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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of primary and secondary factors associated with reporting ever being incarcerated in ARYS (n = 478)

From: Methamphetamine use and rates of incarceration among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting: a cross-sectional analysis

Characteristic

Adjusted Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

p-value2

Methamphetamine use1 (yes vs. no)

1.79

1.03 – 3.13

0.041

Foster care1 (yes vs. no)

1.58

0.94 – 2.65

0.081

Gender (Female vs. male)

0.17

0.10 – 0.28

< 0.001

Ethnicity (Aboriginal vs. non-Aboriginal)

1.69

0.89 – 3.18

0.107

Crack use1 (yes vs. no)

2.45

1.38 – 4.32

0.002

  1. 1. Refers to any time in the past