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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2015 Nov 25;148:79–92. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.027

Table 4a.

Discrete-time logit models for the effects of neighborhood poverty on the risk of smoking initiation by age 25 among nonw hite respondents (n=10,185)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3

Unadjusted IPT-Weighted Regression

OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
NH poverty, cumulative proportion (low)
    Moderate 1.19 0.58-2.45 1.05 0.37-2.96 1.34 0.58-3.13
    High 1.59 0.92-2.73 * 1.46 0.58-3.67 1.51 0.72-3.19
Age 5.37 3.61-7.99 *** 5.55 3.35-9.18 *** 5.46 3.65-8.17 ***
Age squared 0.96 0.95-0.97 *** 0.96 0.94-0.97 *** 0.96 0.95-0.97 ***
Gender (male)
    Female 0.77 0.54-1.08 0.68 0.50-0.92 **
Birthweight (88 ounces or more)
    Less than 88 ounces 0.81 0.40-1.63 0.78 0.41-1.45
Mother's marital status at birth (married)
    Unmarried 0.89 0.58-1.38 0.91 0.60-1.38
Mother's age at birth 1.01 0.97-1.06 1.01 0.98-1.05
HH's education at age 4 (less than HS)
    High school graduate 0.82 0.54-1.25 0.83 0.58-1.21
    At least some college 0.86 0.50-1.48 0.87 0.54-1.39
NH poverty at age 4 (low)
    Moderate 1.01 0.42-2.45 0.90 0.45-1.79
    High 1.15 0.49-2.74 1.07 0.55-2.07
HH's marital status at age 4 (married)
    Unmarried 1.24 0.79-1.94 1.18 0.72-1.93
HH's employment status at age 4 (employed)
    Unemployed 0.93 0.58-1.50 0.86 0.54-1.38
Homeownership at age 4 (owns home)
    Does not own home 1.34 0.88-2.06 1.13 0.72-1.80
Family size at age 4 0.95 0.87-1.03 0.92 0.82-1.03
Public assistance receipt at age 4 (none)
    Received public assistance 2.19 1.42-3.37 *** 1.56 0.99-2.48 *
Household income at age 4 1.08 0.78-1.50 1.01 0.78-1.32
HH's work hours per week at age 4 1.01 1.00-1.02 1.01 0.99-1.02
Year born (1966-1969)
    1970-1974 0.72 0.37-1.42 0.76 0.45-1.27
    1975-1979 1.02 0.57-1.85 1.09 0.65-1.81
    1980-1984 1.48 0.84-2.59 1.43 0.86-2.37
    1985-1989 1.13 0.56-2.29 1.10 0.55-2.23
    1990-1993 0.54 0.06-5.05 0.62 0.07-5.28
HH's marital status, average 0.88 0.48-1.62
HH's employment status, average 4.94 1.60-15.26 ***
Homeownership, average 1.26 0.71-2.27
Family size, average 1.04 0.90-1.21
Public assistance receipt, average 1.12 0.52-2.40
Household income, average 1.00 1.00-1.00
HH's work hours per week, average 1.03 1.00-1.06 **

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are combined estimates from five multiple imputation datasets

NH=Neighborhood; HH=Household head

*

p<0.10

**

p<0.05

***

p<0.01