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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2017 Jan 10;44(4):598–612. doi: 10.1177/1090198116683169

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics for the Overall Sample and Comparisons between Non-smokers and Smokers

Characteristic n (%) Total Non-smokers (n=403) Smokers (n=823) χ2 (df) p
Gender 3.02 (1) .08
 Male 588 (48) 179 (44.4) 409 (49.7)
 Female 638 (52) 224 (55.6) 414 (50.3)
Age 37.61 (3) <.001
 18–29 298 (24.3) 68 (16.9) 230 (27.9)
 30–44 387 (31.6) 113 (28) 274 (33.3)
 45–59 296 (24.1) 109 (27) 187 (22.7)
 60+ 245 (20) 113 (28) 132 (16)
Race 74.42 (6) <.001
 White 473 (38.6) 217 (53.8) 256 (31.1)
 Black or African American 358 (29.2) 79 (19.6) 279 (33.9)
 American Indian or Alaska Native 49 (4) 11 (2.7) 38 (4.6)
 Asian 255 (20.8) 74 (18.4) 181 (22)
 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 32 (2.6) 4 (1) 28 (3.4)
 Multiple Races 39 (3.2) 17 (4.2) 22 (2.7)
 Unknown 20 (1.6) 1 (0.2) 19 (2.3)
Ethnicity 16.60 (1) <.001
 Hispanic 178 (14.5) 35 (8.7) 143 (17.5)
 Non-Hispanic 1,040 (84.8) 366 (90.8) 674 (81.9)
Education 5.42 (2) .07
 High school or less 261 (21.3) 76 (18.9) 185 (22.5)
 Some college 308 (25.1) 92 (22.8) 216 (26.2)
 Bachelor’s degree or higher 657 (53.6) 235 (58.3) 422 (51.3)
Income ($1,000) 0.79 (2) .67
 <25 316 (25.8) 101 (25.1) 215 (26.1)
 25–59.9 505 (41.2) 162 (40.2) 343 (41.7)
 >60 405 (33.0) 140 (34.7) 265 (32.2)
Ever tried
 Moist snuff 261 (21.3) 5 (1.2) 256 (31.1) 144.0 (1) <.001
 Snus 218 (17.8) 6 (1.5) 212 (25.8) 109.0 (1) <.001
 E-cigarettes 447 (36.5) 9 (2.2) 438 (53.2) 303.6 (1) <.001

Note: The total numbers for demographic variables do not always add up to n=1,226 due to small amounts of missing data.