Table 2.
Logistic regressions predicting current smoking among Latinos by gender: Cross-sectional analyses.
| Model 1 Conventional Analysis | Model 2 Arrival Cohort Analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
| Duration of U.S. stay (U.S.-born = reference) | ||||
| <5 years | 0.72 * | 0.52 ** | 0.72 | 0.46 ** |
| (0.52–0.99) | (0.35–0.77) | (0.48–1.08) | (0.26–0.83) | |
| 5–9 years | 0.66 ** | 0.35 *** | 0.69 + | 0.29 ** |
| (0.49–0.89) | (0.22–0.56) | (0.45–1.05) | (0.12–0.66) | |
| 10–14 years | 0.46 *** | 0.42 *** | 0.50 ** | 0.32 ** |
| (0.35–0.61) | (0.30–0.58) | (0.31–0.82) | (0.15–0.68) | |
| Survey year (1998 = ref) | ||||
| 2003 | 0.79 * | 0.84 | 0.77 * | 0.85 |
| (0.64–0.97) | (0.68–1.04) | (0.63–0.95) | (0.69–1.05) | |
| 2008 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.91 |
| (0.68–1.13) | (0.69–1.11) | (0.64–1.08) | (0.71–1.15) | |
| 2013 | 0.74 ** | 0.55 *** | 0.70 ** | 0.58 *** |
| (0.59–0.93) | (0.44–0.69) | (0.54–0.90) | (0.46–0.73) | |
| Arrival cohort (2004 or later = ref) | ||||
| Entered in 1998 or earlier | -- | -- | 0.87 | 1.39 |
| (0.55–1.38) | (0.68–2.85) | |||
| Entered in 1999–2003 | -- | -- | 1.04 | 1.12 |
| (0.69–1.57) | (0.54–2.31) | |||
| N | 5313 | 6970 | 5313 | 6970 |
Note: Data come from U.S. NHIS, 1998–2013 [21]. Model includes controls for age, age-squared, education, and language of interview. Standard errors in parentheses, *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, + p < 0.10.