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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2010 Nov;29(6):610–617. doi: 10.1037/a0021237

Table 1.

Final multilevel models predicting perceived short-term risks, long-term risks, and benefits of smoking

Variable Parameter Short-term
Risks
Long-term
Risks
Benefits
Fixed Effects Initial Status/
Y-intercept (π0i)
Intercept γ 00 82.41***
(2.61)
85.81***
(2.45)
21.12***
(2.89)
Sex γ 01 − 0.18
(2.67)
− 0.63
(2.47)
6.10*
(2.87)
Parentsmoke γ 02 − 0.84
(2.81)
− 1.68
(2.63)
− 0.46
(3.07)
Rate of Change/
Slope (π1i)
Intercept γ 10 −1.57
(2.49)
− 2.87
(2.29)
− 2.45
(2.29)
Sex γ 11 − 4.25
(2.60)
− 3.90m
(2.26)
− 1.29
(2.25)
Parentsmoke γ 12 1.21
(2.73)
− 0.63
(2.43)
1.64
(2.43)
EverSmoke γ 20 − 10.41***
(1.82)
− 7.81***
(1.73)
6.19**
(1.82)
FriendsSmoke (None) γ 30 Ref Ref Ref
FriendsSmoke (1) γ 30 − 1.63
(1.73)
− 1.50
(1.70)
1.99
(1.68)
FriendsSmoke (2-5) γ 30 − 3.04m
(1.58)
− 1.20
(1.54)
− 1.21
(1.55)
FriendsSmoke (6-10) γ 30 − 5.54*
(2.69)
− 0.95
(2.59)
2.76
(2.55)
FriendsSmoke (> 10) γ 30 − 6.02*
(2.72)
− 2.90
(2.70)
− 2.74
(2.61)
Variance Level 1 Within-person σ 2 e 153.40***
(14.19)
183.89***
(14.68)
156.61***
(12.47)
Level 2 In initial status/
y-intercept
σ 2 0 195.00*
(47.46)
123.45*
(43.47)
334.51**
(55.39)
In rate of change/
slope
σ 2 1 56.58
(46.25)
33.27
(36.62)
64.52
(37.31)
Covariance σ 01 − 27.92
(42.11)
8.95
(36.24)
− 68.35
(41.21)
Amount of total variance
explained
0.1109 0.0745 0.0353
Amount of within-person
variance explained
0.1670 0.1826 0.2742

Note. Ref = the reference category for the FriendsSmoke variable.