Table 1. Descriptive Statistics for Participants by Race.
| Caucasian | African American | Statistic | |
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| Gender [n(%)] | χ2(1, N =4,787) = 10.75*** | ||
| Male | 403 (49.3%) | 1,710 (43.1%) | |
| Female | 414 (50.7%) | 2,260 (56.9%) | |
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| Neighborhood Education [n(%)] | χ2(4, N =4,763) = 535.62*** | ||
| 9-12th grade, no degree | 0 (0%) | 73 (1.8%) | |
| High school degree or GED | 279 (34.4%) | 2,810 (71.1%) | |
| Some college/post high school | 506 (62.4%) | 1,069 (27.0%) | |
| Bachelor's degree | 24 (3.0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Grad/professional school | 2 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | |
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| Neighborhood Income [M(SD)] | $41,065 ($13,582) | $26,043 ($8,605) | F(1,4761) = 1,635.44*** |
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| Smoking history [n(%)] | χ2 (6, N =4,589) = 603.29*** | ||
| Never smoked | 243 (30.1%) | 2,237 (59.2%) | |
| Tried smoking (just a puff) | 180 (22.3%) | 1,026 (27.1%) | |
| Quit smoking | 99 (12.3%) | 181 (4.8%) | |
| Smoke < monthly | 32 (4.0%) | 88 (2.3%) | |
| Smoke < weekly | 18 (2.2%) | 47 (1.2%) | |
| Smoke weekly | 41 (5.1%) | 66 (1.7%) | |
| Smoke daily | 195(24.1%) | 136 (3.6%) | |
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| History of quit attempt [n(%)] | χ2 (1, N = 2,109) = 1.82 | ||
| No | 75 (13.3%) | 172 (11.1%) | |
| Yes | 490 (86.7%) | 1,372 (88.9%) | |
Note. Where percentages do not total to 100%, it is due to missing data.
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p < .001