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Table 1 Unadjusted and adjusted odds of smoking being allowed in the family car (excluding children whose family does not have a car)

From: Smoking in cars in England: a study of school students in an English city

Variable

Number of students (% where smoking allowed)

Univariable model

Multivariable model*

Odds ratio

Confidence interval

P-value

Odds ratio

Confidence interval

P-value

Sex

 Boy

1,964 (12.1)

1.00

 

0.287

   

 Girl

2,003 (13.7)

1.15

1.02-1.31

  

 Missing

18 (16.7)

1.45

0.34-6.16

  

School year

 Year 7

589 (12.2)

1.00

 

0.063

   

 Year 8

1,021 (13.9)

1.16

0.91-1.48

  

 Year 9

984 (10.8)

0.87

0.61-1.24

  

 Year 10

972 (13.8)

1.15

0.81-1.63

  

 Year 11

408 (14.2)

1.19

0.82-1.73

  

 Missing

11 (36.4)

4.10

0.84-20.0

  

Deprivation

 V (least deprived)

1,026 (4.9)

1.00

 

<0.001

1.00

 

<0.001

 IV

437 (10.8)

2.35

1.72-3.21

1.85

1.11-3.06

 III

534 (12.2)

2.70

1.72-4.26

1.52

0.95-2.43

 II

467 (15.2)

3.50

2.56-4.79

2.29

1.43-3.66

 I (most deprived)

444 (22.1)

5.53

2.58-11.86

2.51

1.60-3.94

 Missing

1,077 (17.2)

4.05

2.61-6.27

2.17

1.45-3.23

Parental smoking

 Neither parent smokes

2,771 (3.1)

1.00

 

<0.001

1.00

 

<0.001

 One parent smokes

841 (30.0)

13.20

9.07-19.20

6.08

4.56-8.11

 Both parents smoke

346 (50.6)

31.57

21.77-45.78

9.83

6.95-13.90

 Missing

27 (7.4)

2.47

0.82-7.43

1.75

0.37-8.34

Sibling smoking

 None smokes

3,511 (10.6)

1.00

 

<0.001

   

 At least one smokes

447 (32.0)

3.98

3.12-5.08

  

 Missing

27 (7.4)

0.68

0.19-2.35

  

Smoking in the main home

 Not allowed

3,376 (5.0)

1.00

 

<0.001

1.00

 

<0.001

 Allowed

583 (58.3)

26.39

20.04-34.74

11.03

8.59-14.18

 Missing

26 (23.1)

5.66

3.03-10.57

3.48

1.26-9.62

Friend smoking

 None

1,350 (6.4)

1.00

 

<0.001

1.00

 

<0.001

 One or two

558 (13.3)

2.25

1.76-2.86

1.51

1.00-2.28

 Three or more

1,114 (22.0)

4.14

3.47-4.94

2.20

1. 59–3.05

 Not sure

940 (11.5)

1.91

1.48-2.47

1.44

1.00-2.07

 Missing

23 (13.0)

2.20

0.46-10.53

1.41

0.31-6.35

  1. *Only variables significant at multivariable level are presented for the multivariable model in this table.