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Table 4 Summary of the logistic regression analyses

From: Substance use among inmates at the Eldoret prison in Western Kenya

Variables

Lifetime substance use

Alcohol use

Cigarette use

Tobacco chewing

Cannabis use

 

Odds ratio

[95% CI]

Odds ratio

[95% CI]

Odds ratio

[95% CI]

Odds ratio

[95% CI]

Odds ratio

[95% CI]

Female vs Male

0.39*

0.24

0.64

0.41*

0.25

0.67

0.32*

0.18

0.56

0.44*

0.24

0.80

0.49*

0.26

0.92

Urban vs Rural

2.84*

1.80

4.49

2.45*

1.56

3.84

2.85*

1.75

4.63

2.43*

1.41

4.18

2.52*

1.43

4.45

Unmarried vs Married

1.40

0.86

2.28

1.67*

1.03

2.71

2.43*

1.47

4.01

2.21*

1.28

3.81

2.02*

1.15

3.55

Employed vs Unemployed

1.17

0.69

1.98

1.32

0.79

2.23

0.72

0.42

1.27

0.89

0.47

1.67

0.87

0.46

1.67

Student vs Not student

1.03

0.47

2.25

1.00

0.47

2.14

1.63

0.82

3.24

1.27

0.61

2.67

3.05*

1.51

6.14

Income vs No income

0.90

0.50

1.63

1.05

0.59

1.89

0.99

0.54

1.79

0.52*

0.27

0.97

0.66

0.34

1.28

  1. *Statistically significant (p< 0.05).