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- Title
Cigarette Use among Parents with Children in the Home: A Comparison of Civilian Parents and Parents with a Military Connection.
- Authors
McDaniel, Justin T.; McDermott, Robert J.; Henson, Harvey; Brown, Daniel; Albright, David L.; Kreckman, Virginia; Lockhart, Elijah; Bains, Ramanjot
- Abstract
We tested the null hypothesis of equal likelihood of cigarette use among parents with a military connection and parents without a military connection, and independently compared risk factors for cigarette use. We obtained National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data from 2015 to 2019 survey waves. We delimited analysis to 2-parent households who reported children aged <18 years living with them. After a 2:1 nonparametric age matching procedure, our sample included 1106 civilian parents and 553 parents with a military connection. Using the NHIS survey-design weights, we estimated a design-based F statistic for differences in cigarette use by military connection status. We also estimated population-stratified, survey-weighted multivariable logistic regression models to determine risk factors for parent cigarette use. Whereas 6.87% parents with a military connection used cigarettes, 16.64% of age-matched civilian parents reported cigarette use. This difference was significant even after adjustment for covariates (aOR = 0.49, 95% CI = 0.32, 0.74). Recommendations for programing and policy are provided.
- Subjects
UNITED States; STATISTICS; CONFIDENCE intervals; MULTIVARIATE analysis; CROSS-sectional method; INDEPENDENT variables; PARENTING; FAMILIES of military personnel; RISK assessment; COMPARATIVE studies; SURVEYS; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PASSIVE smoking; SMOKING; LOGISTIC regression analysis; ODDS ratio; CHILDREN
- Publication
Environmental Health Insights, 2022, p1
- ISSN
1178-6302
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/11786302221137220