Table 7

Drug Use and Violence

	(1)	(2)	(3)
Heroin use	-0.143***	-0.141***	-0.143***
Cocaine use	0.144***	0.142***	0.119***
Age	-0.010	-0.010	-0.009
Age squared	0.00004	0.00005	0.00004
Age cubed	1.62e-07	1.54e-07	1.86e-07
Yearly income $6,001–12,000		-0.007	-0.007
Yearly income $12,001–18,000		-0.009	-0.009
Yearly income $18,001–24,000		-0.005	-0.004
Yearly income $24,001–30,000		-0.015	-0.015
Yearly income >$30,000		0.0001	0.0005
Employed		0.002	0.002
Yearly income $6,001–12,000, employed		-0.002	-0.002
Yearly income $12,001–18,000, employed		-0.002	-0.002
Yearly income $18,001–24,000, employed		-0.019	-0.020
Yearly income $24,001–30,000, employed		0.004	0.004
Yearly income >$30,000, employed		-0.006	-0.006
Married		0.0014*	0.014*
Not married, lives with partner		0.020***	0.020***
Widowed		-0.012	-0.012
Divorced/annulled		0.005	0.005
Separated		0.009	0.008
Other marital status		0.003	0.003
Used marijuana SLV			0.018***
Never smoker			0.031
Current smoker			0.011
Light (<3 drinks/wk)			-0.003
Moderate (3–13 drinks/wk)			0.005
Heavier (>13 drinks/wk)			0.026**
No. male sex partner SLV			0.00005
Obs.	17,906	17,906	17,906
Mean	0.056	0.056	0.056

Notes: This table shows estimates from regressions of violence on illicit drug use. The sample is restricted to women from the first cohort who answered questions about domestic violence, which is defined in Table 1. Each specification uses individual level fixed effects. SLV means “since last visit.”