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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2014 Jul 25;23(5):423–428. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2014.12144.x

Table 1.

Separate bivariate logistic regression analyses of current smoking status of women in their mid-sixties on individual psychosocial risk factors (N=511)

Independent variables Proportion (Value of the independent variable=1) Current smoking vs. not Smoking (14.7%)
O.R. (95% CI)
High neighborhood risk factors
 High experience of discrimination 15.7% 2.49 (1.40 – 4.41)**
 High neighborhood poverty 11.9% 1.90 (0.99 – 3.66)§
Alcohol use disorder and problems
 Alcohol use, abuse, or dependence 2.4% 8.87 (2.74 – 28.76)***
 High alcohol use problem 5.7% 3.99 (1.80 – 8.84)***
High financial stress
 High financial strain 16.6% 4.28 (2.49 – 7.36)***
 High financial problem 19.8% 2.55 (1.49 – 4.37)***
 High symptoms due to financial worries 16.1% 2.19 (1.23 – 3.91)**
High family conflict and spouse smoking
 Low satisfaction with spouse/partner 15.9% 2.05 (1.14 – 3.68)*
 High argument with spouse/partner 15.5% 2.32 (1.30 – 4.15)**
 High spouse/partner smoking 14.7% 4.19 (2.39 – 7.34)***
High negative life events and life dissatisfaction
 High negative life event during the past 15 years 16.1% 1.67 (0.92 – 3.05)§
 Low life satisfaction 1994–2004 15.9% 2.44 (1.37 – 4.32)**
 Low life satisfaction 2005–present 17.6% 2.85 (1.65 – 4.94)***
High maladaptive personal attributes
 Low traditionality 18.0% 2.17 (1.24 – 3.80)**
 Low ego-control 12.7% 2.88 (1.57 – 5.26)***
 High depression 15.1% 2.21 (1.23 – 3.99)**

Note:

1. O.R.=Odds Ratio, CI=confidence interval;

2. § p<0.10, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, *** p<0.001