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. 2011 Sep 26;89(3):397–406. doi: 10.1007/s11524-011-9615-0

Table 1.

Parameter estimates for individual demographics and contextual factors in association with smoking status

Model covariates Parameter estimate (β) Standard error P value
Individual-level variables
 Age group (Ref., 40–49)
 18–24 −0.40 0.20 0.05
 25–29 −0.19 0.19 0.31
 30–39 −0.02 0.14 0.90
 50–59 0.05 0.12 0.70
 60–64 −0.17 0.16 0.27
 65 or over −0.90 0.14 <0.01
 Gender (Ref., male)
 Female −0.24 0.14 0.09
 Race/Ethnicity (Ref., white)
 Latino −0.07 0.19 0.70
 African American 0.39 0.28 0.17
 Asian/Pacific Islander 0.32 0.24 0.18
 American Indian and white/American Indian 1.39 0.53 <0.01
 Federal poverty level (FPL) (Ref., 200% or above FPL)
 0–99% FPL 0.97 0.26 <0.01
 100–199% FPL 0.91 0.19 <0.01
Interactions of individual-level variables
 Gender × race
 Female × Latino −0.84 0.22 <0.01
 Female × African American −0.43 0.31 0.16
 Female × Asian/Pacific Islander −1.87 0.38 <0.01
 Female × American Indian and white/American Indian −0.24 0.70 0.74
 Race × FPL
 Latino × 0–99% FPL −0.81 0.32 0.01
 Latino × 100–199% FPL −0.81 0.27 <0.01
 African American × 0–99% FPL −0.03 0.39 0.95
 African American × 100–199% FPL −0.16 0.42 0.69
 Asian/Pacific Islander × 0–99% FPL −0.81 0.43 0.06
 Asian/Pacific Islander × 100–199% FPL −0.90 0.40 0.03
 American Indian and white/American Indian × 0–99% FPL −1.34 1.15 0.24
 American Indian and white/American Indian × 100–199% FPL −1.24 0.85 0.15
Principal components of contextual variables
 Population makeup
 1st principal component −0.07 0.06 0.24
 2nd principal component 0.15 0.06 0.02
 3rd principal component 0.17 0.08 0.05
 Educational attainment
 1st principal component 0.19 0.07 <0.01
 2nd principal component 0.05 0.06 0.41
Geographic areas
 Service planning areas (SPA) (Ref., SPA 2)
 SPA 1 0.56 0.24 0.02
 SPA 3 −0.04 0.15 0.81
 SPA 4 −0.11 0.18 0.55
 SPA 5 −0.42 0.27 0.11
 SPA 6 0.18 0.20 0.37
 SPA 7 −0.01 0.18 0.95
 SPA 8 0.11 0.15 0.46

A fixed-effects logistic regression model was fitted to assess the associations between smoking status (yes vs. no) and the variables listed in the table