Table 3.
Comparison of participants connections to others who smoke across recruitment strategies.
| Research Match | Smokefree.gov | Peer recruitment | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 362 | n = 100 | n = 251 | n = 83 | n = 195 | ||||||
| Does anyone else living in your home smoke cigarettes? | ||||||||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||||
| No | 250 (69.1%)* | 65 (65.0%)* | 130 (51.8%) | 48 (57.8%)* | 87 (44.6%) | |||||
| Yes | 112 (30.9%) | 35 (35.0%) | 121 (48.2%) | 35 (42.2%) | 108 (55.4%) | |||||
| M (SD) | Med (IQR) | M (SD) | Med (IQR) | M (SD) | Med (IQR) | M (SD) | Med (IQR) | M (SD) | Med (IQR) | |
| Connections to others who smoke | ||||||||||
| Immediate family | 1.5 (2.0)^ | 1 (2) | 2.1 (2.4) | 1(3) | 1.5 (1.8)^ | 0 (1) | 1.7 (2.1)* | 0 (1) | 2.6 (2.6) | 2 (3) |
| Extended family | 2.9 (5.5) | 1 (4) | 3.9 (5.3) | 2 (6) | 2.7 (3.4)^ | 0 (2) | 3.7 (6.6) | 2 (5) | 3.7 (4.0) | 3 (5) |
| Close friends, with whom you feel at ease and discuss private matters | 2.2 (3.1)^ | 1 (3) | 3.7 (4.9) | 2 (3) | 2.7 (2.7)^ | 2 (3) | 2.4 (2.3)^ | 2 (3) | 3.5 (3.7) | 3 (4) |
| Friends, with whom you feel at ease but DO NOT discuss private matters | 3.3 (6.7) | 2 (5) | 4.3 (6.0) | 2 (6) | 3.9 (8.4) | 2 (5) | 2.4 (3.3)* | 1 (3) | 3.8 (6.0) | 2 (5) |
| Acquaintances, to whom you may say hello but about whom you know little1 | 7.4 (14.9) | 2 (9) | 8.8 (16.0) | 3 (10) | 6.0 (12.0) | 2 (6) | 5.0 (12.9) | 1 (5) | 8.5 (19.4) | 2 (8) |
| Co-workers1 | 3.5 (10.4) | 0 (3) | 3.5 (4.5)* | 1 (5) | 2.7 (7.5) | 0 (3) | 3.9 (7.5) | 1 (4) | 4.3 (9.4) | 2 (5) |
*
p-value less than 0.05 (peer recruitment as comparison group)
^
p-value<0.01 (peer recruitment as comparison group)
^1
Maximum value limited to 100
M=Mean; SD=Standard Deviation; Med=Median; IQR=Interquartile Range