Table 1.
Bivariate Analyses: Intermittent vs. Daily Smokers
| Type of smoker (Number days smoked in last 30) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low intermittent (1–14 days) n=284 | Hi intermittent (15–29 days) n=160 | Daily (30 days) n=288 | ||
| Independent Variables | Column Percents1 | |||
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Age | |||
| 18 (n=69) | 10.2 | 7.5 | 9.8 | |
| 19 (n=179) | 25.7 | 29.4 | 20.5 | |
| 20 (n=211) | 29.6 | 26.9 | 29.2 | |
| 21 (n=193) | 25.0 | 26.3 | 27.8 | |
| 22 (n=80) | 9.5 | 10.0 | 12.9 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male (n=388) | 57.8 | 53.8 | 47.9 | |
| Female (n=344) | 42.3 | 46.3 | 52.1 | |
| Enrolled in college a,b | ||||
| Yes (n=378) | 70.1 | 54.4 | 31.9 | |
| No (n=354) | 29.9 | 45.6 | 68.1 | |
| Region b | ||||
| Rural (n=396) | 54.9 | 45.6 | 58.0 | |
| Urban(n=336) | 45.1 | 54.4 | 42.0 | |
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Consider self a smoker? a,b | |||
| Yes (n=426) | 6.3 | 80.0 | 98.6 | |
| No (n=301) | 93.7 | 20.0 | 1.4 | |
| How addicted? a,b | ||||
| Not at all (n=189) | 62.7 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| 2 (n=121) | 25.4 | 21.9 | 4.9 | |
| 3 (n=194) | 10.9 | 46.9 | 30.6 | |
| 4 (n=158) | 0.7 | 21.3 | 42.4 | |
| Very (n=70) | 0.4 | 3.1 | 22.2 | |
| How sure can quit? a,b | ||||
| Not at all (n=33) | 1.1 | 1.3 | 9.7 | |
| 2 (n=60) | 0.7 | 5.0 | 17.4 | |
| 3 (n=195) | 4.9 | 35.0 | 43.4 | |
| 4 (n=140) | 15.1 | 28.1 | 18.1 | |
| Very (n=304) | 78.2 | 30.6 | 11.5 | |
| Number of times tried to quit a,b | ||||
| Never (n=250) | 62.3 | 23.9 | 12.9 | |
| 1 time (n=98) | 11.7 | 16.4 | 13.5 | |
| > 1 time (n=380) | 26.0 | 59.8 | 73.6 | |
| Number of cigarettes per day a,b | ||||
| 0 (n=87) | 27.0 | 3.8 | 1.7 | |
| 1–5 (n=322) | 69.9 | 59.4 | 10.4 | |
| 6–10 (n=163) | 2.1 | 25.6 | 40.3 | |
| 11–20 (n=71) | 0.7 | 4.4 | 21.5 | |
| >20 (n=87) | 0.4 | 6.9 | 26.0 | |
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Age of first cigarette a,b | |||
| 1–11 (n=76) | 5.7 | 7.0 | 17.0 | |
| 12–14 (n=307) | 30.4 | 44.3 | 53.7 | |
| 15–17 (n=242) | 41.1 | 34.2 | 25.8 | |
| 18+ (n=97) | 22.9 | 14.6 | 3.5 | |
| Number of cigarettes in lifetime a,b | ||||
| < 100 (n=168) | 51.4 | 11.1 | 2.9 | |
| ≧100 (n=536) | 48.6 | 88.9 | 97.1 | |
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Number of days drank in last 30 b | |||
| None (n=104) | 12.0 | 9.4 | 19.1 | |
| 1–4 (n=224) | 27.6 | 25.6 | 36.5 | |
| 5–8 (n=161) | 26.2 | 21.9 | 18.1 | |
| 9 or more (n=242) | 34.3 | 43.1 | 26.4 | |
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Number of 4 closest friends who smoke a,b | |||
| 0 (n=51) | 13.0 | 5.0 | 2.1 | |
| 1 (n=120) | 27.1 | 13.8 | 7.3 | |
| 2 (n=202) | 33.8 | 31.8 | 19.1 | |
| 3 (n=172) | 16.9 | 29.4 | 26.7 | |
| 4 (n=187) | 9.2 | 20.0 | 44.8 | |
| Number in household who smoke a | ||||
| 0 (n=304) | 52.8 | 39.4 | 31.9 | |
| ≧1 (n=426) | 47.2 | 60.6 | 68.1 | |
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Smoke at parties a,b | |||
| Usually (n=370) | 10.9 | 68.8 | 79.5 | |
| Sometimes (n=171) | 39.1 | 23.1 | 8.0 | |
| Rarely/Never (n=136) | 45.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 | |
| Don’t go to parties (n=55) | 4.9 | 5.0 | 11.5 | |
| Smoke at bars a,b | ||||
| Usually (n=259) | 8.1 | 42.5 | 58.3 | |
| Sometimes (n=108) | 19.4 | 19.4 | 7.6 | |
| Rarely/Never (n=132) | 40.3 | 7.5 | 2.1 | |
| Don’t go to bars (n=232) | 32.2 | 30.6 | 32.0 | |
| Smoke with friends a,b | ||||
| Usually (n=334) | 5.0 | 48.1 | 85.6 | |
| Sometimes (n=181) | 26.0 | 44.4 | 13.0 | |
| Rarely/Never (n=210) | 69.0 | 7.5 | 1.4 | |
1
Values listed are percent of smoker type at each level of independent variable
a
Pair-wise association between low intermittent and high intermittent smokers is significant at p <.033
b
Pair-wise association between high intermittent and daily smokers is significant at p <.033