Table 1.
Participant characteristics of Black/African American women smokers by home smoking rule type (N = 191).
| Home smokefree rule on all smoked tobacco products |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N=191 |
Complete ban (n=50) 26.2% |
Partial ban (n=121) 63.4% |
No ban (n=20) 10.5% |
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| Participant characteristics | % (n) or M (SD) |
% (n) or M (SD) |
% (n) or M (SD) |
% (n) or M (SD) |
|
| Age in years (M, SD) | 33.6 (8.9) | 35.4 (8.8) | 33.1 (8.7) | 32.0 (10.2) | .22 |
| Race identify with most | .10 | ||||
| Black/African American | 95.8 (182) | 100.0 (49) | 95.0 (115) | 90.0 (18) | |
| Biracial/multiracial (yes) | 4.2 (8) | 0 | 5.0 (6) | 10.0 (2) | |
| Hispanic ethnicity (yes)a | 1.0 (2) | 2.0 (1) | 0.8 (1) | 0 (0) | .60 |
| Sexual orientation | .45 | ||||
| Heterosexual/straight | 75.8 (144) | 69.4 (34) | 78.5 (95) | 75.0 (15) | |
| Gay/lesbian/bisexual/other | 24.2 (46) | 30.6 (15) | 21.5 (26) | 25.0 (5) | |
| Body mass index (M, SD) | 32.2 (9.4) | 32.8 (9.2) | 32.0 (9.9) | 31.5 (7.2) | .84 |
| Marital status | .85 | ||||
| Married | 22.1 (42) | 22.5 (11) | 22.3 (27) | 20.0 (4) | |
| Living with partner | 16.3 (31) | 18.4 (9) | 14.1 (17) | 25.0 (5) | |
| Never married | 48.4 (92) | 42.9 (21) | 51.2 (62) | 45.0 (9) | |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 13.2 (25) | 16.3 (8) | 12.4 (15) | 10.0 (2) | |
| Employment status | |||||
| Full-time | 20.9 (40) | 22.0 (11) | 20.7 (25) | 20.0 (4) | .0040 |
| Part-time | 17.8 (34) | 18.0 (9) | 12.4 (15) | 50.0 (10) | |
| Do not currently work for pay | 61.3 (117) | 60.0 (30) | 66.9 (81) | 30.0 (6) | |
| Insurance status | .21 | ||||
| Insured | 80.4 (152) | 85.7 (42) | 76.7 (92) | 90.0 (18) | |
| Uninsured | 19.6 (37) | 14.3 (7) | 23.3 (28) | 10.0 (2) | |
| Enrolled in college/university degree program | .70 | ||||
| Yes | 16.2 (31) | 20.0 (10) | 14.9 (18) | 15.0 (3) | |
| No | 83.8 (160) | 80.0 (40) | 85.1 (103) | 85.0 (17) | |
| Education attainment | .40 | ||||
| Less than high school | 26.2 (50) | 34.0 (17) | 24.8 (30) | 15.0 (3) | |
| High school or GED | 49.7 (95) | 48.0 (24) | 50.4 (61) | 50.0 (10) | |
| Some college or associate degree | 24.1 (46) | 18.0 (9) | 24.8 (30) | 35.0 (7) | |
| Annual household income | .89 | ||||
| <$10K | 65.5 (125) | 66.0 (33) | 64.5 (78) | 70.0 (14) | |
| ≥$10K | 34.6 (66) | 34.0 (17) | 35.5 (43) | 30.0 (6) | |
| Overall financial situation | .0017 | ||||
| Live comfortably | 37.2 (71) | 58.0 (29) | 27.3 (33) | 45.0 (9) | |
| Meet needs with little left | 26.7 (51) | 12.0 (6) | 33.9 (41) | 20.0 (4) | |
| Just meet basic expenses | 25.1 (48) | 14.0 (7) | 29.8 (36) | 25.0 (5) | |
| Don’t meet basic expenses | 11.0 (21) | 16.0 (8) | 9.1 (11) | 10.0 (2) | |
| Received SNAP benefits in past year | .70 | ||||
| Yes | 83.8 (160) | 80.0 (40) | 85.1 (103) | 85.0 (17) | |
| No | 16.2 (31) | 20.0 (10) | 14.9 (18) | 15.0 (3) | |
| Children in household | |||||
| Under aged 18 | 96.9 (186) | 98.0 (49) | 96.7 (117) | 95.0 (19) | .67 |
| Aged 18 and older | 3.1 (6) | 2.0 (1) | 3.3 (4) | 5.0 (1) | |
Notes: Baseline data were collected among Black/African American women who smoke (cigarettes/little cigars and cigarillos) in Lee and Phillips counties in Arkansas from 2019-2022. M=mean, SD=standard deviation, GED=general education diploma.
Comprehensive smoke-free rule is defined as, no one is allowed to smoke cigarettes, cigars, hookah, IQOS, pipes, and electronic cigarettes anywhere inside the home versus at least 1 tobacco product is allowed in some places/at some times or anywhere in the home.
P-values are reported for ANOVA, Wald χ2 or Fisher’s exact test.
a
Only 2 women reported Hispanic ethnicity.