is located, response rate 0.43, 95% CI: External estimated from (schools and 0.19 to 0.96) validity an index based students) was or among Should be on aggregate 83.1%. those who did representative data not know the and (unemployment, level of studies generalisable Participant temporary of their father to characteristics workers, manual (OR 0.39, 95% secondary 15-16 year workers, and CI: 0.16 to schools in olds in fourth low educational 0.94) Spain and year of level among the compared with other similar compulsory overall adult those with countries. education, [age >15 years] fathers who However, N=1179 and young adult had a very low presence or [age 16–29 level absence of Outcomes years] educational smoking measured populations). attainment. policy did not Probability of Adolescents include an smoking in with low evaluation of Individual school academic whether variables: achievement policy was Educational showed an OR implemented Intervention attainment of of 1.51 (95% which limits details parents CI: 1.00–2.29). applicability of Survey of Employment this study. Employment smoking status of parents status of either behaviour and parent or individual and Study analysis educational school-level Validity of Multilevel contextual level of mother author’s logistic was not variables conclusion regression significant. Agreed, models of SES of the census tract smoking census tracts of school may
is located, estimated from an index based on aggregate data (unemployment, temporary workers, manual workers, and low educational level among the overall adult [age >15 years] and young adult [age 16–29 years] populations). Individual variables: Educational attainment of parents Employment status of parents Study analysis Multilevel logistic regression models of smoking response rate (schools and students) was 83.1%. Participant characteristics 15-16 year olds in fourth year of compulsory education, N=1179 Outcomes measured Probability of smoking in school Intervention details Survey of smoking behaviour and individual and school-level contextual variables 0.43, 95% CI: 0.19 to 0.96) or among those who did not know the level of studies of their father (OR 0.39, 95% CI: 0.16 to 0.94) compared with those with fathers who had a very low level educational attainment. Adolescents with low academic achievement showed an OR of 1.51 (95% CI: 1.00–2.29). Employment status of either parent or educational level of mother was not significant. SES of the census tracts External validity Should be representative and generalisable to secondary schools in Spain and other similar countries. However, presence or absence of smoking policy did not include an evaluation of whether policy was implemented which limits applicability of this study. Validity of author’s conclusion Agreed, census tract of school may
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