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Table 3 The associations between adolescents’ smoking and Family Affluence scale (FAS) by gender in China (n = 2005) and Finland (n = 1685)

From: Socioeconomic differences in adolescents’ smoking: a comparison between Finland and Beijing, China

 

China

Finland

FAS Low

FAS Middle

FAS Low

FAS Middle

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

OR

95 % CI

Boys

 Ever smoked

2.12

1.49–3.01

1.22

0.85–1.74

1.06

0.72–1.55

0.98

0.69–1.39

 Weekly smoker

0.83

0.48–1.43

0.82

0.48–1.39

1.17

0.77–1.79

0.82

0.54–1.24

 Early onset of smoking

2.17

1.44–3.26

1.48

0.98–2.26

0.85

0.46–1.59

0.66

0.34–1.28

Girls

 Ever smoked

1.07

0.64–1.81

0.91

0.53–1.55

1.36

0.95–1.94

1.23

0.88–1.72

 Weekly smoker

1.89

0.17–20.95

2.76

0.29–26.68

1.68

1.07–2.65

1.56

0.99–2.40

 Early onset of smoking

1.19

0.81–1.75

0.82

0.57–1.19

1.28

0.88–1.87

1.09

0.76–1.58

  1. The reference group in logistic regression was adolescents in the highest FAS group