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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2010;15(0 3):264–278. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2010.526172

Table 1.

SUDAAN-adjusted characteristics of individuals who are aware of quitlines and those who have ever called a quitline

Aware of quitline
Called Quitline
Total sample % (N)
Yes % (N) No % (N) Yes % (N) No % (N)
Total 49.8 (3452) 50.2 (3897) 3.5 (113) 96.5 (3252) 100 (7674)
Gender
 Male 49.7 (1392) 47.6 (1472) 44.5 (40) 50.2 (1322) 48.6 (2969)
 Female 50.3 (2059) 52.4 (2424) 55.5 (73) 49.8 (1929) 51.4 (4696)
p =.25 p =.41
Age
 18–34 35.9 (614) 26.1 (454) 24.1 (16) 36.5 (585) 30.8 (1113)
 35–49 28.9 (869) 30.3 (898) 29.6 (28) 28.8 (819) 29.6 (1831)
 50–64 23.3 (1147) 23.4 (1233) 40.3 (54) 22.7 (1066) 23.1 (2451)
 65+ 12.0 (788) 20.3 (1282) 6.1 (15) 11.9 (749) 16.5 (2199)
p < .01 p < .05
Ethnicity
 White 71.8 (2607) 66.9 (2782) 74.7 (79) 71.4 (2454) 69.3 (5445)
 Black 9.5 (277) 13.4 (399) 7.7 (9) 9.7 (264) 11.5 (687)
 Latino 12.3 (258) 13.3 (354) 9.5 (9) 12.5 (244) 12.8 (622)
 Other 6.4 (198) 6.5 (222) 8.1 (11) 6.5 (184) 6.4 (424)
p < .05 p =.77
Education
 Less than high school 14.3 (314) 13.3 (352) 22.5 (17) 14.1 (292) 13.9 (683)
 High school graduate 24.0 (726) 29.0 (1048) 23.8 (30) 24.2 (683) 26.6 (1804)
 Beyond high school 61.7 (2357) 57.7 (2424) 53.7 (65) 61.7 (2224) 59.6 (4829)
p < .05 p = .41
Household income
 <$20 K 20.0 (524) 19.4 (595) 35.6 (34) 19.3 (473) 19.9 (1142)
 $20–35 K 15.8 (474) 17.5 (569) 17.8 (20) 15.8 (446) 16.7 (1056)
 $35–50 K 14.3 (422) 13.6 (441) 7.8 (10) 14.4 (400) 14.0 (873)
 $50–75 K 19.9 (598) 18.4 (597) 11.1 (14) 20.56 (573) 19.1 (1203)
 $75–100 K 11.7 (368) 12.1 (401) 13.8 (11) 11.7 (347) 11.8 (775)
 $100 K or more 18.3 (615) 19.0 (647) 14.1 (10) 18.4 (583) 18.6 (1266)
p =.66 p < .05
Health care coverage
 Yes 82.7 (2997) 82.9 (3423) 83.5 (95) 82.56 (2829) 82.7 (6666)
 No 17.3 (410) 17.2 (422) 16.5 (16) 17.4 (386) 17.3 (878)
p =.90 p =.85
Smoking status
 Current smoker 28.1 (829) 15.1 (420) 65.9 (71) 27.2 (751) 21.4 (1260)
 Former smoker 24.4 (1009) 26.2 (1202) 21.8 (28) 24.6 (963) 25.3 (2238)
 Never 47.5 (1575) 58.7 (2223) 12.3 (13) 48.2 (1508) 53.22 (3855)
p < .01 p < .01
Looked for health information from any source
 Yes 73.8 (2699) 67.5 (2759) 92.0 (100) 73.1 (2523) 69.9 (5625)
 No 26.2 (745) 32.5 (1126) 8.0 (13) 27.0 (721) 30.1 (2026)
p < .001 p < .0001
The most recent time you looked for health information where did you go first?
 Internet 64.1 (1667) 59.3 (1520) 49.4 (53) 64.9 (1573) 61.2 (3255)
 Health care professional 12.5 (348) 15.3 (465) 9.6 (11) 12.4 (321) 14.4 (853)
 Others 23.4 (660) 25.5 (753) 41.0 (36) 22.7 (606) 24.4 (1470)
p =.054 p =.08
Trust doctor
 A lot/some 94.3 (3249) 94.2 (3671) 93.8 (102) 94.3 (3065) 94.0 (7203)
 A little/not at all 5.7 (176) 5.8 (197) 6.2 (9) 5.7 (164) 6.0 (408)
p =.91 p =.86
Trust internet
 A lot/some 70.9 (2304) 71.7 (2431) 69.2 (70) 71.0 (2175) 70.5 (4853)
 A little/not at all 29.1 (844) 28.3 (1030) 30.8 (31) 29.0 (793) 29.5 (2004)
p =.63 p =.80
Trust government
 A lot/some 77.1 (2580) 72.7 (2710) 70.0 (78) 77.4 (2443) 74.5 (5477)
 A little/not at all 22.94 (770) 27.30 (1025) 30.01 (32) 22.57 (717) 25.5 (1900)
p < .05 p =.30
Regular or usual health care provider
 Yes 69.6 (2697) 68.8 (3034) 83.0 (96) 69.4 (2539) 68.9 (5944)
 No 30.4 (730) 31.2 (827) 17.0 (17) 30.6 (689) 31.1 (1641)
p =.56 p < .05
Patient-centered communication
 Never 3.9 (79) 2.7 (85) 5.0 (4) 3.9 (72) 3.4 (172)
 Sometimes 13.0 (325) 12.8 (346) 20.0 (18) 12.6 (297) 13.1 (698)
 Usually 29.9 (841) 29.5 (977) 36.3 (31) 29.8 (791) 29.5 (1863)
 Always 53.2 (1675) 54.9 (1876) 38.7 (45) 53.7 (1588) 54.0 (3667)
p = 0.53 p = 0.15
Cancer history
 Personal 6.2 (405) 8.5 (580) 7.9 (13) 6.2 (384) 7.43 (1001)
 Family 66.3 (2154) 63.1 (2321) 80.9 (77) 65.5 (2018) 64.6 (4524)
 None 27.5 (785) 28.4 (879) 11.2 (16) 28.3 (752) 27.9 (1685)
p < .001 p < .01
Psychological distress
 No 91.7 (3116) 92.6 (3521) 77.0 (88) 92.5 (2956) 92.1 (6702)
 Yes 8.3 (210) 7.4 (201) 23.0 (22) 7.5 (182) 7.9 (418)
p = 0.45 p < 0.05
Aware of 1-800-quit-now
 No 43.4 (1378) 84.3 (3235) 35.0 (33) 43.9 (1317) 63.9 (4640)
 Yes 56.5 (1959) 15.7 (590) 65.0 (78) 56.1 (1831) 36.1 (2566)
p < 0.01 p = 0.17