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Table 1 Demographic characteristics by contraband tobacco purchase

From: Development of measures assessing attitudes toward contraband tobacco among a web-based sample of smokers

  

Non-buyers %

Buyers %

N (% sample)

x 2

Sex

Male

51.4

48.6

245 (50.7)

p < .000

 

Female

70.2

29.8

238 (49.3)

 

Race

White

63.0

37.0

357 (73.9)

p < .031

 

Black

55.2

44.8

29 (6.0)

 
 

NA/FN

70.0

30.0

10 (2.1)

 
 

Asian

41.8

58.2

55 (11.4)

 
 

Multiracial/Other

68.8

31.3

32 (6.6)

 

Hispanic

Yes

43.3

56.7

60 (12.4)

p = .003

 

No

56.7

36.9

423 (87.6)

 

Age

18-25

52.8

47.2

125 (25.9)

p = .223

 

26-30

63.6

36.4

129 (26.7)

 
 

31-40

63.0

37.0

119 (24.6)

 
 

40+

63.6

36.4

110 (22.8)

 

SDS

Low

60.7

39.3

61 (12.6)

p = .128

 

Medium

57.2

42.8

278 (57.6)

 
 

High

67.4

32.6

144 (29.8)

 
  1. Note: NA/FN were not classified as “buyers” if they reported purchasing on an Indian Reservation or First Nations Reserve.