Theory-based correlates of cannabis use and intentions among US and Israeli adults: a mixed methods study

Table 3 Multivariable regression models examining correlates of past 30-day cannabis use, intentions to use cannabis, and intentions to allow use in the home or near children if legalized among US and Israeli adults, N = 2,222

	Cannabis use			Intentions to use cannabis in the next year				Intentions to allow use in home/near children if legal^c
Variables	aOR	95%CI	p	Beta	B	95%CI of B	p	Beta	B	95%CI of B	p
*Sociodemographics*
Israel (ref: US)	0.84	0.62, 1.14	.258	0.03	0.13	0.02, 0.24	.019	0.14	0.23	0.17, 0.29	< .001
Age	1.01	0.99, 1.03	.304	0.01	0.001	-0.01, 0.01	.751	-0.01	-0.001	-0.01, 0.00	.580
Female (ref: male)	0.69	0.52, 0.93	.013	-0.04	-0.17	-0.27, -0.06	.002	-0.40	-0.06	-0.12, -0.01	.027
Sexual minority (ref: heterosexual)	1.67	1.15, 2.40	.006	0.01	0.03	-0.11, 0.17	.674	0.01	0.02	-0.06, 0.10	.600
≥ College degree (ref: < college degree)	0.78	0.58, 1.05	.101	0.01	0.03	-0.08, 0.14	.555	0.04	0.06	0.001, 0.12	.038
Married/cohabitating (ref: other)	0.80	0.57, 1.11	.175	-0.01	-0.05	-0.17, 0.07	.382	-0.01	-0.01	-0.08, 0.05	.655
Children in the home (ref: no)	0.78	0.57, 1.06	.111	0.03	0.10	-0.02, 0.21	.092	-0.01	-0.01	-0.07, 0.05	.650
*Theory-based predictors*
Perceived risk	0.80	0.74, 0.87	< .001	0.54	-0.04	-0.07, -0.01	.006	0.21	-0.07	-0.09, -0.06	< .001
Perceived social norms	2.39	2.17, 2.63	< .001	-0.04	0.43	0.39, 0.47	< .001	-0.18	0.21	0.19, 0.23	< .001
*Past 30-day cannabis use* (ref: no)	-	-	-	0.36	2.80	2.63, 2.96	< .001	0.42	0.45	0.37, 0.54	< .001
R-square		.432 ^a		.629 ^b				.391 ^b

Beta: Standardized coefficient. B: Unstandardized coefficient
^aNagelkerke R-square
^bAdjusted R-square
^cIndex score calculated as average of 2 items: “If marijuana were legalized for recreational use, how likely would you be to allow marijuana use: in your home? in the presence of children?” (1 = not at all to 4 = very)

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