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. 2015 Sep 14;15:889. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2230-3

Table 4.

Familial predictors of current smoking among 13 and 15 year old boys and girls (subsample of respondents living in intact families, results from multivariable logistic regressiona)

Predictorsb Boys (N = 1290) Girls (N = 1238)
OR CI OR CI
Age:
13-year-old 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
15-year-old 2.56 1.76–3.72 2.87 1.75–4.70
Family FAS:
Low 1.00 Ref.
Medium 0.41 0.23–0.77
High 0.73 0.41–1.28
Satisfaction with family relationships:
Good 1.00 Ref.
Poor 2.20 1.19–4.05
Communication with the father:
Easy 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
Difficult 0.59 0.35–0.98 0.47 0.27–0.83
Mother's monitoring:
High 1.00 Ref. 1.00 Ref.
Low 2.39 1.55–3.70 4.16 2.37–7.29
School-related parental support:
High 1.00 Ref.
Low 2.49 1.34–4.63
Father's emotional support:
High 1.00 Ref.
Low 1.83 1.01–3.35
Electronic media communication with parents:
Often 1.00 Ref.
Rare 0.69 0.48–0.95

aMethod = Enter; bResults of all significant predictors are provided. Significant relationships are provided in bold