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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2009 Apr 8;63(10):784–791. doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.079475

Table 3.

Odds of current smoking, by workplace smoking policy and nativity.

Model 2 Model 3 3 Model 4 Model 5




Unstratified model:
Main Effect of Policy
Unstratified model: Nativity Interaction with Policy Stratified model:
US Born
Stratified model:
Foreign Born




unweighted sample size --> n=85,784 n=85,784 n=77,561 n=8,223




Variable reported --> Policy is Not
Smokefree
Policy is Not
Smokefree
Foreign Born Non
Smokefree
Policy*Foreign
Born
Interaction
Policy is Not
Smokefree
Policy is Not
Smokefree






Mo
del
Variables in model OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p Logit
Coeff
p OR 2 OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
      A Policy only 1.77 (1.69, 1.85) *** -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.83 (1.74, 1.92) *** 1.39 (1.20, 1.61) ***
One variable added at a time.
 Demographic/Socioeconomic Variables
      B Policy + Foreign Born 1.78 (1.71, 1.87) *** 1.83 (1.74, 1.92) *** 0.60 (0.55, 0.65) *** −0.27 *** 1.39 -- --
      C Policy + Occupation 1,4 1.51 (1.45, 1.58) *** 1.55 (1.48, 1.63) *** 0.55 (0.50, 0.60) *** −0.28 *** 1.17 1.54 (1.47, 1.62) *** 1.26 (1.07, 1.47) **
      D Policy + Industry 1,5 1.56 (1.49, 1.64) *** 1.60 (1.52, 1.68) *** 0.55 (0.50, 0.61) *** −0.23 ** 1.27 1.60 (1.52, 1.68) *** 1.27 (1.09, 1.47) **
      E Policy + Income 1 1.65 (1.57, 1.72) *** 1.69 (1.61, 1.78) *** 0.56 (0.51, 0.61) *** −0.31 *** 1.24 1.68 (1.60, 1.77) *** 1.33 (1.14, 1.55) ***
      F Policy + Education 1 1.54 (1.47, 1.61) *** 1.58 (1.50, 1.66) *** 0.60 (0.55, 0.66) *** −0.3 *** 1.17 1.56 (1.49, 1.64) *** 1.32 (1.13, 1.55) ***
      G Policy + Gender 1 1.77 (1.69, 1.85) *** 1.81 (1.73, 1.90) *** 0.59 (0.54, 0.65) *** −0.27 ** 1.38 1.83 (1.74, 1.92) *** 1.32 (1.13, 1.54) ***
      H Policy + Race/ethnicity 1 1.80 (1.72, 1.88) *** 1.84 (1.75, 1.93) *** 0.72 (0.66, 0.80) *** −0.27 ** 1.41 1.84 (1.75, 1.93) *** 1.39 (1.20, 1.61) ***
      J Policy + Marital 1 1.76 (1.69, 1.84) *** 1.81 (1.78, 1.89) *** 0.62 (0.56, 0.68) *** −0.25 ** 1.41 1.81 (1.72, 1.89) *** 1.39 (1.20, 1.62) ***
      K Policy + Age 1 1.78 (1.70, 1.86) *** 1.82 (1.74, 1.91) *** 0.59 (0.53, 0.64) *** −0.28 *** 1.38 1.83 (1.74, 1.91) *** 1.38 (1.19, 1.60) ***
      L Policy + Interview Language 1.79 (1.71, 1.87) *** 1.83 (1.74, 1.92) *** 0.60 (0.54, 0.66) *** −0.27 ** 1.40 1.83 (1.75, 1.92) *** 1.37 (1.18, 1.60) ***
      M Policy + Immigrant Length of Stay 1,6 1.79 (1.71, 1.87) *** -- -- -- -- 1.39 (1.19, 1.62) ***
 State Variables
      N Policy + State Dummies 1 1.73 (1.65, 1.81) *** 1.77 (1.69, 1.86) *** 0.65 (0.59, 0.71) *** −0.27 ** 1.36 1.77 (1.69, 1.86) *** 1.36 (1.16, 1.59) ***
Multivariate Model Building
      P Policy + all covariates 1.34 (1.27, 1.41) *** 1.37 (1.30, 1.44) *** 0.71 (0.56, 0.88) ** −0.23 ** 1.09 1.36 (1.29, 1.44) *** 1.15 (0.97, 1.35) #
#

p-value: p=<.10

*

p=<.05

**

p=<.01

***

p=<.001

OR = Odds Ratio.

1

For models 2 & 3, all unstratified models (B-P) also contain the variable Nativity.

2

Odds ratio for the interaction was calculated as the odds ratio of being in a non-smokefree workplace among foreign born (compared to the foreign born in smokefree workplaces).

3

For model 3, the odds ratios for the main effect of policy is interpreted as the policy association for the US-born, while the interaction logit coefficient is the differential policy association for the foreign born (on the logit scale).

4

Occupation was coded in 5 categories: professional specialty; executive administrative & managerial; technicians & related support, sales, and administrative support including clerical; Service; Blue Collar.

5

Industry was modeled in 8 categories: trade; manufacturing; services; professional and related services; finance, insurance, and real estate; public administration; transportation and communications; agricultural, forestry and fishing, mining, and construction.

6

Immigrant length of stay was included only in Models 2M and 5M to maintain consistency of the meaning of the nativity variable.