Examining the Survey Setting Effect on Current E-Cigarette Use Estimates among High School Students in the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey

Bibliographic Data

ID15510620
AuthorsJulia Chen‐Sankey (0000-0002-1797-5248, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author), Michelle T B Manderski (0000-0003-0000-221X, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), William J Young (0000-0002-8051-6327, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Cristine D Delnevo (0000-0001-9597-4307, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue11
Pages6468-6468
Publication date2022-05-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19116468
PMID35682059
OpenAlexW4281932805
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited31

The 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) was completed by youth online during class time, either in school or at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the role of NYTS data in tobacco regulatory science, it is vital to understand the effect of survey settings (home, school) on tobacco-use estimates. We used a series of multivariable logistic regressions to examine whether survey settings (home vs. school) predicted current e-cigarette use among high school students, controlling for other known predictors of e-cigarette use as well as the pandemic learning model that was dominant in students' counties (e.g., nearly all at-home, majority in school). We observed a significant survey setting effect. Those who completed the survey in school had higher odds of current e-cigarette use than those who completed the same survey at home (AOR = 1.74); this effect was attenuated when we controlled for the pandemic learning model (AOR = 1.38). Moreover, e-cigarette use was independently associated with students' learning model; students whose schools were nearly entirely in-person had the highest odds of e-cigarette use compared to students whose learning model was nearly all at-home (AOR = 1.65). Survey setting is a methodological artifact in the 2021 NYTS. Perceived privacy and peer effects can potentially explain this artifact

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Odds · Pandemic · Poison control · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Survey data collection · Tobacco use · Youth Risk Behavior Survey · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation