Research Article
Why Do the Youths in Northeast India Use Tobacco?
Table 3
Risk factors of tobacco use among youths in northeast India, 2012-2013.
| | Any tobacco | Smokeless tobacco | Smoking tobacco | Odds ratio | [95% CI] | Odds ratio | [95% CI] | Odds ratio | [95% CI] |
| Null model | | | | | | | | |
| Constant | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.16 | Household level | | | | | | | | | Var(cons) | 2.23 | 1.97 | 2.51 | 3.33 | 2.93 | 3.80 | 0.84 | 0.63 | 1.08 | Probability | 0.24 | | | 0.12 | | | 0.13 | | | ICC | 0.40 | | | 0.50 | | | 0.20 | | |
| Models with explanatory variables |
| Constant | 0.38 | 0.33 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 0.23 | Age | | | | | | | | | | 15–19 | | | | | | | | | | 20–24 | 2.84 | 2.57 | 3.13 | 2.30 | 2.05 | 2.55 | 2.59 | 2.31 | 2.92 | Gender | | | | | | | | | | Male | | | | | | | | | | Female | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.67 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | Attending school | | | | | | | | | No | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.32 | Place of residence | | | | | | | | | Urban | | | | | | | | | | Rural | 1.01 | 0.92 | 1.11 | 0.99 | 0.89 | 1.11 | 1.15 | 1.03 | 1.28 | Wealth index | | | | | | | | | Low | | | | | | | | | | Medium | 0.89 | 0.79 | 0.99 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 1.01 | 0.87 | 0.77 | 0.98 | High | 0.78 | 0.70 | 0.87 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.79 | 0.86 | 0.76 | 0.96 | Mother use of tobacco | 3.44 | 3.10 | 3.84 | 1.59 | 1.35 | 1.86 | 2.52 | 2.17 | 2.93 | Father use of tobacco | 1.14 | 1.04 | 1.25 | 1.08 | 0.95 | 1.20 | 1.54 | 1.38 | 1.71 |
| Level of household | | | | | | | | | Var(cons) | 3.26 | 2.94 | 3.66 | 3.88 | 3.38 | 4.40 | 2.11 | 1.78 | 2.43 |
| Probability | 0.28 | | | 0.12 | | | 0.17 | | | ICC | 0.50 | | | 0.54 | | | 0.39 | | |
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Note. The probability of using tobacco in the average household. ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient, , , .
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