Table 2.
Characteristics of the sample included in mediation analyses (N=403).
| Variable | Value | No Counseling (n=202) n (%) |
Counseling (n=201) n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (N=403) | Female | 104 (51.5%) | 98 (48.8%) |
| Ethnicity (N=400) | Hispanic | 3 (1.5%) | 1 (0.5%) |
| Race | White | 181 (89.6%) | 176 (87.6%) |
| (N=400) | African-American | 12 (5.9%) | 13 (6.5%) |
| Other | 8 (4.0%) | 10 (5.0%) | |
| Marital Status | Married | 88 (43.6%) | 87 (43.3%) |
| (N=401) | Separated or Divorced | 50 (24.8%) | 32 (15.9%) |
| Never Married | 42 (20.8%) | 59 (29.4%) | |
| Cohabitating | 16 (7.9%) | 20 (10.0%) | |
| Widowed | 5 (2.5%) | 2 (1.0%) | |
| Education | Less than high school degree | 7 (3.5%) | 7 (3.5%) |
| (N=401) | High school | 48 (23.8%) | 38 (18.9%) |
| Some college | 94 (46.5%) | 101 (50.2%) | |
| College degree or greater | 53 (26.2%) | 53 (26.4%) | |
| Employment | Employed | 165 (81.7%) | 167 (83.1%) |
| Status | Unemployed | 10 (5.0%) | 9 (4.5%) |
| (N=397) | Homemaker | 7 (3.5%) | 10 (5.0%) |
| Student | 6 (4.0%) | 4 (2.0%) | |
| Retired | 6 (3.0%) | 6 (3.0%) | |
| Disabled | 3 (1.5%) | 4 (2.0%) | |
| Household Income (N=393) | < $25,000 | 55 (27.2%) | 60 (29.9%) |
| $25,00-$34,999 | 29 (14.4%) | 32 (15.9%) | |
| $35,000-$49,999 | 43 (21.3%) | 35 (17.4%) | |
| >$50,000 | 68 (33.7%) | 71 (35.3%) | |
| Time to First Cigarette | Within 5 minutes | 46 (22.8%) | 49 (24.4%) |
| (N=403) | 6–30 minutes | 103 (51.0%) | 80 (39.8%) |
| 31–60 minutes | 32 (15.8%) | 38 (18.9%) | |
| After 60 minutes | 21 (10.4%) | 34 (16.9%) | |
| Past Counseling (N=371) | Yes | 59 (29.2%) | 61 (30.3%) |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | ||
| Age (N=403) | 40.38 (11.73) | 37.56 (12.16) | |
| Cigarettes smoked per day (N=403) | 21.73 (8.93) | 21.59 (11.67) | |
| Baseline CO level (N=402) | 24.82 (11.41) | 23.85 (11.73) | |
| Baseline FTND Score (N=399) | 5.12 (2.14) | 4.92 (2.50) | |