Table 3

Zero-order correlation matrix for all study variables

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1. Age1.00
2. Gender (0=female, 1=male)0.021.00
3. SES0.07*0.021.00
4. Region (0=west, 1=east)0.25***−0.010.10*1.00
5. School performance0.11***0.030.16***−0.051.00
6. TV screen time0.17***0.07**0.30***0.25***0.15***1.00
7. Sensation seeking0.09***0.24***−0.030.010.16***0.18***1.00
8. Peer smoking0.28***0.020.22***0.28***0.15***0.24***0.24***1.00
9. Parent smoking0.04−0.020.26***0.09***0.11**0.22***0.08**0.17***1.00
10. Tobacco ad exposure0.14***0.13***0.020.06*0.050.11**0.24***0.13***0.08**1.00
11. Non-tobacco ad exposure0.20***0.050.08**0.11**0.06*0.36***0.21***0.18***0.18***0.44***1.00
12. Ever smoking0.15***0.010.17***0.14***0.09**0.14***0.18***0.24***0.13***0.19***0.15***1.00
13. Past 30 days smoking0.09**−0.020.12**0.08**0.06*0.12**0.15***0.21***0.14***0.17***0.12***0.61***1.00
14. Established smoking (>100 cig.)0.07*0.09**0.07*0.08**0.050.10*0.12**0.16***0.09***0.13***0.09**0.33***0.51***1.00
15. Daily smoking0.020.040.14***0.08**0.07*0.10*0.09**0.14***0.13***0.08**0.030.30***0.49***0.75***
  • Italic figures represent significant associations.

  • *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

  • SES, socioeconomic status.