Table 4.
Two part model of the quantity of cigarettes smoked in a month
| Part 1: P(nb cig > 0) N = 721 |
Part 2: log(nb cig) N = 245 |
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| Variable | OR | β/σ | exp(β) | β/σ | ||
| Academic discipline (ref = sociology) | ||||||
| • English as a foreign language | 1.0318 | 0.09 | ||||
| • Medicine | - | 0.4828 | -3.25 | ** | ||
| • Nursing | 0.6809 | -2.16 | ||||
| Perceived approval of regular smoking by friends (ref = strong disapproval) | ||||||
| • Approval | 4.5358 | 5.08 | *** | 2.9571 | 3.41 | ** |
| • Disapproval | 1.6844 | 2.13 | * | 2.4925 | 6.28 | *** |
| Perceived proportion of friends smoking (ref = none) | ||||||
| • <33% | 1.2195 | 0.52 | ||||
| • Half | 3.4953 | 3.13 | ** | - | ||
| • >66% | 2.6591 | 2.61 | ** | |||
| Smoke discomfort in university (ref = never) | ||||||
| • Seldom | 0.4227 | -2.15 | * | 0.6747 | -2.33 | * |
| • Sometimes | 0.2606 | -3.18 | ** | 0.2849 | -4.45 | ** |
| • Often | 0.1572 | -3.19 | ** | 0.1264 | -4.29 | ** |
| Position about smoke-free universities (ref = against) | ||||||
| • Indifferent | 0.2288 | -2.62 | ** | 0.5718 | -2.98 | * |
| • Mostly for | 0.1506 | -3.99 | *** | 0.5687 | -1.99 | |
| • Totally for | 0.0756 | -6.54 | *** | 0.4794 | -3.52 | ** |
| Tobacco perception score (high scores = positive perceptions) | 1.1635 | 3.63 | *** | - | ||
| Beliefs about tobacco industry score (high scores = negative beliefs) | - | 1.0342 | 2.26 | * | ||
| Binge drinking (ref = no) | ||||||
| • Occasional (< 4 times/month) | 2.9303 | 2.54 | * | - | ||
| • Weekly (≥ 4 times/month) | 1.3186 | 0.39 | ||||
| Cannabis use (ref = no use) | ||||||
| • Occasional (≤ 1/week) | 3.4140 | 3.62 | *** | - | ||
| • Regular (> 1/week) | 8.2666 | 2.13 | * | |||
| Gender (ref = male) | 2.7103 | 2.80 | ** | - | ||
| Age | - | 1.0366 | 3.13 | * | ||
| Constant (exponentiated) | 0.2899 | -1.40 | 30.9910 | 8.22 | *** | |
| Duan's smearing estimator | Not applicable | 2.2494 | Not applicable | |||
*** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.010; * p < 0.050
Notes: Only independent variables with a bootstrap-estimated, backward selection inclusion probability ≥ 80% were included in each part of the model; - = variable not included; OR = odds ratio; β/SE = Wald test statistic (β = regression coefficient, σ = standard error of the coefficient). Part 1 models the probability of being a smoker using logistic regression, part 2 models the log-number of cigarettes smoked in a month by smokers using linear regression.