Table 1.
Bivariate Analysis between “currently trying to quit”(Current quit attempt) and socio-demographic characteristics, current smoking behavior, confidence in quitting, and psychological distress
| Predictors | Currently trying to quit Tobacco (n=95) |
Not currently trying to quit Tobacco (n=75) |
p-value** |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Hardship | |||
| Yes (not enough $ food) | 46(48%) | 29(39%) | .20 |
| No (enough $ food) | 49(52%) | 46(61%) | |
| Financial Hardship | |||
| Yes (not enough to make ends meet) |
37(39%) | 33 (44%) | .80 |
| No (some $ left over/just enough to make ends meet) |
58(61%) | 42 (56%) | |
| Material Hardship | |||
| 1.food hardship and financial hardship |
26 (27.37%) | 21 (28.00%) | 0. 46 |
| 2.food hardship and no financial hardship |
20 (21.05%) | 8 (10.67%) | |
| 3.no food hardship and financial hardship |
11 (11.58%) | 12 (16.00%) | |
| 4.no food or financial hardship |
38 (40.00%) | 34 (45.33%) | |
| Income (weekly) | |||
| 0-100 | 10(10.8%) | 10(13.5%) | 0.23 |
| 101–250 | 37(39.8%) | 26(35.1%) | |
| 251–500 | 30(32.3%) | 25(33.8%) | |
| 501–750 | 9(9.7%) | 2(2.7%) | |
| 751+ | 7(7.5%) | 11(14.9%) | |
| Education | |||
| grade | 10(11.5%) | 9(13.6%) | 0.65 |
| some HS | 22(25.3%) | 13(19.7%) | |
| HS grad | 21(24.1%) | 21(31.8%) | |
| >HS | 34(39.1%) | 23(34.8%) | |
| Age | |||
| 18–29 | 19(20%) | 21(28%) | 0.31 |
| 30–39 | 17(17.9%) | 12(16%) | |
| 40–49 | 18(18.9%) | 18(24%) | |
| 50–59 | 29(30.5%) | 13(17.3%) | |
| 60–70+ | 12(12.6%) | 11(14.7%) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 18(18.9%) | 24(32%) | 0.05 |
| Female | 77(81.1%) | 51(68%) | |
| Race | |||
| Hispanic | 35(37.2%) | 27(36.5%) | 0.63 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 29(30.9%) | 19(25.7%) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 19(20.2%) | 21(28.4%) | |
| Other | 11(11.7%) | 7(9.5%) | |
| Married | |||
| No | 74(77.9%) | 56(74.7%) | 0.62 |
| Yes | 21(22.1%) | 19(25.3%) | |
| Poverty Index | |||
| No | 31(33.3%) | 24(32.4%) | 0.90 |
| Yes | 62(66.7%) | 50(67.6%) | |
| Confidence in trying to quit | |||
| Little/not at all | 22(23.2%) | 34(47.2%) | 0.001 |
| Very/somewhat | 73(76.8%) | 38(52.8%) | |
| Number of cigs smoked day | |||
| 1–9 | 45(48.9%) | 28(39.4%) | 0.45 |
| 10–19 | 26(28.3%) | 22(31%) | |
| 20+ | 21(22.8%) | 21(29.6%) | |
| Continuous | 11 ± 8 cigarettes (n=92) |
13 ± 9 cigarettes (n=71) |
0.14 |
| Psychological distress | 8.9 (2.9) (n=95) |
9.2 (3.0) (n=74) |
0.48 |
*
Frequencies (%) presented for categorical predictors and means (std) presented for continuous predictors.
**
Chi-Square p-value for categorical predictors and T-test p-value for continuous predictors.