Table 2.
Distribution of demographic characteristics and smoking-related covariates by new experimenter status (N=1,118).
| Experimenter Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Experimenter |
Never Experimenter |
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| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | p-value | |
| Overall | 1,118 (100.0) | 211 (18.9) | 907 (81.1) | |
| Demographic Characteristics | ||||
| Gender | ||||
| Females | 584 (52.2) | 79 (37.4) | 505 (55.7) | |
| Males | 534 (47.8) | 132 (62.6) | 402 (44.3) | < 0.001 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 11 or 12 | 835 (74.7) | 121 (57.3) | 714 (78.7) | |
| 13 | 283 (25.3) | 90 (42.7) | 193 (21.3) | < 0.001 |
| Mean (SD) | 11.89 (0.84) | 12.18 (0.87) | 11.75 (0.80) | < 0.001 |
| Country of birth | ||||
| Mexico | 297 (26.6) | 48 (22.7) | 249 (27.5) | |
| US | 821 (73.4) | 163 (77.3) | 658 (72.5) | 0.16 |
| Linguistic acculturation | ||||
| Low | 256 (22.9) | 41 (19.4) | 215 (23.8) | |
| High | 861 (77.1) | 170 (80.6) | 691 (76.2) | 0.18 |
| Parental education (N=1,051) | ||||
| < HS | 619 (65.6) | 64 (32.3) | 301 (35.3) | |
| ≥ HS grad | 324 (34.4) | 134 (67.7) | 552 (64.7) | 0.43 |
| Smoking-related Covariates | ||||
| No. of household members who smoke | ||||
| None | 681 (60.9) | 94 (44.6) | 587 (64.7) | |
| One | 341 (30.5) | 84 (39.8) | 257 (28.4) | |
| ≥ Two | 96 (8.6) | 33 (15.6) | 63 (6.9) | < 0.001 |
| Mean (SD) | 0.55 (0.76) | 0.75 (0.84) | 0.43 (0.66) | < 0.001 |
| Risk taking | ||||
| Averse | 512 (45.8) | 63 (29 9) | 449 (49.5) | |
| Some | 606 (54.2) | 148 (70.1) | 458 (50.5) | < 0.001 |
| Mean (SD) | 1.68 (0.81) | 1.95 (0.90) | 1.58 (0.76) | < 0.001 |
| Outcome expectations | ||||
| None | 684 (61.2) | 91 (43.1) | 593 (65.4) | |
| Some | 434 (38.8) | 120 (56.9) | 314 (34.6) | < 0.001 |
| Mean (SD) | 1.26 (0.40) | 1.35 (0.42) | 1.19 (0.35) | < 0.001 |
| Susceptible at baseline | ||||
| No | 872 (78.0) | 119 (56.4) | 753 (83.0) | |
| Yes | 246 (22.0) | 92 (43.6) | 154 (17.0) | < 0.001 |