Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the baseline former smokers’ cohort, based on the self-reported answers in the TUS-CPS 2010 survey, in the USA (n=3258)
| N* | Weighted (%)† | |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 1639 | 57.3 |
| Female | 1619 | 42.7 |
| Age group (years) | ||
| 65+ | 1078 | 31.5 |
| 40–64 | 1672 | 48.3 |
| 25–39 | 472 | 17.3 |
| 18–24 | 36 | 2.9 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White (non-Hispanics) | 2859 | 83.9 |
| Black (non-Hispanics) | 172 | 6.0% |
| Other (non-Hispanics) | 101 | 3.6 |
| Hispanics | 126 | 6.6 |
| Annual family income (US$) | ||
| <20k | 494 | 15.6 |
| 20–49k | 1110 | 34.8 |
| 50–99k | 1073 | 32.4 |
| 100k+ | 581 | 17.3 |
| Education level | ||
| <High school | 356 | 11.8 |
| High school | 977 | 29.4 |
| Some college‡ | 1574 | 48.1 |
| College+§ | 351 | 10.8 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 1872 | 57.7 |
| Widowed | 402 | 11.3 |
| Divorced | 576 | 16.3 |
| Separated | 48 | 1.9 |
| Never married | 360 | 12.7 |
| Non-cigarette tobacco products (NCTP) use | ||
| Never user | 1920 | 57.2 |
| Current user | 159 | 5.6 |
| Former user | 1144 | 37.2 |
| Smoking cessation period, months | ||
| <6 | 127 | 4.8 |
| ≥6 | 3103 | 95.2 |
| Living in smoke-free home (SFH) | ||
| Non-SFH | 463 | 14.6 |
| SFH | 2738 | 85.4 |
| Smoke-free workplace | ||
| Indoor smoking allowed | 175 | 6.3 |
| Indoor smoke-free | 950 | 31.9 |
| Outdoor | 125 | 4.7 |
| Undetermined | 208 | 6.6 |
| Not employed | 1530 | 50.5 |
| Total | 3258 | 100 |
Counts and percentages in this table include only completed answers in each variable, excluding missing observations; 28 were missed in smoking cessation period, 57 in SFH and 270 in smoke-free workplace.
*Number of participants.
†Using official weights to ensure the sample is representative of the source population.
‡Partially completed college education.
§Completed a college education or higher.
TUS-CPS, Tobacco Use Supplement-Current Population Survey.