Table 2 Multinomial logistic regression, smoking
From: Sexual orientation and health behaviors among college students in Italy
| Y = Smoking (Ref: Never) | 1–7 cigarettes/day | 8+ cigarettes/day | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
| Sexual identity (Ref: Heterosexual) | ||||||||
| Bisexual |
0.745 (0.292) |
0.799 (0.318) |
2.308*** (0.668) |
2.024** (0.597) |
0.565 (0.272) |
0.607 (0.296) |
3.245*** (1.101) |
2.670*** (0.933) |
| Homosexual |
0.544 (0.293) |
0.527 (0.286) |
3.651*** (1.577) |
3.253*** (1.428) |
0.625 (0.339) |
0.644 (0.355) |
2.670* (1.579) |
2.326 (1.393) |
| Age |
1.079** (0.036) |
1.063* (0.036) |
1.052 (0.038) |
1.038 (0.039) |
1.146*** (0.039) |
1.109*** (0.039) |
1.053 (0.052) |
1.023 (0.052) |
| Parents’ education (Ref: < then high school) | ||||||||
| High school |
1.535** (0.264) |
1.161 (0.153) |
1.196 (0.208) |
1.014 (0.188) | ||||
| College degree |
1.716*** (0.307) |
1.299* (0.192) |
1.438** (0.263) |
1.385 (0.279) | ||||
| Importance of religion (Ref: Not at all) | ||||||||
| Somewhat |
0.834 (0.095) |
0.886 (0.117) |
0.655*** (0.082) |
0.772 (0.140) | ||||
| Quite/very |
0.603*** (0.073) |
0.528*** (0.070) |
0.431*** (0.058) |
0.421*** (0.078) | ||||
| Working while in college (Ref: Never) | ||||||||
| Sometimes |
1.410*** (0.148) |
1.417*** (0.156) |
2.118*** (0.250) |
1.702*** (0.263) | ||||
| Regularly |
1.301* (0.193) |
1.384** (0.205) |
2.576*** (0.391) |
2.009*** (0.408) | ||||
| In a relationship |
1.11 (0.108) |
1.216** (0.116) |
0.892 (0.097) |
1.124 (0.151) | ||||
| Friends approve sex with persons of same-sex (Ref: No) | ||||||||
| Somewhat |
1.248 (0.171) |
1.266* (0.182) |
0.97 (0.142) |
1.282 (0.258) | ||||
| Quite/yes |
1.194 (0.191) |
1.334* (0.212) |
1.04 (0.176) |
1.311 (0.296) | ||||
| Parents approve sex with persons of same-sex (Ref: No) | ||||||||
| Somewhat |
0.998 (0.121) |
0.843 (0.107) |
1.024 (0.136) |
0.849 (0.151) | ||||
| Quite/yes |
1.121 (0.178) |
0.903 (0.144) |
0.782 (0.143) |
0.748 (0.172) | ||||
| Constant |
0.071*** (0.051) |
0.062*** (0.048) |
0.074*** (0.058) |
0.101*** (0.083) |
0.024*** (0.018) |
0.048*** (0.038) |
0.073** (0.076) |
0.172 (0.190) |
| N | 3222 | 2982 | 3222 | 2982 | ||||