Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression models comparing independent associates of moderate to heavy smoking with light daily smoking and with intermittent smoking status

	Moderate to heavy daily versus light daily smokers (n = 1,661)	Moderate to heavy daily versus intermittent smokers (n = 1,458)
Respondent characteristic	Odds ratio (95% CI)	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Survey year
2003	1.00	1.00
2005	1.02 (0.76–1.37)	.80 (0.55–1.17)
Gender
Male	1.00	1.00
Female	1.81 (1.30–2.52)	1.47 (1.08–2.01)
Age (years)
18–34	1.00	1.00
35–49	.66 (0.44–1.00)	.49 (0.32–0.73)
50–64	.53 (0.33–0.84)	.46 (0.28–0.76)
65+	.87 (0.49–1.53)	1.29 (0.68–2.41)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	1.00	1.00
Non-Hispanic Black	2.60 (1.59–4.25)	3.37 (1.79–6.37)
Hispanic	6.63 (3.80–11.56)	11.59 (6.67–20.13)
Non-Hispanic other	2.68 (1.35–5.33)	1.72 (0.85–3.48)
Education
Less than high school	1.00	1.00
High school graduate	1.53 (0.96–2.42)	1.59 (0.86–2.92)
Some college	1.78 (1.05–3.02)	2.59 (1.48–4.54)
College graduate	2.25 (1.27–3.98)	3.91 (2.13–7.18)
Income
<US$25,000	1.00	1.00
$25,000 to <$50,000	0.86 (0.57–1.30)	1.14(0.70–1.83)
$50,000 to <$75,000	0.95 (0.56–1.59)	1.42 (0.87–2.33)
$75,000 and greater	1.53 (0.92–2.54)	2.16 (1.30–3.59)
Insurance status
No health insurance	1.00	1.00
Has health insurance	1.10 (0.78–1.56)	.94 (0.62–1.43)
Trust cancer information from doctor
Not a lota	1.00	1.00
A lot	.85 (0.61–1.17)	1.48 (1.03–2.08)
Mean hours of television viewing on a typical weekdayb		.92 (0.87–0.97)
Health/cancer information seeking on Internet
No		1.00
Yes		1.01 (0.67–1.52)
Intention to quitb
No		1.00
Yes		1.51 (1.05–2.18)

^aThe following responses were included in the “not a lot” category to reflect level of trust rating: “some,” “a little,” and “not at all.”

^bThese items were not included in this model because they were not significantly associated with smoking status at the bivariate level.