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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2013 Nov-Dec;13(6):517–523. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2013.06.003

Table 2.

Factors Associated With Strict Smoke-free Home Policy in Smoking Parents: Results of Multivariable Logistic Regression Adjusting for Clustering (Generalized Estimating Equations) (n = 948)

Characteristic aOR (95% CI)
Parent age
  ≥45 y Reference
  25–44 y 1.62 (0.84, 3.13)
  18–24 y 1.66 (0.80, 3.45)
Age of youngest child at visit
  >10 y Reference
  6–10 y 1.54 (0.95, 2.51)
  ≤5 y 2.43 (1.53, 3.86)*
Parent education
  High school or less Reference
  More than high school 1.34 (0.99, 1.81)
Parent race/ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic black Reference
  Non-Hispanic white 2.17 (1.43, 3.29)*
  Hispanic 2.29 (1.25, 4.18)*
  Other 2.60 (1.35, 5.00)*
Child insurance status
  Medicaid Reference
  HMO/private insurance 1.84 (1.31, 2.58)*
  Self-pay/other/NA 1.76 (1.12, 2.78)*
Reason for visit
  Sick child Reference
  Well child 1.61 (1.11, 2.34)*
  Other 1.45 (0.89, 2.36)
Parent tobacco Use
  10 or more cigarettes/d Reference
  <10 cigarettes/d 1.80 (1.31, 2.47)*
Other home smokers
  ≥1 Reference
  No others 1.68 (1.26, 2.25)*
Who smokes
  All other combinations Reference
  Father only 1.73 (1.06, 2.83)*
Parent believes thirdhand smoke is harmful
  Disagree Reference
  Agree 1.56 (0.92, 2.65)
Parent reports having a strict smoke-free car policy
  No Reference
  Yes 3.51 (2.19, 5.64)*

aOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

*

P ≤ .05.