Table 1.

Known tobacco-use-related risk factors and current tobacco use overall and by race/ethnicity among adult PATH Wave 1 participants

	Overall N=31,758	NH AI/AN n=955	NH Whites n=19,297	NH Blacks n=4,496	NH Asians n=874	Hispanics n=5,536	NH Other n=600
Age (years), μ	46.48	45.80***	48.78	44.33***	40.57***	40.79***	35.64***
Male gender, %	48.03	49.08	48.57	47.34	49.70	45.55***	48.48
Education, %
Less than high school graduate/GED	16.43	24.11***	11.95	20.78***	6.31***	35.48***	12.81
High school graduate/GED	24.25	21.23	23.67	29.18	12.20	27.37	25.61
Some college or more	59.32	54.66	64.38	50.04	81.49	37.15	61.57
Poverty status, %
Below poverty level	24.97	31.48***	16.14	42.05***	22.82***	49.84***	34.01
At or near poverty level	22.37	26.17	21.39	26.11	16.68	25.37	21.42
At or above twice poverty level	52.66	42.34	62.48	31.84	60.50	24.79	44.57
Resides in urban area, %	79.12	72.83	72.95	87.62***	97.00***	93.50***	92.18
Tobacco user in household, %	25.63	31.28*	25.73	30.05***	19.19**	22.83**	37.01
Current established tobacco user, %	23.92	38.13***	25.32	27.07	11.94***	17.64***	30.10

^¶:Significantly different than Whites;

^*P<0.05;

^**P<0.01;

^***P<0.001.