Table 5.

Effects of Baseline Parent-Adolescent Communication on Time 2 Health Outcomes

Health Outcome	Parent-Adolescent Communication
	Adolescent Report		Parent Report
	Miami	Los Angeles	Miami	Los Angeles
Cigarette Use (Yes/No)	0.67** (0.50–0.86)	0.39§ (0.15–1.05)	0.51 (0.17–1.50)	0.72 (0.43–1.23)
Alcohol Use Occasions (Count)	0.86 (0.59–1.25)	1.31 (0.94–1.82)	1.00 (0.81–1.22)	0.42** (0.25–0.73)
Maximum Drinks in a Day (Count)	0.83 (0.52–1.35)	0.73 (0.50–1.07)	0.93 (0.72–1.20)	0.95 (0.49–1.82)
Binge Drinking Days (Count)	0.55§ (0.29–1.04)	1.00 (0.68–1.46)	2.05*** (1.74–2.41)	0.47§ (0.22–1.02)
Drunkenness Occasions (Count)	0.32** (0.12–0.85)	0.81 (0.34–1.97)	2.36*** (2.11–2.63)	1.37 (0.33–5.70)
Number of Sexual Partners (Count)	0.53*** (0.36–0.77)	0.96 (0.50–1.86)	1.10** (1.03–1.17)	0.74 (0.48–1.14)
Number of Oral Sex Partners (Count)	0.63** (0.48–0.83)	1.07 (0.44–2.58)	3.93*** (2.68–5.77)	0.74 (0.49–1.13)
Inconsistent Condom Use (Yes/No)	0.89 (0.37–2.00)	0.72 (0.21–2.47)	1.26*** (1.23–1.30)	0.96 (0.57–1.64)
Unprotected Oral Sex (Yes/No)	0.73 (0.31–1.73)	0.85 (0.30–2.48)	1.72* (1.07–2.76)	0.99 (0.65–1.51)

Note: Effects of parent-adolescent communication on adolescent outcomes are reported as odds ratios (OR) for dichotomous outcomes and as incidence rate ratios (IRR) for count outcomes. The OR represents the multiplicative increase in the predicted odds of event occurrence given a 1 SD increase in the predictor variable in question. The IRR represents the multiplicative increase in the predicted frequency of event occurrence given a 1 SD increase in the predictor variable in question.

^§p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001