Table 1.

Demographics of moderate/heavy, light, and intermittent smoking among Asian American men and women, California Health Interview Survey, 2003

	Men			Women
	Moderate/heavy (n = 165)	Light (n = 93)	Intermittent (n = 94)	Moderate/heavy (n = 47)	Light (n = 35)	Intermittent(n = 45)
Age (years)a
18–24	26.8	27.4	45.8	45.3	17.8	36.9
25–44	46.0	31.3	22.7	20.1	29.7	50.1
45–64	53.4	21.2	25.4	61.6	16.5	21.9
≥65	52.7	27.4	19.9	24.5	64.5	11.0
Marital status
Married	53.4	23.6	23.0	32.3	27.2	40.4
Former married	41.5	30.6	27.8	61.8	24.9	13.4
Single	34.6	32.8	32.5	33.7	23.2	43.2
Educationb
<High school degree	47.7	21.3	31.0	68.3	28.8	2.9
High school grad/college	45.6	27.7	26.7	52.6	22.9	24.5
≥College grad	43.5	30.2	26.2	15.5	27.6	56.9
Povertyc
0%–99% FPL	28.2	20.6	51.2	46.0	25.6	28.3
100%–199% FPL	44.6	34.3	21.1	52.6	17.8	29.6
200%–299% FPL	45.5	39.5	14.9	55.9	37.8	6.3
≥300% FPL	50.6	25.1	24.2	33.3	24.2	42.4
National origin
Chinese	38.5	33.1	28.4	32.7	47.4	19.9
Filipino	45.5	27.2	27.3	34.9	23.2	41.9
South Asian	43.7	23.1	33.2	25.1	0	74.9
Japanese	60.0	29.3	10.7	56.0	26.5	17.5
Korean	63.4	18.6	18.0	31.6	35.8	32.6
Vietnamese	31.7	35.3	33.0	18.4	0.8	80.7
Other	48.0	20.9	31.1	70.2	11.1	18.8
Nativity
U.S. born	38.5	32.2	29.2	47.1	21.1	31.8
Foreign born	46.5	26.9	26.7	35.8	28.0	36.2
English proficiency
English only	63.7	20.0	16.3	39.4	25.3	35.3
Bilingual high	38.5	32.5	29.9	36.8	22.4	40.8
Bilingual low	50.0	20.5	29.5	53.2	33.7	13.2

Note. FPL, federal poverty level.

^ap = .02 for women.

^bp = .01 for women.

^cp = .01 for men.