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Table 2 Demographic variables in prediction of smoking behavior

From: Psychological distress and smoking behaviors of Chinese college students: mediating effects of the dimensions of learning burnout

Variables

B

S.E

p

OR

95% CI

Age

− 0.05

0.08

0.49

0.95

0.81–1.11

Gender (control group = female)

2.26

0.19

0.00

9.55

6.48–14.06

Majors (control group = nursing)

     

 Pedagogy

0.01

0.37

0.98

1.01

0.49–2.07

 Medicine

0.78

0.29

0.00

2.19

1.25–3.85

 Literature and art

0.02

0.68

0.97

1.02

0.26–3.86

 Engineering

0.16

0.58

0.78

1.17

0.37–3.64

 Sports

1.03

0.33

0.00

2.81

0.46–5.41

Ethnicity (control group = minority)

 Han

− 0.01

0.16

0.97

0.99

0.72–1.37

SES (control group ≥ 10,000 yuan)

 < 3000 yuan

− 0.80

0.25

0.00

0.45

0.27–0.73

 3000–10,000 yuan

− 0.35

0.23

0.12

0.70

0.44–1.10

FE (control group = non-singleton family)

 Singleton family

− 0.46

0.21

0.03

0.63

0.41–0.96

Peer influence (control group = with smoking friends)

 Without smoking friends

− 1.74

0.27

0.00

0.18

0.10–0.29

  1. Encoding of smoking behavior: 1 = Have ever smoked, 0 = Never smoke