Table 1.
Sample characteristics among Mexican adult smokers, 2020.
| Sample A (Full Sample) | Sample B (Sub-Sample) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | March (n = 1395) % |
July (n = 1358) % |
p-Value * | March (n = 606) % |
July (n = 1193) % |
p-Value * |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 51 | 53 | 0.335 | 49 | 52 | 0.146 |
| Age group | ||||||
| 18–29 | 31 | 30 | 0.494 | 44 | 31 | <0.0001 |
| 30–39 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | ||
| 40–49 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 19 | ||
| >50 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 20 | ||
| Educational attainment | ||||||
| Middle school graduate or less | 11 | 9 | 0.199 | 11 | 10 | 0.454 |
| Some college/high school/tech school | 55 | 57 | 61 | 59 | ||
| College degree or higher | 34 | 34 | 28 | 31 | ||
| Household income a | ||||||
| Less than 8000 MX monthly | 23 | 25 | 0.563 | 30 | 25 | 0.221 |
| 8001 to 15,000 MX monthly | 30 | 31 | 28 | 30 | ||
| 15,001 to 20,000 MX monthly | 16 | 17 | 14 | 17 | ||
| >20,000 MX monthly | 27 | 24 | 23 | 23 | ||
| No response | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Dual use status and frequency | ||||||
| Exclusive cigarette smoker | 59 | 61 | 0.700 | 54 | 50 | 0.229 |
| Sporadic dual user | 26 | 25 | 34 | 37 | ||
| Frequent dual user | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Smoking frequency | ||||||
| Non-daily | 52 | 52 | 0.967 | 65 | 54 | <0.001 |
| Daily | 48 | 48 | 35 | 46 | ||
|
Recent quit smoking attempt
(Last 4 months) |
||||||
| Yes | 43 | 40 | 0.070 | 53 | 60 | 0.003 |
|
Intention to quit
(Next month-6 months) |
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| Yes | 38 | 35 | 0.186 | 61 | 65 | 0.107 |
* p-values from Chi2 test for categorical variables among all respondents who participated in March and July. a MX = Mexican pesos; exchange rate for MX to USD is approximately $20 pesos = $1 US dollar.