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Table 5 Adjusted multivariate model of factors associated with use of cannabis

From: Pharmacological neuroenhancement and the ability to recover from stress – a representative cross-sectional survey among the German population

Variables

step 1a

step 6a

Coeff. (SE)

OR (95% CI)

p

VIF

Coeff. (SE)

OR (95% CI)

p

R 2b

BRS

−.13 (.16)

.88 (.64–1.21)

.44

1.96

.33

PSS-4

−.06 (.15)

.94 (.70–1.27)

.68

1.75

SOP-2

−.14 (.15)

.87 (.66–1.16)

.34

1.68

−.31 (.11)

.74 (.59–.92)

.01

ASKU

−.11 (.17)

.89 (.64–1.25)

.51

1.73

IE-I

−.12 (.15)

.89 (.66–1.12)

.44

1.65

IE-E

.14 (.15)

1.15 (.86–1.54)

.34

1.54

Sex:

 Male

Reference

1.11

Reference

 Female

−.67 (.24)

.51 (.32–.82)

.51

 

−.63 (.23)

.53 (.34–.84)

.01

Age

−.69 (.17)

.50 (.36–.70).

<.001

1.14

−.68 (.17)

.50 (.36–.70)

<.001

Education:

 No formal degree

Reference

1.16

Reference

 Secondary modern school

1.68 (.96)

5.38 (.81–35.62)

.08

 

 Middle school

−.02 (.32)

.99 (.53–1.82)

.96

 

 University-entrance diploma

−.14 (.37)

.87 (.42–1.80)

.71

 

 University degree

.60 (.39)

1.82 (.85–3.90)

.12

 

Current or last professional position:

 Skilled worker

Reference

 

Reference

 Executive employee

−.49 (.47)

.61 (.24–1.53)

.29

1.05

 Non-executive employee

.05 (.36)

1.05 (.52–2.14)

.89

 

 Civil servants

−.10 (.59)

.91 (.29–2.88)

.87

 

 Self-employed

−.29 (.60)

.75 (.23–2.43)

.63

 

 Other

.15 (.43)

1.16 (.50–2.70)

.73

 

Place of residence:

 North Rhine-Westphalia

Reference

1.05

Reference

 Hamburg

.94 (.69)

2.56 (.67–9.77)

.17

 

 Lower Saxony

.01 (.45)

1.01 (.42–2.43)

.98

 

 Bremen

.29 (1.15)

1.34 (.14–12.60)

.80

 

 Schleswig Holstein

.01 (.71)

1.01 (.25–4.07)

.99

 

 Hesse

.71 (.43)

2.04 (.87–4.74)

.10

 

 Rhineland-Palatine

1.11 (.59)

3.04 (.95–9.74)

.06

 

 Baden-Wuerttemberg

.66 (.39)

1.92 (.89–4.15)

.10

 

 Bavaria

.34 (.38)

1.40 (.67–2.95)

.37

 

 Saarland

−1.62 (1.06)

.20 (.03–1.58)

.13

 

 Berlin

.62 (.55)

1.86 (.63–5.49)

.26

 

 Brandenburg

1.63 (.72)

5.10 (1.24–20.92)

.03

 

 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

.31 (.73)

1.36 (.32–5.72)

.68

 

 Saxony

−.03 (.55)

1.03 (.35–3.00)

.96

 

 Saxony-Anhalt

−1.87 (1.03)

.16 (.02–1.17)

.07

 

 Thuringia

−.17 (.74)

.84 (.20–3.61)

.82

 

Soft enhancer intake:

 No

Reference

1.09

Reference

 Yes

1.79 (.26)

5.96 (3.55–10.01)

<.001

 

1.80 (.26)

6.05 (3.63–10.08)

<.001

  1. Logistic regression with backward elimination of factors associated with use of cannabis (users n = 260; non-users = 686). First step and final step. n.a. = no data available
  2. Further notes see Table 3