Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and behavioral measures of female smokers and male partners
| Females (N = 37) | Males (N = 13) | |||
| Demographic variables | Range | mean (SD) | range | mean (SD) |
| Age | 17–25 | 20.25 (2.91) | 19–44 | 25.05 (7.22) |
| Age onset of smoking | 9–21 | 14.6 (1.97) | -- | -- |
| Duration of smoking (years) | 0.5–15 | 5.3 (4.28) | -- | -- |
| FNTS | 0 – 8 | 2.5 (1.99) | 0–8 | 4.6 (2.10) |
| Education completed (year) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Elementary | 0 (00%) | 0 (00%) | ||
| Junior high/middle school | 5 (13%) | 0 (00%) | ||
| High school | 31 (84%) | 11 (85%) | ||
| College | 1 (03%) | 2 (15%) | ||
| Marital Status | ||||
| Single | 16 (43%) | --- | ||
| Married | 7 (19%) | --- | ||
| Divorced | 3 (08%) | --- | ||
| Living with significant other | 10 (27%) | --- | ||
| Partner involved in pregnancy | ||||
| Yes | 36 (97%) | --- | ||
| No | 1 (03%) | --- | ||
| Quantity of smoking (average #/day) | ||||
| 0–9 | 23 (62%) | 2 (15%) | ||
| 10–11 | 6 (16%) | 3 (23%) | ||
| >12 | 8 (22%) | 5 (38%) | ||
| Missing | 3 (24%) | |||
| Change of quantity | ||||
| No smoking in the past week | 10 (27%) | --- | ||
| Reduced quantity | 17 (46%) | --- | ||
| Same quantity or increased | 9 (24%) | --- | ||
| FNTS score (Nicotine Tolerance) | ||||
| 0–5 (not dependent) | 30 (81%) | 5 (38%) | ||
| 6–11 (dependent) | 4 (19%) | 5 (38%) | ||
| Missing | 3 (24%) | |||
| BDI-II score | ||||
| 0–13 (minimal) | 26 (70%) | 10 (77%) | ||
| 14–19 (mild) | 5 (17%) | 2 (15%) | ||
| 20–28 (moderate) | 3 (08%) | 1 (08%) | ||
| >29 (severe) | 3 (05%) | 0 (00%) | ||
| NLF score (authority) | ||||
| 5–11 (accept) | 14 (38%) | 3 (23%) | ||
| 12–18 (neither) | 17 (46%) | 8 (62%) | ||
| 19–25 (reject) | 5 (14%) | 1 (08%) | ||