TABLE 1—
Characteristics Associated With Different Types of Tobacco-Free Policies in a US National Sample of Postsecondary Educational Institutions: NEXT Generation Health Study, 2017
| Tobacco-Free Policies, % or Mean ±SD |
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| Characteristics | Overall, No. (%) or Mean ±SD | Tobacco-Free | Smoke-Free | Not Smoke-Free | Smoke- or Tobacco-Free vs Not Smoke-Free, AOR (95% CI)a | Tobacco-Free vs Smoke-Free or Not Smoke-Free, AOR (95% CI)a |
| Census region | ||||||
| Midwest | 180 (29.8) | 40.0 | 16.7 | 43.3 | 2.81 (1.56, 5.04) | 4.70 (2.66, 8.31) |
| Northeast | 129 (21.3) | 34.9 | 3.9 | 61.2 | 2.46 (1.31, 4.62) | 2.30 (1.26, 4.24) |
| South | 186 (30.7) | 47.9 | 7.5 | 44.6 | 3.75 (2.10, 6.69) | 4.02 (2.30, 7.05) |
| West | 110 (18.2) | 20.9 | 7.3 | 71.8 | 1 (Ref) | 1 (Ref) |
| Located in a metropolitan statistical area | ||||||
| Yes | 491 (81.2) | 36.5 | 9.5 | 54.0 | . . . | . . . |
| No | 114 (18.8) | 43.9 | 8.8 | 47.3 | . . . | . . . |
| Historically Black college or university | ||||||
| Yes | 25 (4.1) | 36.0 | 12.0 | 52.0 | . . . | . . . |
| No | 580 (95.9) | 37.9 | 9.3 | 52.8 | . . . | . . . |
| Degree program offered | ||||||
| Bachelor’s degree | 430 (71.1) | 37.2 | 8.4 | 54.4 | 1 (Ref) | 1 (Ref) |
| Associate’s degree | 125 (20.7) | 43.2 | 14.4 | 42.4 | 1.36 (0.85, 2.17) | 1.80 (1.10, 2.93) |
| Other | 50 (8.3) | 30.0 | 6.0 | 64.0 | 1.37 (0.53, 3.55) | 1.67 (0.62, 4.49) |
| Sources of funding | ||||||
| Public | 394 (65.1) | 44.4 | 11.4 | 44.2 | 1 (Ref) | 1 (Ref) |
| Private | 166 (27.4) | 31.3 | 6.6 | 62.1 | 0.61 (0.39, 0.95) | 0.54 (0.35, 0.83) |
| Proprietary | 45 (7.4) | 4.4 | 2.2 | 93.3 | 0.03 (0.00, 0.21) | 0.02 (0.00, 0.12) |
| Total undergraduate student population,a (thousands) | 10.4 ±12.7 | 11.4 ±0.9 | 12.9 ±1.6 | 9.2 ±0.7 | 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.02) |
| % racial/ethnic minority studentsa | 46.6 ±26.6 | 44.7 ±1.8 | 47.2 ±3.6 | 47.9 ±1.5 | . . . | . . . |
| % female studentsa | 56.1 ±13.0 | 56.2 ±0.9 | 55.7 ±1.7 | 56.1 ±0.7 | . . . | . . . |
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.
a
Limited to institutions with demographic information (n = 581).