Table 3.

Serial logit regressions predicting risky health behaviors at Wave III from positive well-being, depressive symptoms, and baseline covariates, reported in odds ratios (N = 10,147).

	Risky Health Behavior Index WIII (Versus all Lower Levels on the Index)

	4 or More Risky Health Behaviors	3 or More Risky Health Behaviors	2 or More Risky Health Behaviors	1 or More Risky Health Behaviors
Positive Well-Being Scale (WI-II)	.833^**	.859^**	.870^**	.904^*
Depressive symptoms scale (WI-II)	.903	.928	.998	1.040
Perceived General Health WI (Very good)^a
Excellent health	.887	.801^*	.880^†	.857^*
Good health	1.113	.981	.956	1.069
Fair health	.891	.838	.773^†	.975
Poor health	.828	.772	.771	1.078
Risky Health Behaviors WI
Physical activity	.962	1.007	.981	.948
Fast food	1.055	1.135^**	1.164^**	1.208^**
Binge drink	1.042	1.017	1.071^*	1.027
Smoke	1.322^**	1.436^**	1.551^**	1.646^**
Marijuana	1.253^**	1.212^**	1.215^**	1.154^*
Hard drugs	.950	.955	.907^*	.914^*
Health Controls WI
Symptom count	1.127	1.112^**	1.057	1.023
Cardiac abnormality	1.159^**	.504	.816	3.762
Asthma	.987	.977	.998	.988
Physical limitation/disability	.833	.695	.964	1.007
Body Mass Index (1^st quartile)^a
BMI 2^st quartile	.991	.857	.926	.881
BMI 3^rd quartile	.888	.841^†	.933	.798^*
BMI 4^th quartile	1.044	.852	.987	.787^**
Parent(s) with obesity	.822	.841^†	.861^*	.937
Health insurance	1.170	1.008	1.017	1.081
Other WI controls
Gender (1=male)	1.932^**	1.963^**	1.964^**	1.805^**
Race/ethnicity (White)^a
Black	.312^**	.483^**	.678	.973
Native American	.592	.754	.624	.870
Asian	.244^**	.493^**	.460^**	.657^**
Hispanic	.564^**	.551^**	.559^**	.680^**
Other race	.744	.635	.703	.992
Parents mean education level (high school)^a
Less than high school	.797	.991	.866	.918
Some college	1.274	1.273^*	.995	.927
College	1.214	1.241^†	1.058	.908
More than college	.890	.929	.914	.752

Notes:

^**

p < 0.01,

p < 0.05,

^†

p < 0.1,

Reference group in parenthesis.

Also controlling for age, neighborhood poverty, and family structure.