Table 2.
Correlates of current smoking in selected racial/ethnic and gender groups
| Racial/ethnic group | Non-Hispanic White |
Hispanic |
African-American |
Asian |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (M/F), N | M (N = 15,193) |
F (N = 21,536) |
M (N = 3983) |
F (N = 5475) |
M (N = 1011) |
F (N = 1753) |
M (N = 1717) |
F (N = 2239) |
| OR ± SD | OR ± SD | OR ± SD | OR ± SD | OR ± SD | OR ± SD | OR ± SD | OR ± SD | |
| Age | ||||||||
| <40 | 24.7 ± 1.9 | 20.6 ± 1.4 | 19.4 ± 2.2 | 7.2 ± 1.2 | 18.9 ± 4.3 | 19.3 ± 3.8 | 25.6 ± 3.8 | 10.5 ± 2.8 |
| 40+ | 16.1 ± 0.8 | 15.0 ± 0.7 | 19.9 ± 2.4 | 8.8 ± 1.4 | 24.4 ± 4.3 | 19.7 ± 3.3 | 16.8 ± 2.8 | 5.0 ± 1.5 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 14.3 ± 0.9 | 12.4 ± 0.9 | 19.1 ± 2.1 | 5.0 ± 0.9 | 16.0 ± 3.9 | 13.1 ± 4.0 | 19.0 ± 2.7 | 4.7 ± 1.5 |
| Other | 27.1 ± 1.7 | 22.2 ± 1.3 | 20.1 ± 2.7 | 10.9 ± 1.7 | 26.7 ± 4.6 | 22.5 ± 3.4 | 25.5 ± 4.5 | 12.7 ± 3.6 |
| Education | ||||||||
| ≤High school | 28.2 ± 2.0 | 22.5 ± 1.4 | 21.6 ± 2.0 | 7.5 ± 1.1 | 28.8 ± 6.2 | 24.7 ± 4.3 | 27.9 ± 5.2 | 10.2 ± 3.4 |
| >High school | 15.6 ± 1.0 | 14.2 ± 0.8 | 14.0 ± 2.5 | 8.5 ± 2.0 | 18.0 ± 3.5 | 16.1 ± 3.2 | 18.7 ± 2.6 | 6.5 ± 1.5 |
| Employment | ||||||||
| Yes | 20.5 ± 1.1 | 18.7 ± 1.1 | 19.2 ± 2.0 | 8.8 ± 1.4 | 18.9 ± 4.1 | 17.7 ± 3.0 | 22.9 ± 2.7 | 8.1 ± 2.0 |
| No | 16.7 ± 1.4 | 14.9 ± 0.9 | 21.1 ± 3.8 | 6.7 ± 1.2 | 27.5 ± 6.2 | 21.8 ± 4.3 | 17.7 ± 3.4 | 7.3 ± 2.3 |
| Household Income | ||||||||
| ≤US$50,000 | 25.5 ± 1.5 | 21.2 ± 1.1 | 20.3 ± 1.9 | 7.8 ± 1.0 | 26.3 ± 4.4 | 22.6 ± 3.2 | 26.4 ± 3.7 | 8.8 ± 2.1 |
| >US$50,000 | 15.2 ± 1.1 | 12.4 ± 0.9 | 16.5 ± 3.5 | 7.8 ± 2.5 | 16.0 ± 4.4 | 11.4 ± 3.1 | 17. ± 3.1 | 6.6 ± 2.1 |
| Country of birth | ||||||||
| US | N/A | N/A | 19.0 ± 2.7 | 11.3 ± 2.2 | N/A | N/A | 14.8 ± 4.1 | 13.5 ± 4.6 |
| Other | 19.7 ± 2.1 | 6.1 ± 1.0 | 23.5 ± 2.9 | 6.3 ± 1.6 | ||||
| Years in the U.S.a | ||||||||
| <15 years | N/A | N/A | 18.7 ± 2.9 | 5.3 ± 1.4 | N/A | N/A | 26.2 ± 4.5 | 5.1 ± 1.9 |
| ≥15 years | 20.7 ± 2.8 | 7.1 ± 1.5 | 20.8 ± 3.6 | 7.3 ± 2.3 | ||||
| Level of spoken Englisha | ||||||||
| Very well/well | N/A | N/A | 19.5 ± 2.7 | 6.7 ± 1.4 | N/A | N/A | 21.1 ± 3.5 | 7.8 ± 2.1 |
| Not well/not at all | 20.4 ± 3.3 | 5.3 ± 1.6 | 24.3 ± 7.7 | 2.9 ± 2.0 | ||||
M = males, F = females; CI = 95% confidence interval computed based on weighting provided in the CHIS. Values in boldface indicate statistically significant differences at P < 0.05.
a
Only computed for foreign-born Hispanic subsample N = 2558 males, 3556 females and foreign-born Asian subsample N = 1277 males, 1737 females.