Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis of Cigarette Use among High School Students

Autor/in	Adwere-Boamah, Joseph
Titel	Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis of Cigarette Use among High School Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Case Studies in Education, 1 (2011), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1949-6427
Schlagwörter	Smoking; High School Students; Predictor Variables; At Risk Students; Student Surveys; Incidence; Race; Substance Abuse; Cocaine; Age; Psychological Patterns; Depression (Psychology); Physical Activity Level; Racial Differences; Multiple Regression Analysis; Youth Risk Behavior Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Prädiktor; Schülerbefragung; Vorkommen; Rasse; Abstammung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Kokain; Alter; Lebensalter; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	A binary logistic regression analysis was performed to predict high school students' cigarette smoking behavior from selected predictors from 2009 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey. The specific target student behavior of interest was frequent cigarette use. Five predictor variables included in the model were: a) race, b) frequency of cocaine use, c) initial cigarette smoking age, d) feeling sad or hopeless, and e) physically inactive behavior. The results of the logistic regression analysis showed that the full model, which considered all the five independent variables together, was statistically significant. The strongest predictors of youth smoking behavior were race, frequency of cocaine use and physically inactive behavior. For example, the odds of smoking are increased by a factor of 5.0 if the student is White compared to an African American, controlling for other variables in the model. The logistic model employed explained about 31% of the variance in current frequent cigarette use among the high school students. It correctly classified 93% of the cases. The key finding is that the selected variables are important correlates of frequent cigarette use among high school students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01