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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2014 Apr 18;47(1):26–36. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.02.006

Table 4.

Bivariate and adjusted linear regression predictors of corrective statement relevance, anger, and motivation to quit

Relevance Anger at the industry Motivation to quit

β SE β adj SE β SE β adj SE β SE β adj SE
Gender
Male ref ref ref ref ref ref
Female 0.53 *** 0.12 0.56 *** 0.13 0.09 0.15 0.10 0.14 0.32 * 0.14 0.35 ** 0.12

Age, years
18–24 ref ref ref ref ref ref
25–34 0.04 0.20 0.16 0.19 −0.06 0.24 0.03 0.23 −0.16 0.22 −0.11 0.20
35–44 0.41 * 0.21 −0.01 0.19 −0.34 0.24 −0.02 0.23 0.71 * 0.23 −0.22 0.20
45–54 0.43 * 0.21 0.05 0.20 0.65 *** 0.25 −0.18 0.24 0.77 * 0.23 −0.14 0.21
55–64 0.71 *** 0.22 −0.04 0.20 0.69 *** 0.25 −0.10 0.24 1.05 * 0.24 −0.27 0.21

Education
Less than high school ref ref ref ref ref ref
College or some university −0.03 0.15 −0.03 0.13 −0.16 0.17 −0.14 0.16 −0.02 0.16 −0.03 0.14
University or higher 0.01 0.18 −0.26 0.17 0.24 0.21 −0.05 0.21 0.27 0.20 −0.09 0.18

Annual household income
Low, $0–$29,999 ref ref ref ref ref ref
Middle, $30,000–$59,999 0.11 0.14 0.24 0.15 0.11 0.18 0.21 0.17 0.03 0.17 0.19 0.15
High, ≥$60,000 −0.05 0.16 0.19 0.15 0.08 0.21 0.17 0.21 −0.07 0.18 0.13 0.16

Minors living at home
No minors at home ref ref ref ref ref ref
Living with minors under 18 0.72 *** 0.13 0.20 0.13 0.70 *** 0.15 0.29 * 0.15 0.85 *** 0.14 0.35 ** 0.13

Ethnicity/race
Non-Hispanic whites ref ref ref ref ref ref
African Americans 1.52 *** 0.27 0.99 *** 0.25 1.09 *** 0.32 0.53 0.30 1.63 *** 0.29 0.94 *** 0.26
Latinos 1.22 *** 0.13 0.77 *** 0.15 1.07 *** 0.16 0.60 *** 0.18 1.41 *** 0.15 0.62 *** 0.16
Other ethnicity 0.88 * 0.34 0.61 0.32 1.09 ** 0.41 0.76 * 0.39 0.96 * 0.38 0.48 0.34

Language of the survey
English ref ref ref ref ref ref
Spanish 0.84 *** 0.19 0.06 0.20 0.66 0.22 −0.07 0.24 1.20 *** 0.21 0.35 0.21

Smoking intensity
Heaviness Smoking Index 0.17 *** 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.16 *** 0.05 0.01 0.05 0.27 ** 0.04 −0.05 0.04

No plan to quit ref ref ref ref ref ref
Plan to quit within 6 months 1.18 *** 0.13 0.82 *** 0.14 1.27 *** 0.15 0.78 *** 0.17 1.86 *** 0.14 1.28 *** 0.15

No quit attempt ref ref ref ref ref ref
Quit attempt in last 4 months 0.98 *** 0.13 0.22 0.14 1.15 *** 0.15 0.44 ** 0.17 1.59 *** 0.14 0.51 *** 0.15

Corrective statements
Cigarette Addictiveness ref ref ref ref ref ref
Cigarette design to increase addictiveness 0.04 0.20 −0.18 0.18 0.42 0.24 0.19 0.22 0.3 0.22 0.1 0.19
Relative safety of lights 0.51 * 0.20 0.42 * 0.18 −0.37 0.24 −0.30 0.22 −0.29 0.22 −0.22 0.19
Health effects for smokers 0.58 ** 0.20 0.22 0.18 0.12 0.24 −0.22 0.22 0.82 *** 0.22 0.47 *** 0.19
Health effects for nonsmokers 0.23 0.20 0.09 0.18 −0.06 0.24 −0.21 0.22 0.37 0.22 0.21 0.19

Novelty
No ref ref ref ref ref ref
Yes 1.88 *** 0.12 1.55 *** 0.12 1.82 *** 0.14 1.52 *** 0.15 2.02 *** 0.13 1.53 *** 0.13

_cons 3.80 0.30 4.00 0.37 3.4 0.32
*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001.