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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2017 Sep 28;105:250–256. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.09.025

Table 4.

Weighted odds ratio for type of post-secondary education enrollment by cigarette smoking duration in high school, gender, and ethnicity/race.

Smoking duration in HS Technical/Vocational Community College 4-year College
OR (95% CL) OR (95% CL) OR (95% CL)
Overall
0 years ref ref ref
1 year 0.81 (0.44-1.50) 0.72 (0.49-1.05) 0.32 (0.22-0.46)
2 years 0.43 (0.19-1.00) 0.31 (0.18-0.53) 0.32 (0.21-0.49)
3 years 1.21 (0.55-2.69) 0.40 (0.22-0.72) 0.16 (0.10-0.28)
Female
0 years ref ref ref
1 year 0.60 (0.26-1.38) 0.64 (0.40-1.02) 0.24 (0.15-0.39)
2 years 1.41 (0.50-4.00) 0.49 (0.23-1.06) 0.74 (0.39-1.41)
3 years 3.93 (1.42-10.86) 0.41 (0.16-1.03) 0.22 (0.11-0.43)
Male
0 years ref ref ref
1 year 0.94 (0.38-2.38) 0.51 (0.27-0.98) 0.45 (0.27-0.76)
2 years 0.24 (0.04-1.34) 0.47 (0.23-0.97) 0.15 (0.07-0.31)
3 years 0.79 (0.25-2.51) 0.23 (0.09-0.58) 0.15 (0.07-0.21)
Hispanic
0 years ref ref ref
1-3 years 0.85 (0.18-3.96) 1.45 (0.64-3.27) 0.59 (0.24-1.45)
Black
0 years ref ref ref
1-3 years 2.87 (0.34-23.98) 0.70 (0.23-2.10) 0.10 (0.02-0.63)
White
0 years ref ref ref
1-3 years 0.46 (0.26-0.82) 0.31 (0.21-0.47) 0.26 (0.19-0.35)

NOTE: Bolded estimates are statistically significant (p<0.05). Overall analyses adjusted for gender, ethnicity/race, urbanicity, family affluence, parent education attainment, depressive symptoms, and school poverty index. Model reference is no post-secondary education enrollment