Table 2 Bi-variate associations between youth characteristics and very low and high smoking susceptibility using cross-sectional data
From: Correlates of smoking among youth: the role of parents, friends, attitudes/beliefs, and demographics
Survey I (n = 2200) | Survey II (n = 2203) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | % Very low | % High | N | % Very low | % High | N |
Age | ||||||
<14 | 21.8 | 5.9 | 762 | 21.1 | 6.4 | 731 |
14–15 | 14.5 | 19.2 | 697 | 13.3 | 19.0 | 804 |
16> | 12.0 | 23.7 | 726 | 10.6 | 24.2 | 654 |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 14.7 | 15.2 | 1077 | 15.1 | 17.6 | 1118 |
Male | 17.8 | 16.8 | 1123 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 1085 |
Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
White | 15.8 | 16.9 | 1815 | 14.3 | 16.6 | 1352 |
African American | 15.6 | 9.2 | 109 | 17.8 | 12.9 | 309 |
Hispanic | 13.9 | 18.3 | 115 | 15.0 | 17.1 | 467 |
Other | 22.3 | 10.1 | 148 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 63 |
Parent characteristics | ||||||
Mother’s education | ||||||
College Grad | 17.2 | 13.5 | 1332 | 15.3 | 14.9 | 1298 |
Some college | 19.2 | 19.5 | 365 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 415 |
HS Grad | 12.4 | 19.2 | 355 | 13.0 | 20.8 | 355 |
Less than HS | 7.9 | 28.1 | 89 | 7.8 | 22.1 | 77 |
Parent who smokes | ||||||
No | 19.4 | 7.6 | 1733 | 15.6 | 14.1 | 1770 |
Yes | 13.5 | 25.3 | 467 | 12.5 | 25.4 | 433 |
Family engagement | ||||||
Avg times eat evening meal together | ||||||
<3 | 12.9 | 24.3 | 519 | 13.4 | 24.2 | 491 |
3–5 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 848 | 14.1 | 16.7 | 842 |
6> | 19.8 | 12.5 | 815 | 19.0 | 15.9 | 857 |
Avg times do something w/ parent just for fun | ||||||
<2 | 16.5 | 20.1 | 740 | 12.6 | 24.0 | 641 |
2–4 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 1814 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 1195 |
5> | 26.2 | 13.0 | 262 | 19.8 | 8.5 | 343 |
Parent monitoring | ||||||
No. best friends parents know well | ||||||
0–1 | 15.2 | 22.7 | 290 | 14.7 | 21.3 | 272 |
2 | 12.3 | 17.8 | 472 | 12.9 | 21.7 | 498 |
3 | 14.5 | 16.4 | 488 | 11.9 | 15.4 | 421 |
4 | 19.4 | 13.0 | 947 | 17.2 | 12.7 | 992 |
No. best friends parents parents know well | ||||||
0–1 | 11.9 | 24.3 | 573 | 12.7 | 24.4 | 561 |
2 | 15.5 | 17.8 | 651 | 12.7 | 17.7 | 648 |
3 | 17.5 | 15.0 | 481 | 16.5 | 11.7 | 401 |
4 | 20.9 | 7.7 | 492 | 18.1 | 10.5 | 580 |
Your parents tell on friend | ||||||
No | 8.7 | 40.7 | 241 | 8.0 | 38.4 | 289 |
Not sure | 12.2 | 23.1 | 402 | 11.1 | 20.7 | 135 |
Yes | 18.4 | 10.4 | 1556 | 16.4 | 12.4 | 1772 |
Friend’s parents tell on you | ||||||
No | 11.0 | 44.8 | 145 | 8.8 | 45.4 | 194 |
Not sure | 12.5 | 24.8 | 407 | 10.0 | 27.5 | 120 |
Yes | 17.7 | 11.3 | 1647 | 15.9 | 12.6 | 1886 |