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. 2019 Oct 9;13:1178221819878765. doi: 10.1177/1178221819878765

Table 1.

Participant characteristics (N = 410).

Variable n (%) or mean (SD)
Sociodemographics
Age 53.3 (11.2)
Female gender 144 (35%)
Race
 Black or African American 187 (46%)
 White 81 (20%)
 Other 142 (35%)
Hispanic 161 (39%)
Immigrant 149 (36%)
Spanish language preferred 64 (16%)
Highest level of education completed
 Less than high school 106 (26%)
 High school/GED 137 (33%)
 Associates Degree or some 4-year college 119 (29%)
 4-year college graduate or higher 44 (11%)
 Other (e.g., trade school) 4 (1%)
Employed 103 (25%)
Married or living with partner 74 (18%)
Annual income $13 680 (10 069)
Tobacco use and quit attitudes
Cigarettes smoked per day 11.7 (7.2)
Time to first cigarette
 <5 minutes 146 (36%)
 6-30 minutes 123 (30%)
 30-60 minutes 50 (12%)
 >60 minutes 90 (22%)
Typical price paid for pack of cigarettes $10.6 (3.7)
Monthly tobacco spending $182.4 (121.8)
Motivation to quit 7.7 (2.5)
Confidence in quitting 7.1 (5.4)
Financial hardship
Behavioral: smoking-induced deprivation 194 (47%)
Material: food insecure 234 (57%)
Psychosocial
 Low financial satisfaction 315 (77%)
 High level of worry about monthly expenses 285 (70%)
 Low confidence in paying for $1 000 emergency 286 (70%)
 Frequently having difficulty affording leisure activity 287 (70%)
 Frequently living paycheck-to-paycheck 345 (84%)
 High financial stress in general 262 (64%)