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. 2011 Jan 1;16(1):249–257. doi: 10.1007/s10995-010-0735-z

Table 2.

Relative risk ratios from multinomial logistic regressions of constant and postpartum smoking compared to non-smoking

1 2 3 4 5
Constant Postpartum Constant Postpartum Constant Postpartum Constant Postpartum Constant Postpartum
Socioeconomic status
 Mother’s race/ethnicity (ref = Non-Hispanic White)
  US-born Mexican 0.15*** 0.61* 0.10*** 0.49**
  Foreign-born Mexican 0.01*** 0.10*** 0.01*** 0.13***
  Non-Hispanic Black 0.30*** 0.40*** 0.22*** 0.36***
  Other Hispanic 0.17*** 0.62* 0.14*** 0.59**
 Mother’s education (ref = some college or higher)
  Less than high school 4.15*** 2.33* 2.88*** 1.66**
  High school 2.29*** 1.51** 1.74*** 1.22
 Poverty (ref = >300%)
  <100% poverty 2.82*** 1.84** 1.16 1.29
  100–300% 2.30*** 2.01*** 1.18 1.43
Health care
 Prenatal care late or none 1.62*** 1.53** 1.50** 1.30
 Public or no health insurance 2.17*** 1.37* 1.41* 1.14
Life course and health
 Mother  <25 years old 1.12 1.82*** 0.54*** 1.21
 First birth 0.67*** 1.08 0.79*** 1.27
 Mental health problem 1.80*** 1.55*** 1.80*** 1.53**
 Parenting stress 1.26* 1.11 1.01 1.10
 Breastfed at least 5 months 0.28*** 0.61** 0.41*** 0.72*
Partner and social support
 Parent’s relationship status (ref = married)
  Cohabiting 2.89*** 1.48* 3.54*** 1.29
  Visiting 2.97*** 1.51* 3.68*** 1.30
  Friends/unknown 3.89*** 1.23 4.55*** 1.01
 Father’s smoking status (ref = doesn’t smoke)
  Father smokes 4.64*** 3.83*** 3.92*** 3.46***
  Father’s information missing 1.78*** 1.67* 1.56* 1.61*
 Religious attendance (ref = 1+/week)
  <1/week 1.50*** 1.51** 1.28 1.33
  Never attends 2.22*** 1.60* 1.65** 1.25
  Father suggested abortion 1.17 0.93 1.25 0.91
Observations 3522 3522 3522 3522 3522

Models 1 through 5 represent four separate regression equations for each set of variables in our model and a final full model which includes all the variables

Source: Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001 (two-tailed tests)