Table 1.
Parent/smoker identity conflict by baseline characteristics of parents, children and childcare visits
| Characteristic |
“My being a smoker gets in the way of my being a parent.” N (%*) |
Chi square |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Agree |
Disagree |
All |
P Value |
|
| (N = 563) | (N = 1372) | (N = 1935) | ||
|
Age |
|
|
|
0.006 |
| <25 |
125 (22) |
389 (28) |
514 (27) |
|
| > = 25 |
438 (78) |
982 (72) |
1420 (73) |
|
|
Sex |
|
|
|
0.36 |
| Male |
115 (20) |
300 (22) |
415 (21) |
|
| Female |
447 (79) |
1071 (78) |
1518 (78) |
|
|
Racial category |
|
|
|
0.003 |
| Hispanic (any race) |
65 (12) |
149 (11) |
214 (11) |
|
| Mixed race |
8 (1) |
45 (3) |
53 (3) |
|
| Non-Hispanic Black |
64 (11) |
233 (17) |
297 (15) |
|
| Non-Hispanic Asian |
5 (1) |
4 (0) |
9 (0) |
|
| Native American, Pacific Islander |
17 (3) |
27 (2) |
44 (2) |
|
| Non-Hispanic White |
399 (71) |
904 (66) |
1303 (67) |
|
| Unknown |
5 (1) |
10 (1) |
15 (1) |
|
|
Education |
|
|
|
0.39 |
| <High school |
73 (13) |
222 (16) |
295 (15) |
|
| High school graduate/GED |
266 (47) |
626 (46) |
892 (46) |
|
| Some college/trade school |
167 (30) |
377 (27) |
544 (28) |
|
| College graduate |
55 (10) |
142 (10) |
197 (10) |
|
|
Daily smoker |
|
|
|
0.043 |
| Yes |
492 (87) |
1150 (84) |
1642 (85) |
|
| No |
71 (13) |
221 (16) |
292 (15) |
|
| # Cigarettes/Day |
|
|
|
0.015 |
| <10 cigarettes/day |
214 (38) |
613 (45) |
827 (43) |
|
| > = 10 cigarettes/day |
345 (61) |
748 (55) |
1093 (56) |
|
|
Recent 24-hour quit |
|
|
|
0.006 |
| Yes |
287 (51) |
608 (44) |
895 (46) |
|
| No |
273 (48) |
756 (55) |
1029 (53) |
|
|
Home smoking rules |
|
|
|
0.058 |
| No smoking anywhere |
309 (55) |
824 (60) |
1133 (59) |
|
| Smoking allowed some places/times |
198 (35) |
390 (28) |
588 (30) |
|
| Smoking allowed anywhere |
50 (9) |
137 (10) |
187 (10) |
|
|
Stage of change for quitting |
|
|
|
<0.0001 |
| Seriously planning to quit in 30 days |
326 (58) |
508 (37) |
834 (43) |
|
| Considering quitting in 6 months |
148 (26) |
382 (28) |
530 (27) |
|
| Not considering quitting in 6 months |
74 (13) |
433 (32) |
507 (26) |
|
|
Child’s age |
|
|
|
0.033 |
| <1 year |
133 (24) |
380 (28) |
513 (27) |
|
| 1-5 years |
226 (40) |
575 (42) |
801 (41) |
|
| 6-10 years |
126 (22) |
216 (16) |
342 (18) |
|
| >10 years |
76 (13) |
184 (13) |
260 (13) |
|
|
Child’s insurance coverage |
|
|
|
0.63 |
| Medicaid |
368 (65) |
925 (67) |
1293 (67) |
|
| Private insurance/HMO |
131 (23) |
332 (24) |
463 (24) |
|
| Self-pay |
17 (3) |
33 (2) |
50 (3) |
|
| Other |
42 (7) |
73 (5) |
115 (6) |
|
|
Visit type |
|
|
|
0.0006 |
| Routine visit |
200 (36) |
628 (46) |
828 (43) |
|
| Sick visit |
253 (45) |
532 (39) |
785 (41) |
|
| Follow-up |
109 (19) |
211 (15) |
320 (17) |
|
|
Received assistance for quitting at the visit |
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
170 (30) |
282 (21) |
452 (23) |
|
| No | 393 (70) | 1090 (79) | 1483 (77) | 0.001 |
* Not all categories add up to 100% due to missing responses.