Table 4.
Participant demographics.
| Variable | Total (N = 1000) N (%) |
Self-Paced (N = 495) N (49.50%) |
Counselor (N = 505) N (50.50%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 39.2±13.9 | 39.1±14.2 | 39.3±13.7 | 0.80a |
| Gender | 0.41b | |||
| Male | 423 (42.3) | 203 (41.0) | 220 (43.6) | |
| Female | 577 (57.7) | 292 (59.0) | 285 (56.4) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.83b | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 95 (9.5) | 46 (9.3) | 49 (9.7) | |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 905 (90.5) | 449 (90.7) | 456 (90.3) | |
| Race | 0.78b | |||
| African American/Black | 135 (13.5) | 64 (13.0) | 71 (14.1) | |
| American Indian/Alaskan native | 29 (2.9) | 15 (3.0) | 14 (2.8) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 33 (3.3) | 13 (2.6) | 20 (4.0) | |
| White | 749 (75.0) | 375 (75.9) | 374 (74.1) | |
| Other | 53 (5.3) | 27 (5.5) | 26 (5.2) | |
| Education | 0.92c | |||
| Did not finish elementary school | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Finished elementary school (6th grade) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Jr. high School (8th grade) | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Some high school | 25 (2.5) | 12 (2.4) | 13 (2.6) | |
| High school grad or G.E.D. | 268 (26.8) | 127(25.7) | 141 (27.9) | |
| Vocational/training school after HS | 13 (1.3) | 8 (1.6) | 5 (1.0) | |
| Some college or associate degree | 517 (51.7) | 256 (51.7) | 261 (51.7) | |
| College graduate/baccalaureate degree | 136 (13.6) | 71 (14.3) | 65 (12.9) | |
| Masters degree | 35 (3.5) | 17 (3.4) | 18 (3.6) | |
| Doctoral degree | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Military branch | 0.85c | |||
| Army | 172 (17.3) | 82 (16.7) | 90 (17.9) | |
| army national guard | 12 (1.2) | 5 (1.0) | 7 (1.4) | |
| Air Force | 693 (70.0) | 346 (70.3) | 347 (69.0) | |
| Air national guard | 31 (3.1) | 18 (3.7) | 13 (2.6) | |
| Navy | 66 (6.6) | 32 (6.5) | 34(6.8) | |
| Marine Corp | 14 (1.4) | 5 (1.0) | 9 (1.8) | |
| Coast Guard | 7 (0.7) | 4 (0.8) | 3 (0.6) | |
| Military status | 0.65b | |||
| Active duty | 450 (45.0) | 232 (46.9) | 218 (33.2) | |
| Reservist | 67 (6.7) | 34 (6.9) | 33 (6.5) | |
| Retiree | 177 (17.7) | 84 (17.0) | 93 (18.4) | |
| Dependent family member | 306 (30.6) | 145 (29.3) | 161 (31.9) | |
| Years served | 5.3±7.6 | 5.4±7.7 | 5.8±7.7 | 0.18d |
| Marital status | 0.75c | |||
| Never married | 155 (15.5) | 76 (15.4) | 79 (15.7) | |
| Divorced/separated | 151 (15.1) | 77 (15.6) | 74 (14.7) | |
| Widowed | 26 (2.6) | 16 (3.2) | 10 (2.0) | |
| Presently married | 658 (65.9) | 321 (64.9) | 337 (66.9) | |
| Living in marriage like relationship | 9 (0.9) | 5 (1.0) | 4 (0.8) | |
| Income | 0.37b | |||
| Less than $40,000 | 609 (61.0) | 308 (62.4) | 301 (59.6) | |
| $40,000 or more | 390 (39.0) | 186 (37.7) | 204 (40.4) | |
| Years smoked | 18.7±13.2 | 18.7± 13.1 | 18.6±13.2 | 0.85d |
| Number of cigarettes | 17.8±8.7 | 17.6±8.2 | 18.0±9.1 | 0.66d |
| Number of quit attempts | 1.6±2.3 | 1.4±2.6 | 1.5±2.1 | 0.26d |
| Fagerstrom score | 4.2±2.2 | 4.2±2.2 | 4.2±2.2 | 0.97d |
a
t-test.
b
Chi-square test.
c
Fisher’s exact test.
d
Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.