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. 2017 Dec 7;14(12):1517. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14121517

Table 2.

Unweighted and weighted demographic/psychographic, health, ad awareness, and policy characteristics of study sample (n = 4509).

Unweighted % Weighted % (n)
Gender
Male (n = 1826) 40.5% 48.0%
Female (n = 2683) 59.5% 52.0%
Race/Ethnicity
White, Non-Hispanic (n = 2855) 63.8% 52.4%
Black/African American, Non-Hispanic (n = 495) 11.1% 16.5%
Hispanic (652) 14.6% 23.6%
Other, Non-Hispanic (n = 471) 10.5% 7.5%
School Achievement
Much better/better than average (n = 3416) 75.8% 70.3%
Average/below/much worse than average (n = 1092) 24.2% 29.7%
Parent Education
Any education higher than high school/GED (n = 3811) 85.3% 79.5%
High school/GED or less (n = 656) 14.7% 20.5%
Combined Media Use-TV, Mobile, Computer & Social Media
Low—<240 min/day (media) & <1 h/week (social) (n = 406) 9.0% 8.2%
Medium—240–599 min/day (media) or 1–3 h/week (social) (n = 2315) 51.3% 48.3%
High—600+ min/day (media) or <3+ h/week (social) (n = 1788) 39.7% 43.5%
Cigarette Smoking Intensity
Non smoker, closed to smoking (n = 3032) 67.2% 65.2%
Non-smoker, open to smoking (n = 1078) 23.9% 24.5%
Low intensity smoker, non-daily user (n = 161) 3.6% 3.4%
High intensity smoker, non-daily user (n = 129) 2.9% 3.6%
Daily smoker (n = 109) 2.4% 3.3%
Past 30-day Use of Other Tobacco Products
No (n = 3789) 84.0% 82.9%
Yes (n = 720) 16.0% 17.1%
Household E-Cigarette and Combustible Tobacco Use
No one I live with smokes (n = 3449) 76.5% 75.2%
Cigarettes/Cigars and/or E-cigarettes (n = 1060) 23.5% 24.8%
truth Ad Awareness
No awareness (0) (n = 1711) 37.9% 37.7%
Low awareness (1–7) (n = 2281) 50.6% 49.3%
High awareness (8–28) (n = 517) 11.5% 13.0%
Unweighted Mean (SE) Weighted Mean (SE)
Age (15–21)
Mean (years) (SE) 18.2 (0.03) 17.8 (0.06)
Sensation Seeking Index (1–5)
Mean (SE) 2.99 (0.01) 2.96 (0.02)
Peer Cigarette Use (0–4)
Mean (SE) 0.53 (0.01) 0.64 (0.02)
ATS Index (1–5)
Mean (SE) 3.65 (0.01) 3.64 (0.01)
DMA-Level Smoking Prevalence (10.3–29.6%)
Mean (SE) 20.3% (0.05%) 20.0% (0.07%)
County-Level Smoke-Free Indoor Air Law Index (0–6)
Mean (SE) 4.72 (0.03) 4.51 (0.04)
2013 State-Level Per Capita Tobacco Control Funding ($0.28–$16.72)
Mean (dollars) (SE) $1.75 (0.02) $1.81 (0.04)
State-Level Cigarette Tax ($0.17–$4.35)
Mean (dollars) (SE) $1.66 (0.02) $1.57 (0.02)
Brand Equity index (−2–2)
Mean (SE) 0.50 (0.01) 0.50 (0.01)