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. 2015 Apr;105(4):741–749. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301964

TABLE 2—

Results of Multivariable Analysis of Current Smoker Status Among Latino Immigrant Respondents in National Latino and Asian American Study: Transnational, Social, and Neighborhood Ties and Smoking Among Latinos, United States, 2002 and 2003

Variable Bivariate, OR (95% CI) Model 1, AOR (95% CI) Model 2, AOR (95% CI) Model 3, AOR (95% CI) Model 4, AOR (95% CI) Model 5, AOR (95% CI)
Gender
 Male (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Female 0.30*** (0.19, 0.46) 0.31*** (0.21, 0.46) 0.33*** (0.22, 0.50) 0.33*** (0.22, 0.50) 0.32*** (0.22, 0.47) 0.18*** (0.11, 0.32)
Transnational ties
 Sent remittances (Ref) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Did not send remittances 1.11 (0.79, 1.56) 1.39 (0.95, 2.01) 1.30 (0.89, 1.88) 1.10 (0.71, 1.70)
 No. of returns in the past year 0.98* (0.96, 0.99) 0.99 (0.96, 1.02) 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) 1.04* (1.00, 1.07)
Social ties
 Family support 0.94 (0.86, 1.04) 0.97 (0.88, 1.07) 0.98 (0.89, 1.08) 1.01 (0.90, 1.13)
 Friend support 0.93 (0.84, 1.03) 0.94 (0.85, 1.04) 0.97 (0.88, 1.06) 0.90 (0.79, 1.03)
Neighborhood ties
 Neighborhood cohesion 0.90** (0.84, 0.97) 0.91* (0.84, 0.98) 0.91* (0.85, 0.99) 0.93 (0.83, 1.03)
Interactions
 Gender × remittances 1.94* (1.06, 3.56)
 Gender × returns 0.83 (0.65, 1.06)
 Gender × family support 0.94 (0.79, 1.10)
 Gender × friend support 1.25* (1.02, 1.52)
 Gender × neighborhood social cohesion 0.97 (0.85, 1.10)

Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. Models 1–5 adjusted for age, Latino ethnicity, education, household income, work status, marital status, years in the United States, acculturative stress, everyday discrimination, and perceived neighborhood safety. Continuous variables included in interaction terms were centered at their means.

*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.