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. 2019 May 3;29(3):348–356. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054702

Table 2.

ORs with 95% CIs from generalised estimating equation (GEE) models for three outcomes

Tobacco accessibility* Smoking norm† Smoking attitude‡
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Time segments
 2013 Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 2014–2015 0.90 (0.74 to 1.09) 0.97 (0.79 to 1.19) 0.80 (0.64 to 0.99) 0.86 (0.71 to 1.05) 1.05 (0.83 to 1.33) 0.82 (0.65 to 1.05) 0.89 (0.71 to 1.12) 1.10 (0.83 to 1.45) 0.83 (0.62 to 1.11)
 2016–2017 1.11 (0.91 to 1.34) 1.04 (0.85 to 1.27) 0.72 (0.57 to 0.90) 1.54 (1.27 to 1.87) 1.53 (1.22 to 1.91) 1.00 (0.78 to 1.29) 1.09 (0.87 to 1.38) 1.09 (0.83 to 1.43) 0.67 (0.49 to 0.91)
 School year, fourth versus second 3.06 (2.16 to 4.34) 2.41 (1.69 to 3.43) 2.38 (1.67 to 3.40) 4.07 (2.88 to 5.76) 2.76 (1.90 to 4.00) 2.76 (1.89 to 4.41) 4.00 (2.57 to 6.22) 2.71 (1.68 to 4.37) 2.73 (1.68 to 4.43)
 Gender, female versus male 1.15 (0.99 to 1.33) 1.17 (1.00 to 1.37) 1.13 (0.97 to 1.32) 0.75 (0.65 to 0.88) 0.70 (0.59 to 0.83) 0.67 (0.56 to 0.79) 0.78 (0.65 to 0.94) 0.75 (0.61 to 0.93) 0.72 (0.58 to 0.89)
 Age, per year increase 1.20 (1.03 to 1.39) 1.17 (1.00 to 1.36) 1.17 (1.00 to 1.36) 1.11 (0.96 to 1.30) 1.07 (0.90 to 1.26) 1.06 (0.90 to 1.26) 1.14 (0.95 to 1.37) 1.08 (0.87 to 1.32) 1.07 (0.87 to 1.32)
 Ethnicity, non-white versus white 1.13 (0.81 to 1.56) 1.17 (0.84 to 1.62) 1.16 (0.84 to 1.61) 0.87 (0.61 to 1.24) 0.89 (0.60 to 1.33) 0.88 (0.59 to 1.32) 0.66 (0.42 to 1.05) 0.59 (0.37 to 0.94) 0.57 (0.35 to 0.93)
Family Affluence Scale (FAS)
 Low Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Medium 1.15 (0.96 to 1.39) 1.21 (1.00 to 1.46) 1.17 (0.97 to 1.42) 1.10 (0.92 to 1.33) 1.25 (1.01 to 1.54) 1.21 (0.67 to 1.50) 0.89 (0.71 to 1.11) 1.02 (0.79 to 1.33) 0.99 (0.76 to 1.29)
 High 1.18 (0.98 to 1.43) 1.35 (1.10 to 1.65) 1.30 (1.06 to 1.59) 0.90 (0.74 to 1.08) 1.20 (0.96 to 1.50) 1.16 (0.92 to 1.45) 0.78 (0.62 to 0.98) 1.15 (0.88 to 1.50) 1.09 (0.83 to 1.43)
Smoking status
 Non-(current) smoker Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 Current smoker 2.08 (1.58 to 2.75) 1.53 (1.14 to 2.05) 4.07 (3.07 to 5.39) 3.10 (2.31 to 4.16) 10.3 (7.57 to 14.0) 7.71 (5.61 to 10.6)
Family smoking
 None Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 One 0.95 (0.78 to 1.16) 0.88 (0.72 to 1.07) 1.33 (1.08 to 1.63) 1.21 (0.98 to 1.50) 1.47 (1.13 to 1.91) 1.34 (1.03 to 1.74)
 At least two 1.29 (1.04 to 1.60) 1.18 (0.95 to 1.46) 1.53 (1.22 to 1.92) 1.37 (1.09 to 1.73) 2.19 (1.67 to 2.87) 1.90 (1.50 to 2.60)
Friend smoking
 None of them Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
 At least some of them 3.08 (2.58 to 3.67) 2.62 (2.17 to 3.16) 12.0 (9.54 to 15.1) 10.3 (8.14 to 13.0) 6.71 (5.04 to 8.93) 5.67 (4.21 to 7.64)
 Don’t know 1.00 (0.74 to 1.36) 1.00 (0.73 to 1.36) 1.81 (1.23 to 2.67) 1.81 (1.22 to 2.67) 2.29 (1.48 to 3.53) 2.30 (1.49 to 3.57)
E-cigarette use
 Never used Ref Ref Ref
 Used once or twice 1.66 (1.32 to 2.09) 1.77 (1.41 to 2.23) 1.69 (1.27 to 2.27)
 Current/past occasional or regular use 3.12 (2.32 to 4.21) 2.94 (2.16 to 4.02) 3.38 (2.35 to 4.87)

*Tobacco accessibility was defined as perceiving tobacco to be purchasable in shops by someone their age.

†Smoking norm was defined as perceiving that friends think it is OK for people their age to smoke.

‡Smoking attitude was defined as thinking it is OK for someone their age to smoke.