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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2015 Oct 26;81:412–419. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.10.006

Table 2:

Sociocultural Factors Associated with Smoking Cessation among Hispanics/Latinos with Lifetime Smoking of at least 100 cigarettes – Age-Adjusted (n=6398)a

Women
Men
Current smoker -never tried to quit (n=644) Current smoker - ever tried to quit (n=841) No longer smokes (n=1533) Current smoker –never tried to quit (n=816) Current smoker -ever tried to quit (n=864) No longer smokes (n=1700)


nb % (95% CI)c nb % (95% CI)c
Hispanic/Latino background *** ***
 Dominican 216 24.5 (17.0, 33.9) 31.5 (19.3, 46.8) 44.0 (33.8, 54.8) 146 28.3 (17.9, 41.8) 18.3 (11.6, 27.7) 53.3 (40.1, 66.1)
 Central American 222 18.8 (12.6, 27.1) 24.5 (17.8, 32.7) 56.7 (48.7, 64.4) 309 28.9 (22.4, 36.4) 21.2 (16.5, 26.9) 49.8 (42.5, 57.2)
 Cuban 536 33.9 (28.7, 39.5) 32.4 (28.3, 36.9) 33.7 (28.8, 38.9) 637 35.8 (31.8, 40.1) 29.5 (25.2, 34.2) 34.7 (30.1, 39.7)
 Mexican 1017 10.4 (7.9, 13.5) 30.7 (25.6, 36.2) 58.9 (53.2, 64.4) 1293 19.7 (16.4, 23.4) 27.5 (23.5, 31.9) 52.8 (48.4, 57.2)
 Puerto Rican 765 37.1 (31.9, 42.7) 31.6 (26.9, 36.6) 31.3 (26.4, 36.7) 660 35.3 (30.4, 40.5) 32.9 (27.9, 38.3) 31.8 (26.5, 37.7)
 South American 156 20.8 (14.1, 29.4) 29.9 (21.8, 39.5) 49.3 (40.0, 58.7) 213 16.4 (10.6, 24.5) 14.1 (8.7, 21.9) 69.5 (60.2, 77.5)
 Other/more than one 100 18.2 (10.6, 29.6) 41.8 (26.4, 59.1) 39.9 (25.9, 55.8) 116 16.7 (10.0, 26.5) 27.9 (18.8, 39.4) 55.4 (42.9, 67.1)
Nativity *** *
 Foreign-born 2351 21.5 (19.1, 24.1) 30.7 (27.6, 34.0) 47.8 (44.2, 51.4) 2765 25.4 (23.0, 28.0) 27.6 (25.2, 30.2) 47.0 (44.1, 49.8)
 Born within U.S. 50 states 663 33.3 (27.6, 39.5) 34.0 (28.5, 39.9) 32.7 (27.4, 38.5) 611 33.6 (28.1, 39.7) 28.0 (23.4, 33.1) 38.4 (32.9, 44.2)
Years in U.S. mainlandd, mean (SE) 2341 19.4 (1.0) 19.0 (0.9) 18.3 (0.6) 2759 18.3 (0.8) 19.1 (0.6) 17.3 (0.6) *
Acculturation -language subscale, mean (SE) 3014 2.27 (0.06) 2.15 (0.07) 1.99 (0.05) *** 3373 2.11 (0.07) 2.11 (0.06) 1.94 (0.04) **
Acculturation -social subscale, mean (SE) 3014 2.22 (0.03) 2.27 (0.04) 2.21 (0.03) 3372 2.21 (0.03) 2.27 (0.03) 2.23 (0.02)
a -

Based on HCHS/SOL study, Chicago, Miami, Bronx, San Diego, 2008-2011

b -

Subgroup n’s may not add up to column totals due to missing data

c -

All values are age-adjusted row percents unless otherwise stated

d –

Among foreign-born

*

P<0.05

**

P<0.01

***

P<0.001

P-values based on omnibus test for any differences between groups