Correlates of smoking among youth: the role of parents, friends, attitudes/beliefs, and demographics

Table 3 Multi-variable logistic regression partial models showing the adjusted odds ratios and the association between the independent indicators and very low and high susceptibility

	Survey I (n = 2200)				Survey II (n = 2203)
	VL		H		VL		H
	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Parent characteristics
Mother’s education
College Grad	___		___		___		___
Some college	1.30	.96/1.76	1.35	.99/1.85	1.09	.80/1.49	1.06	.77/1.44
HS Grad	.73	.51/1.03	1.37	1.19/1.88	.83	.58/1.18	1.50	1.10/2.04
Less than HS	.46	.21/1.00	2.27	1.37/3.75	.44	.19/1.03	1.96	1.69/3.14
Parent smokes
No	___		___		___		___
Yes	.76	.57/1.03	2.10	1.62/2.73	.77	.56/1.06	2.08	1.59/2.70
Family engagement
No. of days eat together
<3	___		___		___		___
3–5	1.16	.84/1.61	.51	.38/.67	1.10	.79/1.53	.54	.41/.73
6>	1.54	1.12/2.11	.48	.35/.65	1.17	.85/1.62	.49	.36/.66
No. times do things for fun
<2	___		___		___		___
2–4	.79	.60/1.03	.73	.55/.96	1.18	.89/1.57	.52	.41/.67
5>	1.07	.74/1.56	.77	.51/.98	1.51	1.05/2.17	.36	.23/.55
Parent monitoring
No. of four best friends parents know well
0–1	___		___		___		___
2–3	.87	.59/1.26	.67	.48/.94	.84	.57/1.25	.82	.59/1.18
4	1.38	.95/1.99	.49	.35/.70	1.24	.85/1.81	.53	.37/.77
No. four best friend’s parents parents know well
0–1	______		___		___		___
2–3	1.44	1.06/1.96	.60	.46/.77	1.07	.78/1.45	.62	.49/.82
4	1.87	1.33/2.65	.31	.21/.46	1.37	.98/1.91	.43	.31/.81
Your parents tell on friend smoking
No	___		___		___		___
Not sure	1.36	.78/2.36	.49	.34/.70	1.27	.64/2.53	.47	.29/.77
Yes	2.03	1.24/3.30	.22	.16/.31	1.89	1.30/2.97	.28	.21/.37
Friend’s parents tell on you smoking
No	___		___		___		___
Not sure	1.13	.61/2.09	.49	.34/.70	1.02	.46/2.22	.49	.21/.82
Yes	1.51	.86/2.65	.22	.16/.31	1.56	.93/2.64	.22	.16/.30

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