Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of daily smokers by cigarette type, aged 18–35.

Variables	Total (n = 186) Mean (SD) or %	Menthol (n = 127) Mean (SD) or %	Non-Menthol (n = 59) Mean (SD) or %	p-Value
Gender
Female	47.8	54.3	33.9	.01^*
Male	50.5	44.1	64.4
Transgender	.54	.79	0
Age
18–24	40.3	40.9	39.0	.84
25–35	58.6	58.3	59.3
Race/ethnicity
Native Hawaiian	44.1	55.9	18.6	.0000^***
Filipino	15.6	16.5	13.6
White	40.3	27.6	67.8
Hispanic origin (yes) Sexual orientation^a	24.2	26.0	20.3	.43
Heterosexual	80.1	79.5	81.4	.60
Homosexual/bi/other	19.4	20.5	16.9
U.S. Country of Origin	92.5	92.9	91.5	.89
BMI	27.8 (8.0)	29.4 (8.6)	24.5 (5.1)	.0001^***
Education
No diploma	10.8	15.0	1.7	.001^***
High school graduate	62.9	64.6	59.3
College	25.4	20.5	37.3
Marital status^b
Single	53.8	47.2	67.8	.002^**
Married	15.1	14.2	16.9
Other	30.6	38.6	13.6
Employment status
Fulltime (35+h/week)	34.4	32.3	39.0	.09
Part-time (15–34 h/week)	21.0	21.3	20.3
Part-time (<15 h/week)	9.1	6.3	15.3
Do not work for pay	33.9	38.6	23.7
Financially dependent on parents/guardians
Yes completely or almost completely	11.8	11.8	11.9	.97
Partially dependent	24.7	24.4	25.4
Not dependent	62.9	63.8	61.0
Overall personal financial situation
Live comfortably	16.7	18.1	13.6	.69
Meet needs with a little left	30.6	32.3	27.1
Just meet basic expense	40.3	37.8	45.8
Don’t meet basic needs	11.8	11.8	11.9
Household Income
<$20,000	39.8	42.5	33.9	.52
$20,000–$49,999	30.1	28.3	33.9
$50,000+	26.9	26.0	28.8

p <0.05.

^**

p <0.01.

^***

p <0.001.

Categories were collapsed due to sample size.

Categories were collapsed due to sample size Other category includes separated or widowed.