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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2015 Oct 1;25(6):648–655. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052498

Table 4.

Correlates of higher smoking expectancies among secondary school students

Never-smokers
Current smokers
B (SE) Badj (SE) B (SE) Badj (SE)
Gender (ref=male) −0.09 (0.03) 0.01 (0.03) −0.09 (0.09) −0.08 (0.14)
Age
 12 and younger 1 1 1 1
 13 0.04 (0.04) 0.01 (0.05) 0.11 (0.15) 0.01 (0.16)
 14 and older 0.12 (0.07) −0.01 (0.05) −0.11 (0.15) −0.17 (0.15)
Parental education level (years)
 ≤7 1 1 1 1
 8–12 −0.02 (0.09) −0.07 (0.12) −0.17 (0.19) −0.07 (0.18)
 ≥12 −0.11 (0.09) 0.15 (0.08) −0.15 (0.21) −0.06 (0.19)
Either parents smokes 0.20§ (0.03) 0.16§ (0.03) 0.04 (0.09) −0.22 (0.10)
Any sibling smokes 0.23 (0.07) 0.09 (0.09) 0.09 (0.10) 0.21 (0.11)
Any friend smokes 0.28§ (0.04) 0.19§ (0.04) 0.40 (0.21) 0.39 (0.23)
Sensation seeking 0.25§ (0.01) 0.21§ (0.02) 0.26§ (0.06) 0.22 (0.08)
Marketing receptivity index
 1=Not receptive 1 1 1 1
 2=High PoS exposure or some brand awareness 0.17§ (0.04) 0.09 (0.04) 0.12 (0.18) 0.11 (0.23)
 3=High brand awareness 0.36§ (0.07) 0.18 (0.06) 0.12 (0.20) 0.08 (0.25)
 4=Ownership of branded merchandise 0.54§ (0.07) 0.34 (0.10) 0.40 (0.17) 0.18 (0.19)

p<0.05;

p<0.01;

§

p<0.001.

PoS, point of sale.