Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants
| MTS (n=41) | FFS (n=46) | Total (n=87) | For χ2 | df | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Male | 27(65.9) | 27(58.7) | 54(62.1) | 0.472 | 1 | .492 |
| Female | 14(34.1) | 19(41.3) | 33(37.9) | |||
| Age | 46.5±8.7 | 45.3+11.4 | 45.9±10.2 | 0.339 | 1 | .562 |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 24(58.5) | 19(41.3) | 43(49.4) | 4.557 | 3 | .207 |
| Black | 15(36.6) | 19(41.3) | 34(39.1) | |||
| Hispanic | 2(4.9) | 7(15.2) | 9(10.3) | |||
| Other | 0 | 1(2.2) | 1(1.1) | |||
| Education level | ||||||
| College grad or more | 12(29.3) | 13(28.3) | 25(28.7) | 1.715 | 3 | .634 |
| Partial college | 10(24.4) | 15(32.6) | 25(28.7) | |||
| High School | 17(41.5) | 14(30.4) | 31(35.6) | |||
| Less than high school | 2(4.9) | 4(8.7) | 6(6.9) | |||
| Marital Status | ||||||
| Never married | 20(48.8) | 25(54.3) | 45(51.7) | 0.376 | 3 | .945 |
| Married/Cohabitating | 8(19.5) | 7(15.2) | 15(17.2) | |||
| Separated/Divorced | 12(29.3) | 13(28.3) | 25(28.7) | |||
| Widowed | 1(2.4) | 1(2.2) | 2(2.3) | |||
| Employment Status | ||||||
| Full time | 15(36.6) | 13(28.3) | 28(32.2) | 0.899 | 2 | .638 |
| Part time | 5(12.2) | 8(17.4) | 13(14.9) | |||
| Unemployed | 21(51.2) | 25(54.3) | 46(52.9) | |||
| mean (±SD) | mean (±SD) | mean (±SD) | ||||
| Started smoking 3×/week (age) | 16.7+4.8 | 15.6+4.0 | 16.1+4.4 | 1.402 | 1, 85 | .240 |
| Number of cigarettes/day | 21.2+10.6 | 19+8.3 | 20.0+9.5 | 1.219 | 1, 85 | .273 |
| Number of smokers in house | .41+.74 | 2.7+11.2 | 1.6+8.2 | 1.7 | 1, 85 | .196 |
| Number of prior quit attempts | 6.0+9.1 | 4.4+4.8 | 5.2+7.2 | 1.037 | 1, 85 | .311 |
| Longest abstinence in life (months) | 14.3+34.3 | 8.9+17.6 | 11.4+26.8 | 0.88 | 1, 85 | .351 |
| Longest abstinence in past year (months) | .07+.35 | .15+.47 | .11+.42 | 0.782 | 1, 85 | .379 |