Table 1 Characteristics of survey respondents (n = 148)
Personal Characteristics | % (n) |
|---|---|
Demographic characteristics | |
Age (M: SD) range: 19-63 | 37.8 (10.0) |
Female | 44% (65) |
Married | 64% (94) |
Household income (per month) | |
1249 ytl and less | 26% (39) |
1250 - 1999 ytl | 28% (41) |
2000 - 4000 ytl | 27% (40) |
More than 4000 ytl | 17% (25) |
Missing/don't know | 2% (3) |
Technology Characteristics | |
Send/receive text messages everyday/almost every day | 43% (63) |
Use email everyday/almost everyday | 38% (56) |
Use Internet (other than email) everyday/almost everyday | 49% (73) |
Health characteristics | |
Asthma | 11% (16) |
Respiratory allergies | 10% (15) |
Smoking characteristics | |
Someone else in the household currently smoking | 8% (12) |
Family member currently smoking | 80% (112) |
Family member has quit smoking | 59% (88) |
Current smoker of narghile (water pipe) | 5% (7) |
First cigarettes of the day within 30 minutes of waking | 43% (63) |
Average number of cigarettes in a day | |
1-5 cigarettes | 9% (14) |
6-15 cigarettes | 43% (63) |
16-25 cigarettes | 38% (56) |
26-40 cigarettes | 10% (14) |
40 or more cigarettes per day | < 1% (1) |
Seriously thinking about quitting | |
In the next 30 days | 27% (40) |
In the next 6 months | 14% (20) |
Sometime | 39% (58) |
Never | 18% (26) |
Missing | 3% (4) |
Average number of quit attempts for 24 hours or more in the past year (M:SD) | 1.2 (1.5) |