The effect of psychosocial stress on single mothers’ smoking

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Table 2 Effect of single motherhood on smoking

	Single mothers		Partnered mothers		Single motherhood
Smoking status (current)	n	%	n	%	OR	CI 95%
Daily smoking (at least 1 cig./day)	220	44.0	654	26.2	2.11	1.70-2.60
Heavy smoking (≥ 20 cig./day)	96	19.2	211	8.4	2.87	2.16-3.81
Moderate smoking (1–19 cig./day)	124	24.8	443	17.7	1.73	1.36-2.20
Occasional smoking (not daily)	34	6.8	126	5.0	1.69	1.20-2.56
Non-smoking	246	49.2	1719	68.8	Ref.

Notes: Results of logistic regression analysis adjusted for mother’s age and age of youngest child. Single mothers (n = 506), partnered mothers (n = 2511). Reference category 'single motherhood’ = partnered mothers. 'Ref.’ means reference category. Bold values indicate significant effects.

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