The effect of psychosocial stress on single mothers’ smoking

Table 5 Interaction effects between single motherhood and stress on moderate and heavy smoking pattern

	Moderate smoking		Heavy smoking
High psychosocial stress due to…	OR	CI 95%	OR	CI 95%
financial worries * single motherhood	1.37	0.82-2.27	0.88	0.48-1.59
career situation/unemployment * single motherhood	0.76	0.45-1.29	1.02	0.56-1.87
conflicts with the partner or ex-partner * single motherhood	0.79	0.44-1.39	0.82	0.43-1.56
sole responsibility for the child/ren * single motherhood	0.46	0.27-0.78	0.83	0.44-1.54
child-rearing difficulties * single motherhood	0.74	0.41-1.33	0.92	0.49-1.70
unwanted living alone/loneliness * single motherhood	0.39	0.16-0.97	0.40	0.17-0.95
little recognition of family work * single motherhood	0.47	0.25-0.89	0.52	0.27-0.97
a family member in need of care * single motherhood	0.60	0.18-2.02	0.91	0.33-2.45
conflicts with other family members * single motherhood	0.37	0.14-0.96	0.83	0.37-1.84
household requirements * single motherhood	0.32	0.18-0.59	0.66	0.36-1.22
family demands * single motherhood	0.45	0.26-0.76	0.49	0.27-0.90
a disabled or chronically ill child * single motherhood	0.18	0.04-0.83	1.08	0.34-3.44
balancing family and job demands * single motherhood	0.33	0.18-0.62	0.85	0.44-1.62

Notes: Results of logistic regression analysis adjusted for single motherhood (main effect), mother’s age and age of youngest child. Bold values indicate significant effects. See Table 3 for explanations of abbreviations.