Weaker Effects of Parental Education on Oral Nicotine Use of High School Students in Rural Areas: Marginalization-Related Diminished Returns

Table 3.

Results of Multi-Group (Stratified byRurality) Structural Equation Model

  B SE 95% CI p

Urban/Suburban

Age (>18) 0.19 0.03 0.14 0.25 < 0.001

Sex (Male) 0.23 0.03 0.17 0.29 < 0.001

Two Parents in the Household 0.18 0.03 0.11 0.24 < 0.001

SES (Max Parental Education; 1-6) 0.28 0.03 0.23 0.33 < 0.001

 

Rural

Age (>18) 0.22 0.05 0.12 0.31 < 0.001

Sex (Male) 0.24 0.06 0.13 0.36 < 0.001

Two Parents in the Household 0.12 0.06 0.00 0.24 < 0.001

SES (Max Parental Education; 1-6) 0.18 0.04 0.09 0.27 < 0.001

Note: Outcome: Adolescents’ Frequency of Use of Nicotine Pouch/Gummy/Candy