School Poverty Partially Mediates the Effects of Structural Racism on Youth Tobacco Use Initiation

Global Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 1. Mediators of MDRs of Household Income onTobacco Use Initiation

	Beta Coefficient	std. err.	95%	CI	P
Model 1 (Without Mediator, Without Moderator)
Early Initiation of Tobacco
Household Income	-0.08	0.01	-0.10	-0.06	< 0.001
Age (10)	0.01	0.01	-0.01	0.03	0.249
Sex (Male)	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.005
Race (Black)	-0.02	0.01	-0.04	0.00	0.043

Model 2 (Without Mediator, With Moderator)
Early Initiation of Tobacco Use
Household Income	-0.10	0.01	-0.13	-0.07	< 0.001
Age (10)	0.01	0.01	-0.01	0.03	0.244
Sex (Male)	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.005
Race (Black)	-0.09	0.03	-0.15	-0.04	0.001
Race (Black) x HH Income	0.07	0.03	0.02	0.12	0.008
Intercept	0.36	0.05	0.25	0.47	< 0.001
Model 3 (With Mediator, Without Moderator)
COI School Poverty
Household Income	-0.43	0.01	-0.45	-0.41	< 0.001
Age (10)	-0.02	0.01	-0.04	0.00	0.028
Sex (Male)	-0.01	0.01	-0.03	0.00	0.130
Race (Black)	0.21	0.01	0.19	0.23	< 0.001
Intercept	3.06	0.04	2.98	3.14	< 0.001

Early Initiation of Tobacco Use
School Poverty	0.00	0.01	-0.02	0.03	0.824
Peer Deviance (1-9)	0.09	0.02	0.05	0.12	< 0.001
Delinquency (1-10)	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.08	0.002
Household Income	-0.07	0.01	-0.09	-0.04	< 0.001
Age (10)	0.01	0.01	-0.01	0.03	0.353
Sex (Male)	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.04	0.063
Race (Black)	-0.03	0.01	-0.05	-0.01	0.010
Intercept	0.23	0.06	0.11	0.35	< 0.001

Peer Deviance (1-9)
School Poverty	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.10	0.004
Household Income	-0.05	0.02	-0.09	0.00	0.029
Age (10)	0.03	0.02	-0.01	0.06	0.113
Sex (Male)	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.08	0.006
Race (Black)	0.02	0.02	-0.02	0.06	0.235
Intercept	0.06	0.11	-0.15	0.27	0.590

Delinquency (1-10)
School Poverty	0.06	0.02	0.03	0.10	< 0.001
Peer Deviance (1-9)	0.10	0.02	0.07	0.13	< 0.001
Household Income	-0.02	0.02	-0.06	0.02	0.262
Age (10)	0.00	0.01	-0.03	0.03	0.871
Sex (Male)	0.10	0.01	0.07	0.13	< 0.001
Race (Black)	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.09	0.003
Intercept	0.20	0.10	0.01	0.39	0.037
Model 4 (With Mediator, With Moderator)
School Poverty
Household Income	-0.50	0.01	-0.52	-0.48	< 0.001
Age (10)	-0.02	0.01	-0.03	0.00	0.033
Sex (Male)	-0.01	0.01	-0.03	0.00	0.114
Race (Black)	-0.03	0.02	-0.08	0.02	0.224
Race (Black) x Household Income	0.23	0.02	0.19	0.28	< 0.001
Intercept	3.30	0.05	3.21	3.39	< 0.001

Peer Deviance (1-9)
School Poverty	0.06	0.02	0.02	0.10	0.003
Household Income	-0.04	0.03	-0.09	0.01	0.165
Age (10)	0.03	0.02	-0.01	0.06	0.111
Sex (Male)	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.08	0.007
Race (Black)	0.09	0.06	-0.02	0.20	0.112
Race (Black) x Household Income	-0.06	0.05	-0.17	0.04	0.212
Intercept	0.01	0.12	-0.21	0.24	0.908

Delinquency (1-10)
School Poverty	0.07	0.02	0.03	0.10	< 0.001
Peer Deviance (1-9)	0.10	0.02	0.07	0.13	< 0.001
Household Income	-0.01	0.02	-0.06	0.03	0.650
Age (10)	0.00	0.01	-0.03	0.03	0.865
Sex (Male)	0.10	0.01	0.07	0.13	< 0.001
Race (Black)	0.10	0.05	0.00	0.20	0.040
Race (Black) x Household Income	-0.05	0.04	-0.13	0.04	0.298
Intercept	0.16	0.10	-0.05	0.36	0.127

Early Initiation of Tobacco Use
School Poverty	0.00	0.01	-0.03	0.02	0.913
Peer deviance (1-9)	0.09	0.02	0.05	0.12	< 0.001
Delinquency (1-10)	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.08	0.002
Household Income	-0.09	0.02	-0.12	-0.06	< 0.001
Age (10)	0.01	0.01	-0.01	0.03	0.352
Sex (Male)	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.04	0.066
Race (Black)	-0.10	0.03	-0.16	-0.05	< 0.001
Race (Black) x Household Income	0.08	0.03	0.02	0.13	0.004
Intercept	0.32	0.07	0.18	0.46	< 0.001