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Table 3 Variables which influence attitudes towards SFSH, crude and adjusted (n = 445)

From: Smoke-free-school-hours at vocational education and training schools in Denmark: attitudes among managers and teaching staff – a national cross-sectional study

 

Favourable attitude

 

Somewhat favourable attitude

 

Indecisive attitude

 

OR crude (95% CI)

p

OR adjusted (95% CI)

p

OR crude (95% CI)

p

OR adjusted (95% CI)

p

OR crude (95% CI)

p

OR adjusted (95% CI)

p

Categorical variables

            

Employed as

            

 Management

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

 Teaching staff

1.86 (1.13–3.08)

0.015

2.08 (1.13–3.82)

0.018

0.69 (0.39–1.23)

0.205

0.64 (0.31–1.33)

0.229

1.14 (0.98–3.10)

0.061

1.38 (0.69–2.78)

0.360

Sex

            

  Male

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

 Female

2.33 (1.46–3.72)

p < 0.001

2.36 (1.45–3.83)

0.001

3.43 (1.87–6.29)

p < 0.001

3.53 (1.89–6.61)

p < 0.001

1.76 (1.03–2.99)

0.038

1.58 (0.91–2.74)

0.101

Educational attainment

            

  Short or vocational education

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

REF

 

 Medium or long education

0.97 (0.60–1.58)

0.916

1.30 (0.73–2.24)

0.385

1.50 (0.84–2.69)

0.174

1.14 (0.57–2.29)

0.703

0.85 (0.48–1.15)

0.570

0.99 (0.52–1.90)

0.991

Continuous variables

            

 Age

1.01 (0.99–1.04)

0.348

1.05 (1.01–1.09)

0.011

1.02 (0.99–1.06)

0.224

1.06 (1.01–1.11)

0.010

0.99 (0.96–1.02)

0.327

1.03 (0.99–1.07)

0.205

 Years of employment in a VET school

0.99 (0.96–1.01)

0.255

0.98 (0.94–1.01)

0.202

0.98 (0.95–1.01)

0.243

0.95 (0.91–0.99)

0.025

0.96 (0.92–0.99)

0.007

0.95 (0.91–0.99)

0.019

  1. Notes: REF: Reference category. The reference category is: Not favourable attitude (not shown)
  2. SFSH Smoke-free-school-hours, MLR Multinomial logistic regression, CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio