Table 3

Logistic regression analysis of smoking status, populations aged 18 years or older, 1992–2002

	Low education women			Low education men			Medium education women			High education women
	Odds ratio	95% CI		Odds ratio	95% CI		Odds ratio	95% CI		Odds ratio	95% CI
*Significant result (p<0.05).
Age (ref: 18–24 years)
25+ years	0.97	0.90	1.04	1.17*	1.08	1.26	1.01	0.97	1.05	1.35	0.77	2.38
Race/ethnicity (ref: White)
Black	0.63*	0.59	0.67	0.80*	0.75	0.86	0.70*	0.68	0.73	1.02	0.84	1.23
Asian or Pacific Islander	0.19*	0.15	0.24	0.69*	0.58	0.82	0.37*	0.34	0.40	0.52*	0.38	0.73
Hispanic	0.27*	0.25	0.29	0.61*	0.57	0.65	0.53*	0.50	0.56	0.93	0.69	1.26
Other	1.28*	1.08	1.51	1.57*	1.30	1.88	1.62*	1.47	1.79	1.52	0.84	2.74
Marriage status (ref Married)
Widowed/divorced	0.77*	0.74	0.81	1.35*	1.28	1.43	1.63*	1.60	1.67	2.19*	1.95	2.47
Separated	2.39*	2.19	2.60	2.41*	2.13	2.71	2.92*	2.77	3.08	2.18*	1.55	3.07
Never married	1.53*	1.43	1.63	1.58*	1.47	1.68	1.60*	1.55	1.65	1.92*	1.69	2.17
Region (ref: Northeast)
Midwest	1.18*	1.11	1.25	1.17*	1.09	1.25	1.07*	1.04	1.10	1.04	0.91	1.20
South	1.16*	1.09	1.23	1.19*	1.12	1.27	0.99	0.96	1.02	1.07	0.93	1.24
West	1.26*	1.17	1.37	1.08	1.00	1.17	0.94*	0.90	0.97	0.95	0.80	1.12
Year (ref: 1993)
1996	0.92*	0.87	0.97	0.93*	0.87	0.98	0.94*	0.92	0.97	1.00	0.87	1.15
1999	0.91*	0.86	0.97	0.94*	0.88	1.00	0.92*	0.90	0.95	0.85*	0.73	0.99
2002	0.95	0.87	1.04	0.97	0.88	1.06	0.94*	0.90	0.98	0.76*	0.61	0.94
Policies
Log (Price)	0.74*	0.62	0.89	0.70*	0.58	0.85	0.83*	0.76	0.90	1.21	0.79	1.85
Media	0.86*	0.82	0.96	0.92*	0.86	1.00	0.89*	0.86	0.92	0.93	0.79	1.09
Clean air	0.91	0.80	1.03	0.96	0.84	1.09	0.88*	0.83	0.94	0.83	0.61	1.13