Skip to main content

Table 3 factors associated with frequency and quantity of smoking prior to incarceration, N = 552

From: Factors associated with smoking among adolescent males prior to incarceration and after release from jail: a longitudinal study

Unstandardized regression coefficients (betas in parentheses)

 

Days smoked in past 30 days

Number of cigarettes smoked each day

Foster care history

6.28***

2.45**

(0.19)

(0.11)

Not living with parents or legal guardian

4.54***

2.48**

(0.14)

(0.11)

Not attending school regularly

3.19*

1.52

(0.10)

(0.07)

Sold drugs to get money for drugs/alcohol

3.17*

2.61**

(0.11)

(0.14)

Sex partners in 3 mo. prior to incarceration

0.26**

0.05

(0.12)

(0.03)

Gang involvement

2.85*

0.84

(0.09)

(0.04)

Incarcerated for drug charges

4.55***

1.74

(0.14)

(0.08)

Incarcerated for violent charges

−4.22***

−2.89***

(−0.14)

(−0.14)

Prior arrests

0.35***

0.23**

 

(0.14)

(0.13)

  1. *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01, ***p ≤ 0.001, for t-test statistic in linear regression.
  2. All models were adjusted for participants’ age and Latino race/ethnicity (demographic factors associated with smoking in Table 1 at p ≤ 0.05 level).
  3. Non-smokers were coded as 0 for both measures of frequency and quantity of smoking.
Back to article page

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

ISSN: 1747-597X