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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 11.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2008 Sep;35(3):203–209. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.05.026

Table 3.

Non-compliance with Tobacco Master Settlement Agreeement: Predicting the number of unauthorized tobacco billboards and transit shelter/bench ads

Los Angeles Louisiana
Intercept 0.03
(−0.04, 0.10)
0.14
(−0.37, 1.05)
Minority 0.00
(−0.05, 0.05)
0.11
(−0.13, 0.42)
Low income 0.01
(−0.02, 0.05)
−0.11
(−0.31, 0.15)
High youth population 0.01
(−0.02, 0.05)
−0.06
(−0.24, 0.17)
High population density −0.04*
(−0.07, 0.00)
0.21
(−0.11, 0.63)
Number of parks 0.00
(−0.02, 0.02)
0.01
(−0.07, 0.10)
Number of schools 0.01
(−0.01, 0.02)
0.00
(−0.07, 0.08)
Number of places of worship 0.00
(−0.01, 0.01)
−0.02
(−0.06, 0.02)
Number of major roadway miles −0.01
(−0.05, 0.03)
0.04***
(−0.03, 0.12)
Number of neighborhood streets 0.00
(−0.01, 0.00)
0.01
(−0.01, 0.02)
Any freeway −0.02
(−0.05, 0.01)
−0.03
(−0.23, 0.23)
Amount of variance accounted for by city 0.00 0.55
Non-compliance with the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) Code of Principles Predicting the number of alcohol and tobacco ads within 500 feet of schools, parks, and churches

Los Angeles Louisiana
Billboards Small Ads Billboards Small Ads
Intercept −0.13
(−0.41, 0.29)
0.04
(−0.26, 0.46)
0.29
(−0.24, 1.18)
0.19
(−0.15, 0.67)
Minority −0.14
(−0.35, 0.13)
−0.07
(−0.27, 0.19)
0.01
(−0.16, 0.22)
−0.04
(−0.15, 0.09)
Low income 0.39**
(0.11, 0.73)
0.10
(−0.10, 0.33)
−0.09
(−0.24, 0.10)
−0.07
(−0.18, 0.07)
High youth population −0.07
(−0.23, 0.12)
0.01
(−0.15, 0.19)
0.01
(−0.14, 0.19)
0.02
(−0.08, 0.14)
High population density −0.01
(−0.19, 0.20)
−0.07
(−0.22, 0.10)
0.05
(−0.16, 0.31)
0.06
(−0.09, 0.24)
Number of parks −0.02
(−0.13, 0.10)
−0.08
(−0.17, 0.02)
0.01
(−0.05, 0.08)
0.00
(−0.04, 0.04)
Number of schools 0.00
(−0.08, 0.09)
−0.04
(−0.11, 0.04)
0.02
(−0.03, 0.08)
0.03
(−0.01, 0.07)
Number of places of worship 0.06*
(0.00, 0.11)
0.05*
(0.00, 0.10)
0.01
(−0.02, 0.04)
0.01
(−0.01, 0.03)
No schools, parks, or churches −0.19
(−0.36, 0.02)
−0.13
(−0.29, 0.07)
−0.04
(−0.26, 0.25)
0.00
(−0.17, 0.21)
Number of major roadway miles 0.07
(−0.16, 0.35)
−0.02
(−0.21, 0.20)
0.03
(−0.02, 0.09)
0.07***
(0.04, 0.11)
Number of neighborhood streets 0.01
(−0.01, 0.04)
0.02
(0.00, 0.04)
−0.01
(−0.02, 0.00)
0.00
(−0.01, 0.00)
Any freeway 0.39***
(0.15, 0.69)
0.05
(−0.12, 0.24)
−0.09
(−0.23, 0.09)
−0.07
(−0.18, 0.04)
Amount of variance accounted for
by city
0.08 0.05 0.79 0.71
***

p<.001,

**

p<.01,

*

p<.05

***

p<.001,

**

p<.01,

*

p<.05

a. Because first-level residuals were not normally distributed, we log-transformed the dependent variable, making all coefficients for fixed effects percent changes in the number of ad locations