title: Parent's socioeconomic status, adolescents' disposable income, and adolescents' smoking status in Massachusetts.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the association between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and adolescent smoking.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted telephone interviews with a probability sample of 1308 Massachusetts adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. We used multiple-variable-adjusted logistic regression models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The risk of adolescent smoking increased by 28% with each step down in parental education and increased by 30% for each step down in parental household income. These associations persisted after adjustment for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and adolescent disposable income. Parental smoking status was a mediator of these associations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parental SES is inversely associated with adolescent smoking. Parental smoking is a mediator but does not fully explain the association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Elpidoforos S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Soteriades
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: DiFranza
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000145:classification*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010290:Parents; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012923:Social Class