Table 1.

Demographic and Smoking-Related Characteristics for Study Sample by Group

Parent or Child Variable	All (N=135)		Intervention (n=69)		Control (n=66)
	N	%	n	%	n	%
Child Gender
Male	71	52.6	44	63.8	27	40.9
Female	64	47.4	25	36.2	39	59.1
Child Racea
White	102	75.6	52	75.4	50	75.8
Non-white	33	24.4	17	24.6	16	24.2
Child Diagnosis
CNS	10	7.4	4	5.8	6	9.1
Leukemia/Lymphoma	88	65.2	43	62.3	45	68.2
Solid tumor	37	27.4	22	31.9	15	22.7
Parent Gender
Male	23	17.0	10	14.5	13	19.7
Female	112	83.0	59	85.5	53	80.3
Target Parent Racea
White	108	80.0	55	79.7	53	80.3
Non-white	27	20.0	14	20.3	13	19.7
Parent SESb
Low	67	49.6	34	49.3	33	50.0
Middle	33	24.4	21	30.4	12	18.2
High	35	26.0	14	20.3	21	31.8
Parent Marital Status
Married	78	57.8	36	52.2	42	63.6
Not married	57	42.2	33	47.8	24	36.4
Target Parent Smoking Status
Smoker	95	70.4	49	71.0	46	69.7
Non-smoker	40	29.6	20	29.0	20	30.3
Smokers in Homec
0 or 1	70	51.9	38	55.1	32	48.5
≥ 2	65	48.1	31	44.9	34	51.5
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Child Age (yrs)	8.6	5.2	8.9	5.2	8.4	5.1
Parent Age (yrs)	34.7	8.8	34.5	8.4	35.0	9.2
Time Since Diagnosis (years)	.58	.83	.58	.83	.59	.83

Abbreviations: CNS, central nervous system; SES, socioeconomic status

^a100 white and not of Hispanic origin and 2 whites of Hispanic origin. Remaining patients were 27 black except for 1 Asian and 3 of more than one race.

^bSES measured using Hollingshead index.⁴²

^cOnly 1 family had 4 smokers. 5 children lived in nonsmoking primary residences but were in homes where there was regular smoke exposure.