Table 2.

Correlates of smoking social norms among Latinos, National Young Adult Health Survey, 2012

Acculturation Proxy	Smoking Social Norm
Acculturation Proxy	Do Not Accept	Accept	Do Not Care	P-value
Age, Mean (SE)	25.9	25.7	25.4	0.68
Gender				<0.01
Female	33.09	17.96	48.95
Male	17.68	28.49	53.89
Education				0.10
< High School	38.2	16.5	45.2
High School	20.41	20.68	58.91
Some college	20.93	27.68	51.40
College graduate or more	25.68	28.54	45.78
Annual household income, $				<0.01
<$24,999	31.06	17.26	51.68
$25,000–49,999	14.67	28.54	56.79
$50,000–74,999	13.85	27.30	58.85
$75,000 or more	29.35	39.21	31.44
Employment^*				0.25
Unemployed	28.98	14.38	56.64
Other work status	30.10	23.13	46.77
Employed	21.86	25.20	52.94
Nativity Status				<0.01
Foreign-born	35.25	28.16	36.59
US-born	20.93	20.67	58.40
Language Use				0.05
Only/ mostly Spanish	39.39	22.01	38.60
Spanish and English About the Same	29.45	17.86	52.69
Only/ mostly English	19.65	26.36	53.98
Generational Status^**				<0.01
1^st Generation	36.14	26.34	37.52
2^nd Generation	23.57	22.50	53.92
3^rd Generation	17.27	16.54	66.19

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.