Table 3 Summary of multilevel binary logistic regression analysis for social factors associated with children’s attitudes towards smoking
Attitude item | Bad for health | Not safe to smoke year or two | Difficult to quit once started | Others smoke is harmful to you | Effects sports performance | Makes no difference to your weight | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Predictor | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value |
Boys | ||||||||||||
Mother smoking | 0.87 (0.50,1.54) | 0.64 | 0.69 (0.47, 1.01) | 0.05 | 0.75 (0.51, 1.09) | 0.13 | 1.18 (0.78, 1.80) | 0.44 | 1.36 (0.91, 2.04) | 0.14 | 1.28 (0.88, 1.85) | 0.19 |
Father smoking | 0.68 (0.39, 1.17) | 0.16 | 1.18 (0.82, 1.71) | 0.37 | 0.96 (0.67, 1.37) | 0.81 | 1.15 (0.77, 1.73) | 0.48 | 1.02 (0.69, 1.50) | 0.92 | 0.91 (0.64, 1.29) | 0.59 |
Sibling smoking | 0.45 (0.21, 0.98) | 0.04* | 0.95 (0.52, 1.76) | 0.88 | 1.11 (0.60, 2.05) | 0.74 | 1.85 (0.93, 3.69) | 0.08 | 0.67 (0.35, 1.28) | 0.23 | 1.19 (0.66, 2.14) | 0.57 |
Friend smoking | 0.38 (0.21, 0.69) | <0.01* | 0.73 (0.47, 1.15) | 0.18 | 1.13 (0.83, 2.08) | 0.24 | 0.57 (0.35, 0.91) | 0.02 | 1.07 (0.66, 1.72) | 0.80 | 0.65 (0.42, 1.02) | 0.06 |
Girls | ||||||||||||
Mother smoking | 1.09 (0.52, 2.20) | 0.82 | 0.69 (0.47, 1.02) | 0.07 | 0.86 (0.59, 1.26) | 0.44 | 0.81 (0.53, 1.24) | 0.32 | 1.18 (0.78, 1.77) | 0.43 | 1.13 (0.78, 1.64) | 0.53 |
Father smoking | 0.82 (0.41, 1.64) | 0.58 | 1.00 (0.68, 1.47) | 1.00 | 1.29 (0.89, 1.86) | 0.18 | 1.33 (0.87, 2.03) | 0.18 | 0.68 (0.46, 1.01) | 0.05 | 1.12 (0.78, 1.60) | 0.54 |
Sibling smoking | 1.69 (0.55, 5.15) | 0.36 | 1.75 (0.95, 3.21) | 0.07 | 0.84 (0.47, 1.49) | 0.55 | 1.04 (0.55, 1.95) | 0.90 | 0.71 (0.39, 1.29) | 0.26 | 0.92 (0.57, 1.47) | 0.73 |
Friend smoking | 1.30 (0.49, 3.46) | 0.60 | 0.77 (0.44, 1.33) | 0.35 | 0.85 (0.50, 1.47) | 0.57 | 1.32 (0.72, 2.43) | 0.36 | 0.96 (0.54, 1.69) | 0.88 | 1.11 (0.65, 1.88) | 0.71 |