Table 2.

Autonomy Support Measures in the Baseline Sample by Demographic Characteristics (N=312)

	Important Other Climate Questionnaire-Smokers Subscale Scores
	Family Support	p value*	Friends Support	p value*
Total (N=312)	4.2 (1.7)	--	4.1 (1.6)	--
Gender		0.54		0.003
Male (N=177)	4.2 (1.8)		3.9 (1.6)
Female (N=135)	4.3 (1.7)		4.5 (1.6)
Race		0.086		0.27
White/Other (N=99)	4.3 (1.7)		4.3 (1.5)
Black (N=213)	4.2 (1.7)		4.1 (1.7)
Age (median split)		0.96		0.14
<48	4.2 (1.7)		4.3 (1.5)
≥48	4.2 (1.7)		4.0 (1.7)
Education		<0.001		0.014
Less than high school (N=61)	3.9 (1.9)		3.8 (1.6)
High school diploma/GED (N=203)	4.5 (1.7)		4.3 (1.6)
College/graduate degree (N=48)	3.5 (1.5)		3.8 (1.5)
Employment		0.22		0.66
Employed full/part time (N=75)	4.0 (1.5)		4.1 (1.5)
Not employed (N=237)	4.3 (1.8)		4.2 (1.6)
Marital status		0.79		0.76
Married/committed relationship (N=54)	4.2 (1.6)		4.1 (1.5)
Not married/committed relationship (N=258)	4.2 (1.8)		4.2 (1.6)

Note: Data are presented as mean (SD)

^*The two-sample t-test or analysis of variance was used as appropriate to assess the association of the demographic characteristic with the autonomy support measure.