Table 4.

Serial logit regressions predicting risky health behaviors at Wave III from positive affect, self-esteem, 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 Affect Subscale	.809**	.892*	.893**	.916*
Self-Esteem Subscale	1.036	.961	.958	.990
Depressive symptoms scale (WI-II)	.930	.948	1.007	1.059
Perceived General Health WI (Very good)a
Excellent health	.892*	.799*	.889	.877†
Good health	1.098	.944	.933	1.082
Fair health	.868	.836	.774†	.943
Poor health	.801	.799	.818	.938
Risky Health Behaviors WI
Physical activity	.954	1.009	.480	.948
Fast food	1.050	1.142**	1.172**	1.225**
Binge drink	1.047	1.021	1.075*	1.037
Smoke	1.295**	1.429**	1.541**	1.643**
Marijuana	1.230**	1.205**	1.250**	1.218**
Hard drugs	.951	.956	.891**	.889*
Health Controls WI
Symptom count	1.155**	1.100*	1.043	1.014
Cardiac abnormality	.924	.921	.547	3.358
Asthma	.824	.974	1.006	.976
Physical limitation/disability	1.104	.727	1.032	.961
Body Mass Index (1st quartile)a
BMI 2st quartile	.976	.874	.916	.908
BMI 3rd quartile	.855	.860	.907	.723*
BMI 4th quartile	1.059	.874	.982	.798*
Parent(s) with obesity	.824	.841†	.849*	.954
Health insurance	1.093	.984	.995	1.040
Other WI controls
Gender (1=male)	1.996**	1.925*	1.964**	1.816**
Race/ethnicity (White)a
Black	.284*	.473**	.706**	.957
Native American	.480	.648	.583	.808
Asian	.253**	.504**	.483**	.653**
Hispanic	.584*	.559**	.563**	.660**
Other race	.792	.654	.671	.966
Parents mean education level (high school)a
Less than high school	.829	.975	.863†	.916
Some college	1.251	1.267†	1.002	.957
College	1.225	1.235†	1.027	.908
More than college	.836	.933	.910	.745**

Notes:

^**p < 0.01,

^*p < 0.05,

^†p < 0.1,

^aReference group in parenthesis.

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