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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: Prim Health Care. 2014 Feb 14;4(1):152. doi: 10.4172/2167-1079.1000152

Table 3.

Cross-Sectional Predictors of Health Risk Behaviors.

Smoking Alcohol Marijuana Sexual Behavior Obesity
Predictor
Variables
OR 95%
CI
X2 p OR 95%
CI
X2 p OR 95%
CI
X2 p OR 95%
CI
X2 p OR 95%
CI
X2 p
Expect Risk Behavior Next 6 Months Smoking 0.19 0.11, 0.31 41.52 0.01 0.28 0.19, 0.43 35.39 0.01 0.15 0.09, 0.25 51.42 0.01 0.23 0.15, 0.36 39.26 0.011 0.27 0.19, 0.38 53.80 0.01
Resistance Self-Efficacy 0.63 0.55, 0.74 36.39 0.01 0.70 0.62, 0.78 35.37 0.01 0.66 0.58, 0.74 51.48 0.01 1.07 1.01, 1.13 5.04 0.03
Attitudes 1.36 1.20, 1.54 23.30 0.01 1.27 1.16, 1.38 27.00 0.01 1.38 1.25, 1.53 38.98 0.01 0.52 0.36, 0.77 10.95 0.01 1.08 1.03, 1.12 10.41 0.01
% Peers Risk Behavior 1.10 0.95, 1.27 1.67 0.20 1.36 1.17, 1.59 15.90 0.01 1.50 1.29, 1.76 26.00 0.01 1.26 1.09, 1.45 9.94 0.011 1.08 0.95, 1.22 1.41 0.24
Best Friend Risk Behavior 2.17 0.97, 4.84 3.59 0.06 5.18 2.30, 11.64 15.84 0.01 6.83 3.26, 14.28 25.99 0.01 3.86 2.02, 7.37 16.71 0.01
Family Risk Behavior 1.64 0.77, 3.51 1.61 0.20 1.18 0.43, 3.22 0.10 0.75 2.11 0.73, 6.09 1.89 2.11 2.46 1.40, 4.32 9.89 0.01
Time with Others Risk Behavior 0.45 0.29, 0.68 13.85 0.01 0.39 0.26, 0.60 19.02 0.01 0.20 0.12, 0.33 39.85 0.01 0.61 0.43, 0.85 8.53 0.01
Expected Peer Distress 0.66 0.39, 1.11 2.48 0.12 0.52 0.35, 0.77 10.47 0.01 0.50 0.34, 0.72 13.79 0.01 0.99 0.68, 1.15 0.00 0.98
Expected Parent Distress 0.46 0.27, 0.78 8.21 0.01 0.58 0.39, 0.85 7.60 0.01 0.41 0.25, 0.68 12.09 0.01 1.28 0.95, 1.72 2.66 0.10
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Question asks about risky sex, defined as sex without a condom