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. 2016 Sep 10;19(12):1450–1464. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw215

Table 1.

Demographic and Smoking Behavioral Characteristics, and Prevalence of Quit Attempts, Smoking Cessation, and Intention to Quit for the Full-Sample and Each Subsample Stratified by Race/Ethnicitya Among Recent Active Smokers Aged ≥18, Who Participated in the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 2006/2007 and 2010/2011

Full-sample (N = 61 115) Subsamples
NH white (N = 48 196) NH AA (N = 5339) NH Asian (N = 1148) Hispanic (N = 4059)
N % N % N % p value (vs. NH white) N % p value (vs. NH white) N % p value (vs. NH white)
Gender 61 115 48 196 5339 .0254 1148 <.0001* 4059 <.0001*
 Female 45.9 47.8 45.9 25.6 35.1
 Male 54.1 52.2 54.1 74.5 64.9
Age 61 115 48 196 5339 <.0001* 1148 <.0001* 4059 <.0001*
 18 to 34 35.5 34.5 31.5 41.1 45.0
 35 to 49 31.5 31.2 32.6 33.2 32.6
 50 to 64 25.3 26.1 28.9 18.9 18.1
 ≥65 7.7 8.3 7.1 6.8 4.3
Race/ethnicity 61 115
 NH white 74.9
 NH AA 11.0
 NH Asian 2.3
 Hispanic 9.1
 NH Other 2.7
Education 61 115 48 196 5339 <.0001* 1148 <.0001* 4059 <.0001*
 ≤High school graduate 57.3 55.2 65.2 36.2 71.3
 Some college 30.2 31.5 27.6 25.5 22.0
 At least college degree 12.5 13.3 7.2 38.2 6.7
Family income 58 058 45 771 5033 <.0001* 1063 <.0001* 3891 <.0001*
 <$25 000 34.9 31.0 55.5 25.6 42.3
 $25 000–$49 999 31.3 31.8 27.5 27.9 33.3
 $50 000–$74 999 17.2 18.6 10.0 20.4 13.7
 ≥$75 000 16.6 18.6 7.1 26.1 10.7
Marital status 61 115 48 196 5339 <.0001* 1148 <.0001* 4059 <.0001*
 Married 41.2 43.3 25.7 49.4 42.9
 Widowed/divorced 23.0 24.5 21.5 11.4 15.5
 Separated 4.3 3.7 8.2 1.1 5.7
 Never married 31.5 28.6 44.6 38.2 36.0
Region 61 115 48 196 5339 <.0001* 1148 <.0001* 4059 <.0001*
 Northeast 16.8 17.4 15.1 18.7 16.1
 Midwest 25.8 28.8 21.9 12.6 10.0
 South 38.7 37.1 54.7 20.3 39.2
 West 18.6 16.7 8.3 48.5 34.7
Survey year 61 115 48 196 5339 .0073 1148 .3329 4059 .0508
 2006/2007 52.4 52.9 50.6 51.2 51.1
 2010/2011 47.6 47.1 49.4 48.8 48.9
How soon smoke first cigarette after awakening 59 184 46 757 5111 <.0001* 1084 <.0001* 3932 <.0001*
 ≥30 min 47.8 44.7 48.6 62.5 68.7
 <30 min 50.0 53.4 47.9 33.8 28.7
 No regular pattern 2.2 1.9 3.5 3.7 2.6
Usual cigarette type 60 252 47 558 5242 <.0001* 1114 <.0001* 3997 <.0001*
 Non-menthol 68.6 75.6 24.0 69.9 65.2
 Menthol 28.0 21.7 72.3 21.5 28.0
 No usual type 3.4 2.8 3.7 8.6 6.8
Quit attempts in past 12 months 59 314 46 867 5120 <.0001* 1086 .0083 3940 <.0001*
 No 58.4 59.7 54.1 54.9 54.8
 Yes 41.6 40.3 45.9 45.1 45.2
Successful cessation ≥3 months 61 115 48 196 5339 .0052 1148 .4379 4059 .1721
 No 94.1 94.1 95.2 94.7 93.0
 Yes 5.9 6.0 4.8 5.3 7.1
Intention to quit in next 6 monthsb 52 450 41 402 4596 <.0001* 959 .6258 3438 .6386
 No 58.7 59.7 52.9 60.6 59.2
 Yes 41.3 40.3 47.1 39.4 40.8

AA = African American; N = unweighted sample size; NH = non-Hispanic. All the percentages were estimated from the weighted analysis. p values were from the bivariate analysis chi-square tests to compare between non-Hispanic white and the specific racial/ethnic subgroup examined in the column.

aNon-Hispanic Other group was not included in the subsample analysis.

bOnly among current smokers.

*p value < the Bonferroni-adjusted significance level at .0033 (= two-tailed significance at .01 / # of pairwise comparisons = .01/3).