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. 2019 Jul 23;15:100956. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100956

Table 4.

Regression model of age of first use of alcohol, cannabis and tobacco on average daily minutes of screen time (square root transformed).

Predictor Levels Beta estimate SE DF t Value p = Pr > |t|
Intercept 20.40 0.19 105 106.69 <0.0001
Data collection year 2012 (reference)
2013 −0.23 0.13 35,000 −1.79 0.07
2014 −0.13 0.13 35,000 −0.99 0.32
2015 0.01 0.13 35,000 0.06 0.95
2016 0.01 0.14 35,000 0.10 0.92
Sex Female (reference)
Male −0.15 0.08 35,000 −2.05 0.04
Ethnicity White (reference)
Black 3.08 0.18 35,000 16.71 <0.0001
Asian 0.97 0.16 35,000 6.20 <0.0001
Off-reserve aboriginal 1.66 0.23 35,000 7.21 <0.0001
Latin American/Hispanic 1.97 0.24 35,000 8.19 <0.0001
Other/mixed 1.44 0.19 35,000 7.76 <0.0001
Spending money Zero (reference)
$1 to $20 −0.18 0.14 35,000 −1.27 0.20
$21 to $100 −0.46 0.13 35,000 −3.53 0.00
More than $100 −0.69 0.13 35,000 −5.28 <0.0001
Don't know −0.03 0.16 35,000 −0.17 0.86
Current drinker Non-drinker (reference)
Current drinker 0.26 0.10 35,000 2.66 0.01
Current cannabis user Non-user (reference)
Current user 0.84 0.12 35,000 7.05 <0.0001
Current smoker Non-smoker (reference)
Current smoker 0.81 0.13 35,000 6.16 <0.0001
Age of first use - alcohol 8 0.97 0.23 35,000 4.28 <0.0001
9 0.65 0.44 35,000 1.49 0.14
10 0.17 0.30 35,000 0.58 0.56
11 0.57 0.34 35,000 1.64 0.10
12 −0.53 0.21 35,000 −2.51 0.01
13 −0.22 0.18 35,000 −1.23 0.22
14 −0.52 0.15 35,000 −3.59 0.00
15 −0.41 0.14 35,000 −3.03 0.00
16 −0.17 0.13 35,000 −1.27 0.20
17 0.13 0.18 35,000 0.71 0.48
18 1.76 0.39 35,000 4.50 <0.0001
Never used (reference)
Age of first use - cannabis 8 4.76 0.39 35,000 12.08 <0.0001
9 2.97 0.77 35,000 3.87 0.00
10 1.67 0.58 35,000 2.88 0.00
11 1.42 0.55 35,000 2.59 0.01
12 1.14 0.34 35,000 3.39 0.00
13 0.80 0.24 35,000 3.32 0.00
14 0.75 0.18 35,000 4.21 <0.0001
15 0.60 0.15 35,000 3.86 0.00
16 0.71 0.14 35,000 5.11 <0.0001
17 0.75 0.17 35,000 4.52 <0.0001
18 1.00 0.42 35,000 2.41 0.02
Never used (reference)
Age of first use - cigarettes 8 3.88 0.32 35,000 11.95 <0.0001
9 1.78 0.57 35,000 3.10 0.00
10 1.63 0.47 35,000 3.43 0.00
11 1.99 0.47 35,000 4.19 <0.0001
12 1.01 0.30 35,000 3.40 0.00
13 1.09 0.25 35,000 4.41 <0.0001
14 0.92 0.19 35,000 4.90 <0.0001
15 0.65 0.17 35,000 3.81 0.00
16 0.66 0.15 35,000 4.46 <0.0001
17 0.55 0.17 35,000 3.20 0.00
18 0.58 0.43 35,000 1.35 0.18
Never used (reference)