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Table 2 Association of individual and school level characteristics with adolescents' health risk behaviours and their perceptions of school personnel smoking.

From: Contribution of parental and school personnel smoking to health risk behaviours among Finnish adolescents

 

Smoking prevalence

Smoking cessation*

Smoking intensity during school time†

Reporting personnel smoking at school

Weekly alcohol use

Binge drinking

One-month drug use

 

OR (95% CI)‡

OR (95% CI)‡

COR (95% CI)‡

COR (95% CI)‡

OR (95% CI)‡

OR (95% CI)‡

OR (95% CI)‡

Sex

       

   Boy

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

   Girl

1.17 (1.11-1.24)

0.72 (0.66-0.78)

0.73 (0.65-0.83)

0.78 (0.73-0.83)

0.63 (0.58-0.68)

0.70 (0.65-0.74)

1.10 (1.00-1.20)

Grade level

       

   8th (secondary school)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

   9th (secondary school)

1.50 (1.40-1.62)

0.86 (0.78-0.96)

1.30 (1.12-1.50)

1.05 (0.97-1.13)

1.77 (1.59-1.98)

1.59 (1.47-1.73)

1.17 (1.05-1.30)

   1st (upper secondary school)

1.42 (1.24-1.63)

0.93 (0.81-1.08)

1.69 (1.26-2.28)

0.78 (0.55-1.12)

1.95 (1.63-2.33)

1.79 (1.55-2.07)

0.88 (0.75-1.04)

   2nd (upper secondary school)

1.98 (1.72-2.27)

0.88 (0.77-1.02)

1.98 (1.47-2.66)

1.01 (0.70-1.44)

4.24 (3.57-5.04)

3.11 (2.69-3.59)

0.98 (0.83-1.16)

Parental education

       

   I highest

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

   II

1.02 (0.95-1.09)

0.99 (0.90-1.09)

1.06 (0.91-1.23)

0.97 (0.89-1.04)

1.00 (0.90-1.10)

1.05 (0.97-1.13)

1.03 (0.93-1.15)

   III

1.28 (1.19-1.38)

0.87 (0.79-0.97)

1.36 (1.16-1.59)

1.04 (0.96-1.14)

1.21 (1.09-1.34)

1.32 (1.21-1.43)

1.14 (1.01-1.27)

   IV lowest

1.56 (1.39-1.75)

0.72 (0.61-0.84)

1.42 (1.13-1.77)

1.15 (1.00-1.32)

1.60 (1.37-1.87)

1.55 (1.37-1.76)

1.48 (1.25-1.75)

Proportion (%) of pupils at school with low parental education§

       

   < 22

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

   ≥ 22 < 33

1.11 (0.96-1.28)

0.87 (0.76-1.00)

1.16 (0.85-1.59)

1.25 (0.83-1.88)

0.90 (0.75-1.08)

1.04 (0.89-1.21)

1.26 (1.08-1.47)

   ≥ 33

1.21 (1.05-1.41)

0.88 (0.77-1.02)

1.57 (1.15-2.14)

1.53 (1.02-2.29)

0.99 (0.88-1.19)

1.11 (0.96-1.30)

1.35 (1.15-1.58)

  1. *Among ever smokers (n = 11,323).
  2. † Smokes at school and/or in the vicinity of school during schooldays; among regular smokers (n = 4764).
  3. ‡ Fully adjusted model.
  4. § Parental education level comprehensive school or comprehensive school and vocational school.
  5. Note. Multilevel analysis, all variables entered simultaneously. OR, odds ratio; COR, cumulative odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.