TABLE 1—
Demographic and Smoking Characteristics of the Sample Participants: Dallas, TX, August 2011–November 2012
| Characteristic | Homeless Smokers (n = 57), Mean (SD) or % | Domiciled Smokers (n = 110), Mean (SD) or % | P |
| Demographic | |||
| Age, y | 50.0 (7.7) | 52.6 (7.2) | .03 |
| Gender, male | 66.7 | 43.6 | .005 |
| Race, Black | 55.4 | 65.5 | .205 |
| Married or partnered | 35.1 | 55.5 | .013 |
| Education, y | 12.4 (2.0) | 12.1 (1.9) | .258 |
| Reading level14 | 61.9 (4.9) | 60.8 (5.8) | .229 |
| Employed at least part time | 5.3 | 17.3 | .03 |
| Family income < $12 000/y | 96.3 | 58.3 | < .001 |
| Not insured, % yes | 87.7 | 55.5 | < .001 |
| Community social status ladder15 | 4.3 (2.5) | 5.6 (2.2) | .001 |
| US social status ladder15 | 3.3 (2.3) | 4.3 (2.0) | .005 |
| Smoking | |||
| Cigarettes/d | 18.3 (10.5) | 17.0 (8.5) | .375 |
| Years smoking | 29.3 (10.7) | 31.6 (9.5) | .161 |
| Lifetime quit attempts lasting at least 24 h | 4.2 (3.3) | 4.1 (3.3) | .772 |
| No. of smokers exposed to each d | 42.9 (29.1) | 3.5 (4.1) | < .001 |
| Heaviness of Smoking Index16 | 2.9 (1.5) | 3.1 (1.2) | .401 |