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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 24.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Q. 2006 Mar;87(1):19–35. doi: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2006.00366.x

TABLE 3.

Ordinal Logistic Regression Coefficients and Z Ratios (Absolute Values) in Parentheses for Models of Cigarette Smoking

Determinantsa Full Sample
Age-Specific Models
Model 1 Model 2 Prob.b Ages 18–39 Ages 40+ Differencee
Sex: Male 0.58** (4.62) 0.52** (4.09) 0.086 0.15 (0.53) 0.73** (4.80) − 0.59 (1.88)
Race: Black − 0.43* (2.03) − 0.44* (1.97) − 0.074 − 0.93 (1.93) − 0.11 (0.42) − 0.82 (1.48)
Race: Other − 0.33 (1.03) − 0.29 (0.90) − 0.045 − 1.03 (1.58) 0.10 (0.25) − 1.13 (1.48)
Age (decades) 1.10** (5.03) 1.08** (4.71) 0.175 0.89** 2.87 − 0.13* (2.17) 1.02** (3.23)
Age2 − 0.11** (5.12) − 0.10** (4.74) − 0.017
City size at 16 0.13** (3.08) 0.14** (3.11) 0.023 − 0.03 (0.35) 0.24** (4.32) − 0.27* (2.52)
Educationc − 0.29** (3.48) − 0.23** (2.61) − 0.038 − 0.50* (− 2.55) − 0.18 (1.76) − 0.32 (1.44)
Prestiged − 0.19* (2.53) − 0.19* (2.42) − 0.031 − 0.20 (1.22) − 0.20* (2.20) 0.00 (0.01)
Incomed − 0.04 (0.49) − 0.03 (0.43) − 0.005 − 0.31 (1.66) 0.03 (0.33) − 0.34 (1.65)
Social straind 0.39** (5.67) 0.38** (5.37) 0.062 0.56*** (3.84) 0.29** (3.47) 0.27 (1.62)
Musical Tastes
Classical-omnivored − 0.17* (2.33) − 0.028 − 0.16 (1.00) − 0.16 (1.80) − 0.01 (0.05)
Heavy metal-youthd 0.08 (1.05) 0.013 0.49** (3.30) − 0.18* (2.05) 0.66** (3.88)
Bluegrass-countryd 0.18** (2.65) 0.030 0.26 (1.78) 0.22** (2.70) 0.04 (0.69)
Jazz-bluesd 0.15* (2.24) 0.026 0.09 (0.62) 0.21** (2.58) − 0.12 (0.79)
Cut 1 3.27 3.17 2.17 0.42
Cut 2 4.47 4.40 2.81 1.91
Chi-square 155.38 173.94 90.27 123.29
Maximum likelihood pseudo-R2 0.14 0.16 0.26 0.15
N 1,035 1,035 298 737
*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01.

a

Includes set of nine dummy variables representing region of residence at age 16.

b

Average change in predicted probabilities for unit change in each independent variable.

c

Squared and standardized.

d

Standardized.

e

Coefficient for ages 18–39 minus coefficient for ages 40+, and Z scores for test of equality of the coefficients in parentheses.