Table 3

Unconditional logistic regression examining the interaction between having a parent who smokes and child's attitudes toward smoking on children's ever smoking (N = 1,417)

Characteristic
OR
95% CI
p value

Neither parent smokes, child reports no temptations
1.00



Neither parent smokes, child reports some temptations
1.16
0.864
1.56
0.32
A parent smokes, child reports no temptations
2.89
2.09
3.97
< 0.01
A parent smokes, child reports some temptations
5.26
3.74
7.40
< 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.

Control variables include child's age, gender, ethnicity and parents' educational attainment and marital status.

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

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