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Table 2 Socio-demographic, personal, peer and familial variables associated with e-cigarette ever-use in the 2015 & 2019 ESPAD Surveys: multivariable logistic regression

From: Friends and family matter Most: a trend analysis of increasing e-cigarette use among Irish teenagers and socio-demographic, personal, peer and familial associations

 

E-cigarette ever-use (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR), total sample and by gender)

Total (AOR, 95% CI)

Boys (AOR, 95% CI)

Girls (AOR, 95% CI)

Gender

 Male

1

  

 Female

0.99 (0.83, 1.20)

N/A

N/A

ESPAD Year

 2015

1

1

1

 2019

2.29 (1.89, 2.78)

2.04 (1.55, 2.68)

2.67 (2.02, 3.54)

Ever smoked

 No

1

1

1

 Yes

1.39 (1.10, 1.75)

1.23 (0.89, 1.71)

1.56 (1.12, 2.18)

Current smoking

 No

1

1

1

 Yes

1.76 (1.31, 2.38)

2.60 (1.71, 3.93)

1.14 (0.73, 1.79)

Household composition

 Single parent

1

1

1

 Two parents

0.84 (0.66, 1.08)

0.91 (0.63, 1.30)

0.80 (0.55, 1.15)

 Blended families

1.43 (0.93, 2.16)

1.85 (1.02, 3.35)

1.14 (0.61, 2.13)

Parental Monitoring

 Know always

1

1

1

 Know quite often

1.99 (1.61, 2.46)

1.94 (1.43, 2.62)

2.04 (1.51, 2.75)

 Know sometimes

3.12 (2.52, 4.63)

3.15 (2.06, 4.83)

3.68 (2.35, 5.75)

 Usually don’t know

3.96 (2.54, 6.18)

5.42 (2.72, 10.79)

3.33 (1.84, 6.03)

Skipping School

 None

1

1

1

 1–4 days

0.86 (0.67, 1.10)

0.83 (0.58, 1.18)

0.90 (0.64, 1.27)

 5 days+

1.56 (0.95, 2.56)

2.17 (1.08, 4.36)

1.07 (0.50, 2.30)

Perceived wealth

 About the same

1

1

1

 Much better off

1.11 (0.85, 1.45)

1.30 (0.88, 1.91)

0.96 (0.66, 1.40)

 Better off

1.01 (0.81, 1.26)

1.31 (0.96, 1.79)

0.80 (0.59, 1.09)

 Less well off

1.29 (0.93, 1.78)

0.94 (0.59, 1.51)

1.76 (1.11, 2.78)

Peers who smoke

 None

1

1

1

 A few/some

2.74 (2.17, 3.45)

3.12 (2.22, 4.38)

2.47 (1.79, 3.41)

 Most/all

6.52 (4.66, 9.15)

7.07 (4.33, 11.55)

6.23 (3.87, 10.02)

Maternal relationship

 Satisfied

1

1

1

 Neither nor

1.65 (1.13, 2.40)

2.22 (1.33, 3.72)

1.55 (0.65, 2.04)

 Not satisfied

1.36 (0.98, 1.89)

1.36 (0.85, 2.18)

1.32 (0.83, 2.10)

  1. Bold numbers indicate statistical significance at < .05