Table 3.

Correlates of current smoking in selected Asian ethnic and gender groups

Racial/ethnic group	Asian Chinese		Asian Filipino
Gender (M/F), N	Males (N = 505)	Females (N = 758)	Males (N = 351)	Females (N = 568)
	CI	CI	CI	CI
Age
<40	16.6 ± 6.3	8.9 ± 5.0	28.3 ± 10.2	13.8 ± 5.4
40+	12.4 ± 4.8	3.6 ± 2.0	18.8 ± 6.8	7.6 ± 3.5
Marital status
Married	13.0 ± 4.5	3.1 ± 1.6	19.0 ± 6.3	7.0 ± 3.1
Other	17.2 ± 7.2	10.7 ± 5.0	31.0 ± 11.5	14.8 ± 5.6
Education
≤High school	20.4 ± 8.9	5.7 ± 3.8	26.2 ± 10.6	20.4 ± 8.4
>High school	12.1 ± 4.0	6.5 ± 3.3	23.3 ± 6.8	6.9 ± 2.2
Employment
Yes	14.7 ± 3.9	6.3 ± 3.2	24.7 ± 6.4	9.9 ± 3.0
No	13.5 ± 7.3	6.0 ± 3.0	22.9 ± 11.5	12.2 ± 6.2
Household Income
≤US$50,000	18.6 ± 5.9	6.7 ± 2.5	30.9 ± 9.0	12.8 ± 3.4
>US$50,000	11.3 ± 5.1	5.7 ± 3.7	18.6 ± 8.3	7.1 ± 3.6
Country of birth
US	7.7 ± 4.2	13.0 ± 7.5	23.8 ± 9.8	19.1 ± 7.7
Other	6.6 ± 4.2	4.0 ± 2.2	24.6 ± 7.2	6.8 ± 2.6
Years in the U.S.^a
<15 years	20.7 ± 6.4	4.1 ± 2.6	22.4 ± 10.4	4.6 ± 3.1
≥15 years	12.2 ± 6.7	3.9 ± 2.6	26.1 ± 9.3	8.1 ± 3.7
Level of spoken English^a
Very well/well	13.2 ± 5.6	4.5 ± 3.7	25.0 ± 7.5	7.0 ± 2.7
Not well/not at all	18.4 ± 9.6	2.2 ± 2.5	–	–

CI = 95% confidence interval computed based on weighting provided in CHIS. Values in boldface indicate statistically significant differences at P < 0.05.

Only computed for foreign-born Chinese subsample N = 362 males, 567 females and foreign-born Filipino subsample N = 246 males, 241 females.