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Table 3 Odds of living in MTHs according to adolescent demographic characteristics, cigarette smoking status, dental visits and receipts of tobacco counseling in dental office

From: Smoking status, dental visits and receipt of tobacco counseling in dental office among mobile and trailer home adolescents

VARIABLE

Adjusted OR

(95 % CI)

P value

Age

 Younger adolescents

0.66 (0.55–0.8)

<0.0001*

 Older Adolescentsa

reference

 

Gender

 Male

0.9 (0.83–0.97)

0.0091*

 Femalea

reference

 

School Type

 High

0.56 (0.47–0.68)

<0.0001*

 Middlea

reference

 

Race

 American Indian/Alaska native

1.21 (0.90–1.22)

0.2

 Asian

0.56 (0.40–0.78)

0.0006*

 Black/African American

0.48 (0.42–0.54)

<0.0001*

 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

0.98 (0.62–1.55)

0.92

 Other

1.08 (0.95–1.22)

0.24

 Whitea

reference

 

Ethnicity

 Hispanic

0.75 (0.67–0.85)

<0.0001*

 Non-Hispanica

reference

 

Smoking Status

 Current established smoker

3.81 (3.17–4.60)

<0.0001*

 Current non-established smoker

2.08 (1.79–2.42)

<0.0001*

 Current non-smokera

reference

 

Tobacco Counseling in Dental Office

 Did not visit a dental office at all

1.46 (1.29–1.64)

<0.0001*

 Visited a dentist office but not receive tobacco counseling

0.72 (0.65–0.80)

<0.0001*

 Visited a dentist office and received tobacco counselinga

reference

 
  1. CI Confidence interval, OR Odds Ratio
  2. aReference group, *- p < 0.05