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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2014 Nov 19;55(6 0):S13–S20. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.08.023

Table 5.

Neighborhood Factors Associated with Smoking among Males and Females (95%CI in parenthesis)

Baltimore aOR (aCIs) n=435 Delhi aOR (aCIs) n=496 Ibadan aOR (aCIs) n=432 Johannesburg aOR (aCIs) n=490 Shanghai aOR (aCIs) n=431
Neighborhood Factors
Physical Environment 0.81 1.28 0.80 0.87 1.09
(0.64 - 1.01) (0.72 - 2.29) (0.47 - 1.37) (0.73 - 1.05) (0.73 - 1.62)
Perceived Lack of Safety 1.03 1.39 1.40 1.14 1.90**
(0.73 - 1.45) (0.86 - 2.24) (0.62 - 3.14) (0.82 - 1.57) (1.31 - 2.75)
Social Cohesion 0.91 0.84 0.66 0.77 0.69**
(0.81 - 1.03) (0.66 - 1.07) (0.34 - 1.29) (0.56 - 1.06) (0.59 - 0.82)
Perceived Fear 1.01 0.71 1.31 0 69*** 1.09
(0.82 - 1.25) (0.45 - 1.11) (0.84 - 2.06) (0.59 - 0.81) (0.85 - 1.4)
Fear Behaviors 1.57 0.90 1.01 1.05 0.86
(0.94 - 2.62) (0.48 - 1.7) (0.8 - 1.27) (0.89 - 1.24) (0.73 - 1.03)
Witnessing Community Violence 1.16 1.73** 1.20 1.76** 1.18
(0.87 - 1.56) (1.3 - 2.32) (0.81 - 1.77) (1.18 - 2.64) (0.73 - 1.9)
***

p<0.001

**

p<0.01

*p<0.05

^Adjusted for age, gender, relative wealth, education, family structure, and whether respondents were unstably housed