Socioeconomic Status Partially Mediates the Effects of Structural Racism on Youth Tobacco Use Initiation

Table 1.

Descriptive data of the overall participants (n= 11,698).

Mean SE

Age 9.48 0.00

State-Level Racism -0.18 0.01

Parental Education at Baseline (1-6) 3.91 0.01

Household Income at Baseline (1-11) 7.23 0.02

Financial Difficulties at Baseline (Mean) 0.07 0.00

Perceived Discrimination 1.18 0.00

Tobacco Susceptibility/ 1.08 0.00

Socioeconomic Status (Principal Component) 0.13 0.02

  n %

Sex    

     Female 5,628 48.00

     Male 6,098 52.00

Race/Ethnicity    

      Asian 628 5.35

      AIAN/ Native Hawaiian /Pacific Islander 342 2.91

      Non-Hispanic Black 2,126 18.1

      Hispanic White 2,394 20.38

      Other 98 0.83

      Non-Hispanic White 6,109 52

      Unknown 52 0.44

Household Marital Status (Baseline)    

     Unmarried 7,916 67.49

     Married 3,813 32.51

Tobacco Use (Subsequent)    

      No 11,329 96.85

      Yes 369 3.15

American Indian and Alaska Native: AIAN