Table 2.

—Participant Characteristics and Baseline SHSe-Related Outcomes

Characteristic	Control Group (n = 101)	Coaching Groupa (n = 100)
TC female	56.4	53.0
TC age, y
8-9	32.6	30.0
10-11	41.6	39.0
12-13	25.8	31.0
TC race/ethnicity
Hispanic	36.6	39.0
Non-Hispanic black	29.7	24.0
Non-Hispanic white	18.8	24.0
Otherb	14.9	13.0
TC has experimented with cigarettes	9.9	6.0
TC is susceptible to trying cigarettes	24.0	30.3
TC’s friend(s) use nicotine products	14.9	17.0
TC strongly believes tobacco smoke is harmful	78.0	81.0
TC says parents always know what TC is doing	54.0	54.0
Mean exposure to antismoking messages, 0-8 scale	2.9	2.8
Mean No. of friends who dislike smokers, 0-2 scale	1.2	1.0
Mean neighborhood smoking density, 0-2 scale	1.1	1.1
TP education, y
< 12	28.7	22.0
12	24.8	34.0
> 12	46.5	44.0
TP is a single parent	56.4	46.0
TP is the biologic mother of TC	85.1	80.0
TP is employed	46.5	41.0

N = 201 subjects enrolled longitudinal sample. Data presented as % unless otherwise noted. TC = target child; TP = target parent.

^aPearson χ² tests for categorical variables and t tests or Mann-Whitney U tests for quantitative variables showed no statistically significant group differences (all P > 0.10).

^bIncludes Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander, mixed, unspecified.