Table 1.

Sample Characteristics and Weighted Distributions of Latino participants by Smoking Status: National Young Adult Health Survey, 2011 and 2013.

	Unweighted No.	Total Mean (se) or %	Smokers Mean (se) or %	Non-Smokers Mean (se) or %
Age, Mean (se)	873	25.4 (0.23)	26.12 (0.48)	25.20 (0.27)
Gender
Female	414	50.7	34.18	56.54
Male	459	49.3	65.82	43.46
Education
< High School	115	26.0	33.65	23.43
High School	298	26.6	28.73	25.82
Some college	267	33.4	31.61	33.99
College graduate or more	172	14.0	6.0	1.91
Annual household income, $
<$24,999	377	50.6	72.06	56.90
$25,000–49,999	183	16.9	14.88	22.22
$50,000–74,999	76	7.8	9.44	9.37
$75,000 or more	83	7.7	3.61	11.52
Missing	154	17.0
Employment^*
Unemployed	106	11.93	8.89	12.94
Other work status	274	30.92	20.46	34.72
Employed	486	57.16	70.66	52.34
Nativity
Foreign-born	255	32.6	16.41	38.22
US-born	599	67.4	83.59	61.78
Language Use
Only Spanish	115	16.4	2.9	20.88
English and Spanish about the same	273	32.0	30.32	32.66
Only English	465	51.6	66.78	46.46
Generational status^**
1^st generation (Foreign born of foreign-born parents)	253	32.8	14.79	38.63
2^nd generation (US-born with foreign-born parents)	342	37.6	38.37	37.27
3^rd generation (US-born with US-born parents)	244	29.7	46.84	24.10
Smoking social norms
Do not accept	160	25.6	12.48	29.97
Accept	181	23.1	30.92	20.46
Do not care either way	409	51.3	56.49	49.58
Current Smoking Status
Current Smoker	179	25.6	25.6	0
Former Smoker	63	6.7	0	9.03
Never Smoker	625	67.7	0	90.97
Frequency of Smoking
Daily	105	14.2	55.42	0.05
Some Days	102	13.8	44.58	3.09
Not at all	665	72.0	0	96.86

Includes homemakers, students, retired individuals and those unable to work.

^**

First generation includes individuals who were born outside of the US, 2^nd generation includes those born in the US with at least one foreign-born parent, and 3^rd generation includes those born in the US with US-born parents.