Table 2.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Women of Reproductive Age in Wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study
| Cigarette smokers % (95% CI) n = 961 |
E-cigarette users % (95% CI) n = 109 |
Controls % (95% CI) n = 787 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 0.04 | |||
| 18–24 | 16.4 (12.5–20.4) | 16.1 (9.0–23.2) | 22.9 (19.8–25.9) | |
| 25–34 | 35.6 (30.8–40.4) | 36.5 (25.4–47.7) | 27.5 (23–32.1) | |
| 35–49 | 48 (42.6–53.3) | 47.4 (34.8–60.0) | 49.6 (43.9–55.3) | |
| Race | <0.001 | |||
| White only | 85 (82.3–87.7) | 84.4 (78.3–90.5) | 70.6 (66.3–74.9) | |
| Black only | 8.3 (6.5–10.1) | 10.2 (4.8–15.6) | 17.9 (13.9–22.0) | |
| Other | 6.6 (4.4–8.9) | 5.4 (1.7–9.1)a | 11.5 (8.6–14.5) | |
| Educational attainment | <0.001 | |||
| Less than high school or GED | 18.5 (15.9–21.1) | 10.9 (5.5–16.3) | 14.1 (10.5–17.7) | |
| High school graduate | 27.5 (21.9–33.1) | 20.8 (10.9–30.8) | 22.9 (18.6–27.2) | |
| Some college (no degree) or associate's degree | 41.6 (37.4–45.8) | 50.7 (39–62.4) | 32.4 (27.3–37.5) | |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 12.4 (8.2–16.6) | 17.5 (9.7–25.4) | 30.5 (25.6–35.5) | |
| Poverty level | 0.01 | |||
| Below poverty level (<100% of poverty guideline) | 38.8 (34.4–43.1) | 27.8 (18.6–37.0) | 35 (29.5–40.5) | |
| At or near poverty level (100–199% of poverty guideline) | 29.2 (23.8–34.6) | 26.8 (17.4–36.2) | 21.1 (17–25.2) | |
| At or above twice poverty level (≥200% of poverty guideline) | 32 (26.6–37.4) | 45.4 (36.2–54.6) | 43.9 (38.2–49.5) | |
| Marijuana use within past 30 days | 17.2 (12.5–21.8) | 12.4 (5.5–19.3) | 0.6 (0.1–1.2)a | <0.001 |
| Hours past week secondhand smoke exposure (mean)b | 20.6 (17.3–23.9) | 6.4 (4–8.9) | 2.1 (1.3–2.9) | <0.001 |
| Daily product usec | 79.2 (74.7–83.8) | 47.9 (36.8–59.1) | N/A | <0.001 |
| Former cigarette smokerd | N/A | 70.8 (58.5–83.0) | N/A | |
| Former cigarette smokere | N/A | 51.4 (38.5–64.3) | N/A |
a
Relative standard error (RSE) >30.
b
Number of hours in the past 7 days that you were in close contact with others when they were smoking.
c
Reported current daily cigarette smoking or daily e-cigarette use.
d
Reporting smoking >100 cigarettes in lifetime and currently does not smoke at all.
e
Reported smoking >100 cigarettes in lifetime, currently does not smoke at all, and last smoked with past 12 months.
CI, confidence interval.