Table 4.
Susceptibility to Smoking Among Never-Smoked Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand
| Malaysia | Thailand | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |||||
| univariate | Multivariate | univariate | Multivariate | univariate | Multivariate | Univariate | Multivariate | |
| Predictors | OR (95% CI) (N = 685) | Adj. OR (95% CI) (N = 780) | OR (95% CI) (N = 885) | Adj. OR (95% CI) (N = 780) | OR (95% CI) (N = 685) | Adj. OR (95% CI) (N = 748) | OR (95% CI) (N = 885) | Adj. OR (95% CI) (N = 748) |
| Sociodemographics | ||||||||
| Age group | ||||||||
| 13–15 years | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16–17 years | 1.90 (0.68, 5.30) | 2.12 (0.73, 6.18) | 1.43 (0.51, 4.02) | 1.87 (0.73, 4.76) | 0.85 (0.40, 1.80) | 0.85 (0.38, 1.88) | 1.29 (0.52, 3.18) | 1.09 (0.44, 2.71) |
| Urban or rural | ||||||||
| Urban | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rural | 1.37 (0.68, 2.76) | 1.35 (0.68, 2.68) | 1.40 (0.65, 3.01) | 1.28 (0.57, 2.86) | 1.14 (0.72, 1.81) | 1.10 (0.68, 1.78) | 0.46 (0.19, 1.13) | 0.47 (0.20, 1.15) |
| Antismoking messages or education | ||||||||
| Nurse or doctor talked about danger of smoking | ||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yes | 0.89 (0.35, 2.24) | 0.92 (0.38, 2.26) | 0.88 (0.35, 2.16) | 1.55 (0.59, 4.06) | 0.89 (0.53, 1.52) | 1.05 (0.60, 1.82) | 0.69 (0.22, 2.12) | 1.27 (0.44, 3.71) |
| Last year, taught about danger of smoking in your class | ||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yes | 0.98 (0.42, 2.29) | 1.24 (0.56, 2.72) | 0.32 (0.13, 0.83)* | 0.26 (0.12, 0.54)** | 1.18 (0.81, 1.72) | 1.15 (0.75, 1.75) | 1.34 (0.48, 3.75) | 1.41 (0.56, 3.57) |
| Noticed antismoking media messages | 0.86 (0.38, 1.92) | 0.99 (0.46, 2.14) | 1.10 (0.52, 2.34) | 1.34 (0.50, 3.55) | 1.37 (0.91, 2.07) | 1.41 (0.88, 2.26) | 2.44 (0.77, 7.74) | 2.83 (0.94, 8.53) |
| Knowledge | ||||||||
| Knowledge of health effects of smokinga | 0.99 (0.64, 1.51) | 1.13 (0.71, 1.82) | 1.02 (0.65, 1.60) | 1.06 (0.65, 1.74) | 0.99 (0.65, 1.32) | 0.95 (0.60, 1.51) | 0.65 (0.38, 1.11) | 0.52 (0.29, 0.93)* |
| Perceived harm | ||||||||
| Perceived health risk of smokinga | 0.72 (0.52, 0.98)* | 0.63 (0.47, 0.84)** | 0.84 (0.54, 1.31) | 0.94 (0.60, 1.45) | 0.82 (0.62, 1.07) | 0.80 (0.59, 1.09) | 1.02 (0.65, 1.60) | 1.15 (0.73, 1.79) |
Note. All the data are weighted. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; Adj. OR = adjusted odds ratio; *p < .05, **p < .01; ***p < .001. aHigher score means more of the attribute.