Table 2.
Sample characteristics (unweighted frequencies and weighted percentages), HINTS-FDA 2015 (N = 3,738).
| Characteristic | n (weighted %) |
|---|---|
| Sampling stratum (county smoking rate) | |
| High smoking rate | 1,038 (10.33) |
| Medium-high smoking rate | 1,059 (29.48) |
| Medium-low smoking rate | 1,367 (45.65) |
| Low smoking rate | 274 (14.55) |
| Age | |
| 18–29 | 256 (20.01) |
| 30–44 | 627 (25.57) |
| 45–59 | 1,044 (25.82) |
| 60–74 | 1,169 (17.81) |
| 75+ | 532 (7.94) |
| Refused or missing | 110 (2.85) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 2,018 (48.17) |
| Male | 1,497 (46.46) |
| Refused or missing | 223 (5.37) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Not Hispanic | 3,177 (78.54) |
| Hispanic | 241a (14.81) |
| Mexican | 94 (7.85) |
| Puerto Rican | 30 (1.50) |
| Cuban | 16 (0.55) |
| Other Hispanic/multiple Hispanic | 101 (4.91) |
| Refused or missing | 320 (6.65) |
| Race | |
| Black | 326 (13.60) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 131 (2.38) |
| Asian (Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, other Asian) | 152 (6.14) |
| Native Hawaiian, Guamanian or Chamorro, | 19 (1.37) |
| Samoan, other Pacific Islander | |
| White | 3,129 (74.27) |
| Refused or missing | 137 (5.16) |
| Race/ethnicity (collapsed variable) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,633 (66.91) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 232 (11.71) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 260 (7.92) |
| Hispanic | 200a (11.97) |
| Refused or missing | 413 (10.97) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 1,932 (51.46) |
| Living as married | 107 (4.48) |
| Divorced | 563 (8.04) |
| Widowed | 432 (5.53) |
| Separated | 82 (2.27) |
| Single, never been married | 538 (26.41) |
| Refused or missing | 84 (1.81) |
| Education | |
| Less than high school | 237 (10.72) |
| High school degree | 727 (20.71) |
| Vocational training or some college | 1,132 (32.34) |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 1,578 (34.72) |
| Refused or missing | 64 (1.52) |
| Incomeb | |
| <$20,000 | 664 (18.58) |
| $20,000–$34,999 | 506 (13.54) |
| $35,000–$49,999 | 415 (12.40) |
| $50,000–$74,999 | 605 (14.64) |
| >$75,000 | 1,112 (32.20) |
| Refused or missing | 436 (8.64) |
| Urban/rural status (RUC2013) | |
| Urban | 3180 (85.08) |
| Rural | 558 (14.92) |
| Sexual orientation | |
| Heterosexual, or straight | 3,408 (89.76) |
| Homosexual, or gay or lesbian | 67 (2.13) |
| Bisexual | 38 (1.87) |
| Something else | 57 (2.12) |
| Refused or missing | 168 (4.06) |
| Smoking statusc | |
| Never smoker | 2,029 (58.98) |
| Current smoker | 495 (14.61) |
| Former smoker | 1,132 (24.48) |
| Refused or missing | 82 (1.92) |
Note. Weighted percentages may not sum to 100% in any given category because of refused, missing, or multiple responses selected in error. HINTS = Health Information National Trends Survey; FDA = Food and Drug Administration; RUC2013 = Rural Urban Continuum Code, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The estimate of Hispanics under “ethnicity” differs from the estimate under “race/ethnicity (collapsed variable)” because the latter estimate excludes respondents with missing values for race.
Income presented here is not imputed.
Smoking status was defined as follows: never smoker = reported not smoking at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime; current smoker = reported at least smoking 100 cigarettes in their lifetime plus currently smoking some days/every day; former smoker = reported at least smoking 100 cigarettes in their lifetime plus currently smoking not at all.