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. 2008 Sep 15;8:313. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-313

Table 2.

Variables associated with current smoking (Bi-variate analysis)

Total Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) Males Odds ratio (95% confidence interval) Females Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Age (years)
 11–12 1.00 1.00 1.00
 13 0.30 [0.22, 0.41] 0.56 [0.35, 0.89] 0.20 [0.11, 0.35]
 14 0.50 [0.31, 0.79] 0.63 [0.40, 0.97] 0.47 [0.36, 0.63]
 15 1.05 [0.81, 1.38] 1.65 [1.09, 2.51] 1.04 [0.66, 1.64]
 16–17 5.27 [2.96, 9.39] 7.21 [4.42, 11.76 4.89 [3.48, 6.86]
Gender
 Females 1.00
 Males 1.26 [1.05, 1.50]
Education father/stepfather
 Elementary school or less 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Middle school 0.81 [0.56, 1.17] 0.76 [0.58, 1.00] 0.85 [0.55, 1.33]
 High school 0.53 [0.40, 0.69] 0.47 [0.33, 0.68] 0.60 [0.41, 0.90]
 University 0.52 [0.42, 0.69] 0.54 [0.39, 0.75] 0.49 [0.32, 0.77]
Education mother/stepmother
 Elementary school or less 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Middle school 1.00 [0.74, 1.34] 0.95 [0.62, 1.46] 0.71 [0.47, 1.08]
 High school 0.54 [0.41, 0.71] 0.48 [0.32, 0.71] 0.61 [0.41, 0.93]
 University 0.53 [0.41, 0.71] 0.55 [0.38, 0.81] 0.61 [0.42, 0.89]
Parental smoking
 None 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Father only 1.57 [1.22, 2.02] 1.87 [1.34, 2.61] 1.27 [0.82, 1.97]
 Mother only 1.38 [1.00, 1.89] 1.11 [0.69, 1.81] 1.67 [1.07, 2.60]
 Both parents 2.48 [1.99, 3.09] 2.72 [1.98, 3.74] 2.13 [1.54, 2.96]
Perception cigarettes smoking harmful
 Definitely not or probably not 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Definitely yes or probably yes 1.20 [0.92, 1.56] 1.13 [0.88, 1.45] 1.23 [1.04, 1.47]
Pocket money
 < 7 Euro 1.00 1.00 1.00
 8–15 Euro 2.29 [1.53, 3.41] 2.06 [1.23, 3.45] 3.14 [1.50, 6.60]
 16–23 Euro 3.39 [2.34, 4.91] 3.31 [2.03, 5.39] 4.91 [2.47, 9.75]
 24–31 Euro 4.15 [2.78, 6.20] 4.03 [2.37, 6.85] 6.04 [2.92, 12.47]
 >=32 Euro 7.26 [4.73, 11.14] 6.78 [3.86, 11.91] 10.96 [5.09, 23.58]