Table 3. Socio-demographic and acculturation proxies (years in the US and bilingual categories) as predictors of smoking status among Mexican-Americansa.
| Bivariate analyses | Multivariate analyses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent variable | Crude ORb | Adj ORb | 95% CIc | p-value |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 3.74 | 2.28 | 1.975-2.636 | 0.000 |
| Female (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school Graduated from high school More than high school | 0.99 | 1.35 | 1.095-1.659 | 0.005 |
| Graduated from high school | 1.01 | 1.16 | 0.934-1.437 | 0.180 |
| More than high school | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married/living with someone | 1.73 | 1.75 | 1.516-2.022 | 0.000 |
| Unmarried/Single (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Religion | ||||
| Catholic | 1.33 | 1.36 | 1.174-1.585 | 0.000 |
| Non-Catholic (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Do you now or did you ever drink alcoholic beverages, at least 1×/month for 1 year or more? | ||||
| Yes, currently | 6.11 | 3.98 | 3.440-4.599 | 0.000 |
| Yes, but I quit | 2.67 | 1.75 | 1.419-2.165 | 0.000 |
| No, never (ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Bilingual oriented | ||||
| Low Spanish/Low | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Low Spanish/High English | 3.71 | 3.13 | 1.850-5.310 | 0.000 |
| High Spanish/Low English | 1.40 | 1.55 | 0.927-2.593 | 0.095 |
| High Spanish/High English | 2.32 | 2.12 | 1.255-3.569 | 0.005 |
a
MODEL: Smoking vs. Non-smoking. The following variables are also adjusted for in this multivariate model: age, gender, education, marital status, religion, alcohol consumption, years in the US, and bilingual categories.
b
Odd ratios, significant association (p<0.05),
c
Confidence Interval