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child welfare cox regression output

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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I am having some difficulty interpreting the output for cox regression.&nbsp; </DIV>
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<DIV>the following is an example from the output.&nbsp; We are looking at adolescent drug use and crime.&nbsp; the output for substance abuse is </DIV>
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<DIV>Substance abuse&nbsp; (b) .96&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (se) .08&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (exp(b)) 2.50</DIV>
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<DIV>Some seem to interpret this as substance abusers are 2.5 times more likely to commit a crime.&nbsp; Others seem to interpret this as the hazard (or risk?) of crime increases by 2.5.&nbsp; Are both of these correct?&nbsp; what is the most appropriate language to use?&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV>Todd</DIV></td></tr></table><br>

      
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