Table 4.

Predictors of current smoking in selected racial/ethnic and gender groups (multivariate analyses): CHIS 2001

Racial/ethnic group	Non-Hispanic White				Hispanic				African-American				Asian				Chinese				Filipino
Gender	M		F		M		F		M		F		M		F		M		F		M		F
N	15,193		21,536		3983		5475		1011		1753		1717		2239		505		758		351		568
	%	OR	%	OR	%	OR	%	OR	%	OR	%	OR	%	OR	%	OR	%	OR	%	OR	%	OR	%	OR
Age
<40	28	1.00	27	1.00	59	1.00	57	1.00	35	1.00	38	1.00	45	1.00	44	1.00	44	1.00	43	1.00	46	1.00	43	1.00
40+	72	0.81 *	73	0.74 *	41	1.07	43	1.41 *	65	1.77 *	62	1.05	55	0.60 *	56	0.54 *	56	0.63	57	0.51	54	0.64	57	0.83
Marital status
Married	57	1.00	47	1.00	57	1.00	53	1.00	41	1.00	26	1.00	61	1.00	59	1.00	61	1.00	56	1.00	61	1.00	58	1.00
Other	43	1.86 *	53	1.64 *	43	1.06	47	2.15 *	59	2.12 *	74	1.58 *	39	1.30	41	2.12	39	1.38	44	2.35 *	39	1.65	42	1.32
Education
≤High school	30	1.00	33	1.00	71	1.00	71	1.00	35	1.00	39	1.00	25	1.00	30	1.00	24	1.00	31	1.00	27	1.00	25	1.00
>High school	70	0.54 *	67	0.61 *	29	0.60 *	29	0.97	65	0.65 *	61	0.68 *	75	0.65 *	70	0.64 *	76	0.61	69	1.10	73	0.98	75	0.37 *
Employment
Yes	66	1.00	51	1.00	79	1.00	52	1.00	62	1.00	55	1.00	69	1.00	57	1.00	67	1.00	57	1.00	74	1.00	70	1.00
No	34	0.66 *	49	0.68 *	21	1.07	48	0.82	38	1.31	45	1.09	31	0.60 *	43	0.88	33	0.71	43	1.32	26	0.80	30	1.13
Household income
≤US$50,000	46	1.00	58	1.00	79	1.00	85	1.00	59	1.00	73	1.00	48	1.00	56	1.00	45	1.00	55	1.00	49	1.00	60	1.00
>US$50,000	54	0.66 *	42	0.62 *	21	0.92	15	0.86	41	0.71	27	0.56 *	52	0.59 *	44	0.93	55	0.67	45	0.87	51	0.51 *	40	0.76
Country of birth
US	N/A		N/A		36	1.00	35	1.00	N/A	N/A	25	1.00	22	1.00	28	1.00	25	1.00	30	1.00	26	1.00
Other					64	0.93	65	0.55 *					75	2.01 *	78	0.59 *	72	2.59 *	75	0.41	70	1.42	74	0.38 *

M = males, F = females.

^*OR significant at P < 0.05.