Research Article

Religion, Acculturation, and Incarceration: Determinants of Substance Use among Hispanic Adults in the United States

Table 3

Receiver operator curve (ROC) analysis of substance use logistic regression modelsa.

Lifetime substance useSubstance use in past yearSubstance use in past month
Area under curveGain in AUCArea under curveGain in AUCArea under curveGain in AUC

No variables (random)0.50.50.5
Adding demographics0.6150.1150.6840.1840.6810.181
Adding socioeconomic status0.6410.0260.6920.0080.6890.008
Adding major depressive episode0.6670.0260.7100.0180.6960.007
Adding religious influence in life0.6750.0080.7270.0170.7150.019
Adding acculturation 0.7060.0310.7440.0170.7390.024
Adding incarceration0.7450.0390.7620.0180.7620.023

aResults from successively adding in each block of variables. The final result represents the full models shown in Table 2.