Table 2.
Characteristics of respondents (392 current smokers).
| Characteristic | All (%); n=392 |
African American (%); n = 189 |
White (%); n = 203 |
p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 43.3 | 37.3 | 44.0 | 0.6516 |
| Male | 56.7 | 62.7 | 56.0 | |
| Age | ||||
| More than 45 years | 36.2 | 29.1 | 37.1 | 0.5070 |
| Between 18 and 45 years | 63.8 | 70.8 | 62.9 | |
| Education | ||||
| Some college or more | 56.8 | 55.9 | 56.9 | 0.9467 |
| High school or less | 43.2 | 44.1 | 43.1 | |
| Household income | ||||
| Over 20,000 | 74.7 | 43.2 | 78.6 | 0.0125** |
| 20,000 or less | 25.3 | 56.8 | 21.4 | |
| Self-reported religiosity | ||||
| Very religious | 21.2 | 30.0 | 20.1 | 0.3957 |
| Moderately/slightly/not religious |
78.2 | 70.0 | 79.9 | |
| Self-reported health status | ||||
| Excellent/very good | 55.3 | 63.9 | 54.2 | 0.4535 |
| Good/fair/poor | 44.7 | 36.1 | 45.8 | |
| Have insurance coverage | ||||
| Yes | 72.8 | 49.4 | 75.6 | 0.0933 |
| No | 27.2 | 50.6 | 24.4 | |
*
Reported p-values reflect the results of the Rao–Scott χ2 test.
**
Significant at 5% confidence level.
Note: percentages do not total 100 due to weighted analyses. The average numbers reported in 'All' columns are not simply weighted average of whites and African Americans; each observation in our sample had a distinct probability weight, which has been incorporated throughout our analysis using SAS® (SAS Institute Inc. NC, USA) procedures.