Table 4: Early parental divorce experienced when the adolescents were 15/16 year-old or younger (n=530) across risk behaviors in a cross-sectional study of 15/16 year-old adolescents (n=2422) when odds ratios (95% confidence interval) were adjusted for demographic, socio-economic and mental health variables.

Independent Variables Smoking Snus Frequent Drinking Doping Agents
Crude results
Early parental divorce 1.4 (1.1-1.7) 1.0 (0.7-1.4) 1.1 (0.8-1.4) 1.7 (1.2-2.3)
Adjusted for internalized mental health problems
Early parental divorce (ref=continuously married) 1.3 (1.1-1.6) 1.0 (0.7-1.4) 1.2 (0.9-1.5) 1.6 (1.2-2.2)
Gender (ref=boys) 1.3 (1.1-1.6) 0.3 (0.2-0.6) 1.2 (0.9-1.5) 1.0 (0.7-1.3)
Ethnicity (ref=western) 0.6 (0.4-0.9) 0.3 (0.1-0.7) 0.7 (0.4-1.2) 0.7 (0.4-1.2)
Family economy (ref=average and below) 1.0 (0.8-1.2) 1.3 (0.9-2.0) 1.9 (1.5-2.5) 1.2 (0.9-1.7)
Social support (ref=low) 0.8 (0.6-1.1) 1.2 (0.7-2.2) 1.1 (0.8-1.7) 0.7 (0.4-1.1)
Internalized problems (ref=no) 2.0 (1.5-2.5) 1.4 (0.8-2.5) 1.7 (1.3-2.2) 2.4 (1.7-3.4)
Adjusted for externalized mental health problems
Early parental divorce (ref=continuously married) 1.3 (1.1-1.6) 1.0 (0.7-1.5) 1.2 (0.9-1.6) 1.6 (1.2-2.3)
Gender (ref=boys) 1.6 (1.3-1.9) 0.4 (0.2-0.7) 1.3 (1.1-1.6) 1.2 (0.9-1.7)
Ethnicity (ref=western) 0.6 (0.4-0.9) 0.3 (0.1-0.7) 0.7 (0.4-1.2) 0.7 (0.4-1.3)
Family economy (ref=average and below) 1.0 (0.8-1.2) 1.4 (0.9-2.1) 1.9 (1.4-2.5) 1.2 (0.9-1.7)
Social support (ref=low) 0.8 (0.6-1.1) 1.3 (0.7-2.4) 1.2 (0.8-1.7) 0.7 (0.5-1.4)
Externalized problems (ref=no) 3.0 (2.3-4.2) 2.4 (1.5-3.8) 2.3 (1.7-3.3) 5.2 (3.6-7.4)