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

Table 2.

Correlation between state-level structuralracism and other study variables.

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

1 Structural Racism 1.00                            

2 Race (Black) 0.15* 1.00                          

3 Race (Latino) 0.06* -0.17* 1.00                        

4 Race (Asian) -0.03* -0.05* -0.07* 1.00                      

5 Race (Other) 0.03* -0.13* -0.16* -0.05* 1.00                    

6 Sex (Male) 0.00 -0.02* 0.00 0.00 -0.01 1.00                  

7 Age -0.01 0.01 -0.02* 0.02* -0.01 0.02* 1.00                

8 Financial Difficulties at Baseline 0.12* 0.22* 0.06* -0.05* 0.06* 0.01 -0.01 1.00              

9 Married Household at Baseline -0.11* -0.34* -0.10* 0.06* -0.04* 0.02* 0.01 -0.27* 1.00            

10 Household Income at Baseline -0.19* -0.37* -0.20* 0.07* -0.03* 0.00 0.04* -0.43* 0.54* 1.00          

11 Parental Education at Baseline -0.14* -0.26* -0.25* 0.10* 0.00 0.00 0.01 -0.31* 0.39* 0.64* 1.00        

12 Tobacco Susceptibility at Baseline 0.01 0.02 0.00 -0.01 0.03* 0.06* -0.01 0.02* -0.02* -0.03* -0.01 1.00      

13 Perceived Discrimination 0.08* 0.18* 0.05* -0.02* 0.02* 0.08* -0.02* 0.15* -0.13* -0.20* -0.17* 0.07* 1.00    

14 Socioeconomic Status (Principal Component) -0.19* -0.39* -0.21* 0.09* -0.04* 0.00 0.02* -0.62* 0.72* 0.88* 0.75* -0.02* -0.21* 1.00  

15 Subsequent Tobacco Use 0.05* 0.00 0.03* -0.03* 0.01 0.00 0.06* 0.05* -0.07* -0.06* -0.07* 0.06* 0.05* -0.08* 1.00

* p < 0.05; Pearson correlation