Table 1.
Adoption of ENDS among never-ENDS-using smokers: risk perceptions and sociodemographic characteristics
| Smokers who have never used ENDS – Adoption | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate results | Multivariable resultsb | ||
| OR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | ||
| Time | Linear | 0.19 (0.10 – 0.35) | 0.22 (0.12 – 0.43) |
| Quadratic | 1.32 (1.16 – 1.51) | 1.31 (1.14 – 1.50) | |
| Risk perception | Equally/more harmful | Reference | |
| Less harmful | 1.68 (1.35 – 2.09) | 1.35 (1.04 – 1.73) | |
| Race/ethnicity | NH White | Reference | |
| NH Black | 0.60 (0.45 – 0.80) | 0.58 (0.42 – 0.80) | |
| Hispanic | 0.57 (0.40 – 0.82) | 0.55 (0.37 – 0.81) | |
| NH others | 1.20 (0.72 – 2.02) | 1.06 (0.64 – 1.78) | |
| Sex | Male | Reference | |
| Female | 1.03 (0.80 – 1.34) | 0.99 (0.76 – 1.28) | |
| Age | 18 – 24 | Reference | |
| 25 – 44 | 0.49 (0.35 – 0.68) | 0.54 (0.38 – 0.77) | |
| 45 – 54 | 0.33 (0.24 – 0.46) | 0.36 (0.24 – 0.53) | |
| 55 or older | 0.18 (0.13 – 0.25) | 0.19 (0.13 – 0.28) | |
| Marital statusa | Married | Reference | |
| D/S/W | 1.07 (0.81 – 1.41) | 1.27 (0.96 – 1.69) | |
| Never married | 1.39 (1.10 – 1.76) | 1.12 (0.85 – 1.46) | |
| Household income | < $25 k | Reference | |
| $25 k – $50 k | 1.07 (0.84 – 1.38) | 0.99 (0.76 – 1.29) | |
| > $50 k | 1.05 (0.83 – 1.33) | 0.95 (0.71 – 1.28) | |
| Educational attainment | HS/GED or less | Reference | |
| Some college | 1.23 (0.97 – 1.56) | 1.08 (0.85 – 1.38) | |
| Bachelor or higher | 1.05 (0.76 – 1.44) | 0.92 (0.63 – 1.33) | |
Boldface represents statistically significant results
NH Non-Hispanic, HS High school, D/S/W Divorced/Separated/Widowed
aMarital status of Wave 1 has been extrapolated from the marital status of Wave 2 due to unavailability in the survey
bMultivariable results are based on 8480 observations from 4521 unique participants, and represent an analysis with all listed variables simultaneously in the model