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. 2014 Nov;134(5):933–941. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-0639

TABLE 3.

Predictors of Parental Confirmed Quits in the Total Randomized Population

Characteristic Total, N Quit, n (%) P
Arm .88
 Control 981 40 (4.1)
 Intervention 999 43 (4.3)
Age of the parent .28
 <30 years/unknown 1059 49 (4.6)
 ≥30 years 921 34 (3.7)
Gender .009
 Male 429 10 (2.3)
 Female 1551 73 (4.7)
Race .019
 White 1331 67 (5.0)
 Other 649 16 (2.5)
Education .22
 Less than high school 1222 45 (3.7)
 High school graduate or higher 758 38 (5.0)
Child’s age .16
 <1 years 523 16 (3.1)
 ≥1 year/unknown 1457 67 (4.6)
Medicaid .21
 Yes 1330 50 (3.8)
 No 650 33 (5.1)
Private insurance/HMO .13
 Yes 511 29 (5.7)
 No 1469 54 (3.7)
Frequency of smoking at baseline .008
 Everyday 1680 59 (3.5)
 Some days 300 24 (8.0)
Number of cigarettes/day at baseline <.0001
 <10 cigarettes/day 862 61 (7.1)
 ≥10 cigarettes/day 1118 22 (2.0)
Other smokers in home .92
 Yes 1176 49 (4.2)
 No 804 34 (4.2)
Stage of quitting at baseline .048
 Plan to quit in 30 days 841 46 (5.5)
 Plan to quit in 6 months 564 22 (3.9)
 No plan to quit within 6 months 574 15 (2.6)
Strictly enforced home smoking policy at baseline .40
 Yes 1041 47 (4.5)
 No 939 36 (3.9)
Strictly enforced car smoking policy at baseline .51
 Yes 393 19 (4.8)
 No 1587 64 (4.0)
Any assistancea .024
 Yes 950 51 (5.4%)
 No 1030 32 (3.1%)

N = 1980. HMO, health maintenance organization.

a

At either the baseline visit or within 12 months after the baseline visit.