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. 2014 Nov 10;17(9):1076–1084. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntu242

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Pairwise Comparisons

Self-identified and behavioral Self-identified and not behavioral Not social smokers
Overall (N = 478, 27.4%) (N = 797, 45.8%) (N = 467, 26.8%)
Male (%) 64.19 65.13a 67.46a 57.88b
Age (M, SD) 20.50, 2.05 20.31, 1.92a 20.45, 2.02ab 20.67, 2.14b
Household income
 <$20,000 26.95 23.43 27.60 29.12
 $21,000–$60,000 36.28 34.10 35.51 40.26
 $61,000–$100,000 19.27 21.76 20.45 14.78
 >$100,000 17.5 20.71a 16.44ab 15.85b
Ethnicity
 African American 2.98 3.35 2.51 3.00
 Asian, Pacific Islander 3.64 3.14 4.02 3.21
 White 71.34 70.71 70.64 74.09
 Hispanic 6.29 7.53 6.15 5.14
 Other/Multiple 15.74 15.27a 16.69a 14.56a
Age at first cigarette (M, SD) 14.47, 3.06 15.07, 2.90a 14.32, 3.15b 14.05, 2.99b
Frequency of smoking (days/week) (M, SD) 5.82, 2.16 4.47, 2.58a 6.34, 1.59b 6.39, 1.58b
Cigarettes per day (M, SD) 8.87, 7.60 4.31, 5.09a 10.22, 7.94b 11.50, 7.23c
Time to first cigarette (% cigarette <30min) 36.33 13.18a 42.16b 50.32c
Past year quit attempt (% yes) 61.73 68.49a 62.48b 53.00c
TLFB alcohol user (%) 78.08 85.98a 77.42b 72.38c
TLFB marijuana user (%) 54.67 60.46a 56.34a 45.82b
Percent days co-using cigarettes and marijuana (M, SD) 27.07, 36.76 23.93, 33.41a 29.98, 37.75b 25.79, 38.23ab
Percent days co-using cigarettes and alcohol (M, SD) 22.59, 26.94 27.21, 27.23a 21.88, 26.50b 19.28, 26.57b
CuditZ (M, SD) 0.02, 0.77 0.01, 0.71ab 0.07, 0.82a -0.06, 0.75b
30-Day heavy drinking days (M, SD) 2.86, 4.62 3.22, 4.44a 3.02, 4.90a 2.24, 4.25b
Stage of change (%)
 Pre-contemplation 47.79 45.49 46.55 52.03
 Contemplation 30.17 25.37 32.25 31.69
 Preparation 22.04 29.14a 21.20b 16.27b
Abstinence goal (% with abstinence goal) 10.44 10.46ab 8.78a 12.42b
Desire to quit (M, SD) 5.26, 3.03 5.71, 2.98a 5.14, 2.99b 4.93, 3.09b
Self-efficacy (M, SD) 5.90, 2.89 7.00, 2.67a 5.57, 2.82b 5.26. 2.89b
Difficulty (M, SD) 6.53, 2.82 5.38, 2.86a 6.69, 2.62b 6.98, 2.78b

Note. CUDIT = Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test; TLFB = timeline followback.

Difference within each social smoking category using t-tests or chi-squares. Categories that share superscripts refer to comparisons that are not statistically different. Categories that do not share subscripts refer to statistically significant difference, p < .05. For all hypotheses tests, the alpha was set to 0.05.