0.622-1.086)0.41.370(0.955-1.965)0.11.612(1.034-2.514)0.03
Eastern provinces1.002(0.687-1.461)1.000.949(0.727-1.237)1.000.740(0.485-1.128)0.4
Alberta and Saskatchewan v.
Eastern provinces1.219(0.900-1.651)0.500.692(0.508-0.943)0.010.459(0.318-0.661)< 0.001
Spending money (χ2 = 79.051, p < 0.001), $
1-20 v.
211.120(0.790-1.588)1.000.919(0.748-1.130)1.000.649(0.466-0.903)0.003
Not stated1.466(0.930-2.313)0.21.615(1.265-2.062)< 0.0011.419(0.989-2.035)0.06
Zero1.470(0.838-2.581)0.41.510(1.183-1.929)< 0.0011.100(0.704-1.719)1.00
21 v.
Not stated1.309(0.817-2.098)0.81.756(1.371-2.250)< 0.0012.187(1.412-3.386)< 0.001
Zero1.312(0.718-2.400)1.001.643(1.254-2.152)< 0.0011.695(1.059-2.712)0.02
Not stated v.
Zero1.003(0.552-1.823)1.000.935(0.734-1.191)1.000.775(0.490-1.227)0.9
Smoking (χ2 = 1241.328, p < 0.001)
Experimental v.
Ever smoker2.759(0.672-11.324)0.30.603(0.396-0.918)0.010.299(0.190-0.470)< 0.001
Never smoker1.851(1.037-3.303)0.038.535(7.031-10.362)< 0.00117.161(11.879-24.791)< 0.001
Ever smoker v.
Never smoker0.671(0.181-2.483)1.0014.151(9.571-20.924)< 0.00157.462(36.009-91.695)< 0.001
Ever binged on alcohol (χ2 = 542.554, p < 0.001)1.732(1.336-2.245)< 0.0017.266(6.120-8.626)< 0.0019.998(7.202-13.880)< 0.001
Reference categoryRef: Substance abstinenceRef: Substance abstinenceRef: Substance abstinence

Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.

*Bonferroni corrected p values.