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

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

Table 3. Association between state-level racism and subsequent youth tobaccoinitiation via socioeconomic status, perceived discrimination, and tobaccosusceptibility.

Standardized Coefficient	SE	95%	CI	p
Subsequent Tobacco Use
Structural Racism	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.06	< 0.001
Socioeconomic Status (SES)	-0.08	0.01	-0.10	-0.05	< 0.001
Perceived Discrimination	0.07	0.01	0.04	0.09	< 0.001
Tobacco Susceptibility	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.07	< 0.001
Age	0.08	0.01	0.06	0.10	< 0.001
Race/Ethnicity (Black)	-0.07	0.01	-0.09	-0.05	< 0.001
Race/Ethnicity (Latino)	0.00	0.01	-0.02	0.02	0.664
Race/Ethnicity (Other)	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.001
Sex (Male)	-0.03	0.01	-0.04	-0.01	0.006
Intercept	-1.63	0.18	-1.98	-1.27	< 0.001

Socioeconomic Status (SES)
Structural Racism	-0.09	0.01	-0.10	-0.07	< 0.001
Age	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.04	0.010
Race/Ethnicity (Asian)	0.23	0.07	0.09	0.38	0.002
Race/Ethnicity (Black)	-0.51	0.02	-0.56	-0.46	< 0.001
Race/Ethnicity (Latino)	-0.26	0.01	-0.28	-0.24	< 0.001
Race/Ethnicity (Other)	0.04	0.01	0.03	0.06	< 0.001
Intercept	-0.06	0.15	-0.36	0.24	0.697

Perceived Discrimination
Structural Racism	0.02	0.01	-0.01	0.05	0.194
Age	-0.02	0.01	-0.05	0.00	0.081
Race/Ethnicity (Asian)	-0.09	0.04	-0.17	-0.02	0.019
Race/Ethnicity (Other)	-0.02	0.02	-0.05	0.01	0.290
Race/Ethnicity (Black)	0.26	0.02	0.22	0.30	< 0.001
Race/Ethnicity (Latino)	0.08	0.01	0.05	0.10	< 0.001
Sex (Male)	0.10	0.01	0.07	0.13	< 0.001
Intercept	3.53	0.27	3.01	4.05	< 0.001

Tobacco Susceptibility
Structural Racism	0.00	0.01	-0.02	0.02	0.762
Age	-0.01	0.01	-0.03	0.01	0.294
Race/Ethnicity (Asian)	0.00	0.01	-0.03	0.02	0.633
Race/Ethnicity (Other)	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.04	0.009
Race/Ethnicity (Black)	0.01	0.01	-0.01	0.04	0.215
Male	0.06	0.01	0.04	0.08	< 0.001
Intercept	4.80	0.18	4.44	5.15	< 0.001