Table 1.

General demographics of Alaska and Southwest U.S. Education and Research Towards Health Study population by smoking tobacco status, 2004–2007

Smoking statusa	Alaska						Southwest United States
	Current		Former		Never		Current		Former		Never
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total (N = 11,299)b	1,204	31.6	932	24.4	1,680	44.0	621	8.3	737	9.8	6,125	81.9
Age group (years)
18–24	301	43.6	116	16.8	274	39.7	212	15.0	183	13.0	1,142	73.8
25–34	271	36.4	174	23.4	300	40.3	181	11.7	225	14.5	1,142	73.8
35–44	306	32.7	196	20.9	435	46.4	135	7.6	157	8.8	1,484	83.6
45–54	223	28.3	223	28.3	343	43.5	67	4.5	110	7.3	1,328	88.2
55–64	80	20.8	139	36.1	166	43.5	23	2.7	53	6.1	789	91.2
65+	23	8.6	84	31.2	162	60.2	3	0.8	9	2.4	366	96.8
Sex
Male	598	39.9	377	25.2	524	35.0	304	11.0	403	14.6	2,048	74.3
Female	606	26.2	555	24.0	1,156	49.9	317	6.7	334	7.1	4,077	86.2
Education
Less than high school	290	34.2	147	17.3	412	48.5	182	9.0	155	7.7	1,676	83.3
High school or higher	904	30.9	775	26.5	1,250	42.7	439	8.1	580	10.7	4,424	81.3
Employment status
Not currently employed	793	35.7	509	22.9	921	41.4	375	8.8	432	10.1	3,456	81.1
Employed or self-employed	411	25.8	423	26.6	759	47.6	246	7.6	305	9.5	2,669	82.9
Marital status
Married/living as married	373	22.9	451	27.7	803	49.4	214	6.6	319	9.8	2,731	83.7
Separated/divorced/never married	827	38.0	474	21.8	873	40.2	407	9.7	418	9.9	3,386	80.4
Income
≤$25,000	680	36.4	408	21.8	780	41.8	375	8.4	489	10.9	3,618	80.7
>$25,000	334	24.0	436	31.3	624	44.8	129	6.8	177	9.3	1,592	83.9
Language spoken at home
Both native and English	328	26.0	261	20.7	671	53.3	336	6.4	259	11.9	4,454	84.6
English only	873	34.4	666	26.2	1,002	39.4	283	13.0	259	11.9	1,634	75.1

Note. Smoking tobacco includes cigarette and cigar products only.

^ap < .01 for all univariate comparisons except smoking tobacco status comparison with education.

^bData missing for 27 participants.