Table 2

Unconditional logistic regression examining the influence of number of parents who smoke on children's ever smoking (N = 1,417)

Characteristic
OR
95% CI
p value

Male
1.63
1.30
2.05
< 0.01
Age in years
1.14
1.01
1.29
0.04
Black vs. Hispanic
0.44
0.34
0.57
0.00
Other vs. Hispanic
0.68
0.39
1.18
0.17
White vs. Hispanic
1.05
0.65
1.69
0.86
Some HS vs. completed college
1.65
1.21
2.26
0.01
Completed HS vs. completed college
1.21
0.90
1.63
0.21
Some college vs. completed college
1.33
0.96
1.84
0.08
Parents are married
0.59
0.47
0.75
< 0.01
Only one parent smokes
1.31
1.03
1.68
0.03
Both parents smoke
2.16
1.51
3.10
< 0.01

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ORs are adjusted for all other variables presented in the table. P-values are based on Wald chi-square with 1 df.

Wilkinson et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2008 3:18   doi:10.1186/1747-597X-3-18

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