Correlates of smoking quit attempts: Florida Tobacco Callback Survey, 2007

Davila, Evelyn P; Zhao, Wei; Byrne, Margaret; Webb, Monica; Huang, Yougie; Arheart, Kristopher; Dietz, Noella; Caban-Martinez, Alberto; Parker, Dorothy; Lee, David J

doi:10.1186/1617-9625-5-10

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Table 1 Demographics and SES of current smoker BRFSS vs. Callback survey

From: Correlates of smoking quit attempts: Florida Tobacco Callback Survey, 2007

	BRFSS		Callback
Demographics and SES	n	%	n	%	Effect^a
Total participants	4670	100.0	3560	100.0
Age in years
Missing	39	0.8	12	0.3	1.03
18 – 39 yrs	1122	24.0	690	19.4	0.11
40 – 54 yrs	1712	36.7	1335	37.5	0.02
55 or older	1797	38.5	1523	42.8	0.09
Gender
Male	1973	42.2	1314	36.9	0.11
Female	2697	57.8	2246	63.1	0.11
Race/Ethnicity
Missing	34	0.7	18	0.5	0.46
Non-Hispanic White	3729	79.9	2980	83.7	0.10
Non-White or Hispanic	907	19.4	562	15.8	0.09
Education level
Missing	30	0.6	5	0.1	1.01
Did not graduate High School	796	17.0	595	16.7	0.01
Graduated High School	1827	39.1	1304	36.6	0.06
Attended College or Technical School	1270	27.2	1100	30.9	0.08
Graduated from College or Technical School	747	16.0	556	15.6	0.01
Income
Missing	639	13.7	346	9.7	1.67
Less than $15,000	627	13.4	571	16.0	0.06
$15,000 to less than $25,000	998	21.4	808	22.7	0.03
$25,000 to less than $35,000	617	13.2	478	13.4	0.01
$35,000 to less than $50,000	664	14.2	516	14.5	0.01
$50,000 or more	1125	24.1	841	23.6	0.01
Have any health care coverage
Not asked or Missing	10	0.2	4	0.1	0.27
No	1262	27.0	917	25.8	0.03
Yes	3398	72.8	2639	74.1	0.03
Marital status
Missing	23	0.5	5	0.1	0.74
Married	2026	43.4	1608	45.2	0.04
Divorced, widowed, separated	1812	38.8	1460	41.0	0.05
Others (never married, unmarried couple)	809	17.3	487	13.7	0.10
Children in household
Missing	23	0.5	5	0.1	0.74
No	3151	67.5	2427	68.2	0.01
Yes	1496	32.0	1128	31.7	0.01
Body Mass Index
Missing	226	4.8	59	1.7	0.67
Neither overweight nor obese	2017	43.2	1458	41.0	0.05
Obese	931	19.9	858	24.1	0.03
Overweight	1496	32.0	1185	33.3	0.10
Weight change in the past year
Missing	301	6.4	101	2.8	0.72
Gain/loss < = 3 kg	2668	57.1	1950	54.8	0.05
Loss > 3 kg	936	20.0	816	22.9	0.07
Gain >3 kg	765	16.4	693	19.5	0.08
Intentional weight change
Missing	28	0.6	23	0.6	0.10
No change	2396	51.3	1588	44.6	0.13
Intentional	783	16.8	687	19.3	0.07
Not intentional	1463	31.3	1262	35.4	0.09
Ever had any medical condition
No	2573	55.1	1757	49.4	0.12
Yes	2097	44.9	1803	50.6	0.12
Binge drinking
Missing	343	7.3	71	2.0	1.07
No	3374	72.2	2817	79.1	0.16
Yes	953	20.4	672	18.9	0.04
Heavy alcohol consumption
Missing	347	7.4	82	2.3	1.03
No	3778	80.9	3072	86.3	0.14
Yes	545	11.7	406	11.4	0.01

^a Effect sizes between two independent proportion (BRFSS and Callback).

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