Table 2.
Switching among ever-ENDS-using smokers: risk perceptions and sociodemographic characteristics
| Smokers who have used ENDS – Switching | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Univariate results | Multivariable resultsb | ||
| OR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | ||
| Time | Linear | 0.43 (0.25 – 0.73) | 0.49 (0.29 – 0.83) |
| Quadratic | 1.20 (1.08 – 1.34) | 1.20 (1.08 – 1.34) | |
| Risk perception | Equally/more harmful | Reference | |
| Less harmful | 2.34 (2.00 – 2.76) | 2.27 (1.92 – 2.68) | |
| Race/ethnicity | NH White | Reference | |
| NH Black | 0.52 (0.37 – 0.75) | 0.63 (0.46 – 0.87) | |
| Hispanic | 0.69 (0.51 – 0.93) | 0.72 (0.53 – 0.97) | |
| NH others | 0.89 (0.63 – 1.26) | 0.72 (0.51 – 1.02) | |
| Sex | Male | Reference | |
| Female | 0.73 (0.62 – 0.86) | 0.85 (0.72 – 1.00) | |
| Age | 18 – 24 | Reference | |
| 25 – 44 | 0.50 (0.41 – 0.61) | 0.47 (0.37 – 0.60) | |
| 45 – 54 | 0.28 (0.20 – 0.39) | 0.29 (0.20 – 0.42) | |
| 55 or older | 0.40 (0.30 – 0.53) | 0.41 (0.29 – 0.59) | |
| Marital statusa | Married | Reference | |
| D/S/W | 0.66 (0.51 – 0.85) | 0.84 (0.65 – 1.09) | |
| Never married | 1.35 (1.10 – 1.67) | 1.10 (0.87 – 1.39) | |
| Household income | < $25 k | Reference | |
| $25 k – $50 k | 1.49 (1.17 – 1.91) | 1.36 (1.06 – 1.74) | |
| > $50 k | 2.03 (1.64 – 2.51) | 1.62 (1.30 – 2.03) | |
| Educational attainment | HS/GED or less | Reference | |
| Some college | 1.76 (1.45 – 2.14) | 1.54 (1.26 – 1.88) | |
| Bachelor or higher | 2.28 (1.70 – 3.04) | 1.87 (1.36 – 2.58) | |
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 20,981 observations from 8941 unique participants, and represent an analysis with all listed variables simultaneously in the model