Research Article
Predictors of Intention to Quit Waterpipe Smoking: A Survey of Arab Americans in Houston, Texas
Table 1
Frequency of intention to quit waterpipe smoking by sample characteristics.
| | Characteristics | Has intention to quit in the next 12 months | (No)
frequency (%) | (Yes)
frequency (%) | value |
| | Total | 246 (72.57%) | 93 (27.43%) | | | Gender | | | 0.2482 | | Male | 161 (70.61) | 67 (29.39) | | | Female | 85 (76.58) | 26 (23.42) | | | Income level | | | 0.2685 | | <$20,000 | 64 (68.09) | 30 (31.91) | | | $20,000–$35,000 | 38 (69.69) | 17 (30.91) | | | $35,000–$50,000 | 46 (73.02) | 17 (26.98) | | | $50,000–$100,000 | 53 (77.94) | 15 (22.06) | | | >$100,000 | 37 (84.09) | 7 (15.91) | | | Marital status | | | 0.6512 | | Single | 112 (71.34) | 45 (28.66) | | | Married | 124 (73.81) | 44 (26.19) | | | Divorced |
8 (80.00) | 2 (20.00) | | | Widowed | 3 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | | | Education level | | | 0.7195 | | <High school degree | 7 (63.64) | 4 (36.36) | | | High school degree | 23 (67.65) | 11 (32.35) | | | College or university degree | 146 (72.64) | 55 (27.36) | | | Graduate degree (MS or PhD) | 69 (75.82) | 22 (24.18) | | | Do you usually share the waterpipe with others? | | | 0.0675 | | Yes | 149 (69.30) | 66 (30.70) | | | No | 86 (78.90) | 23 (21.10) | | | Do you own a waterpipe? | | | 0.2426 | | Yes | 168 (74.67) | 57 (25.33) | | | No | 79 (68.70) | 36 (31.30) | | | Is the tobacco used in waterpipe flavored? | | | 0.1312 | | Yes | 210 (73.68) | 75 (26.32) | | | No | 18 (58.06) | 13 (41.94) | | | Sometimes | 13 (81.25) | 3 (18.75) | | | Smoked cigarettes in the last 30 days | | | 0.2993 | | Yes | 115 (70.55) | 48 (29.45) | | | No | 130 (75.58) | 42 (24.42) | | | Smoked cigars, cigarillos, or little cigars in the last 30 days | | | 0.2065 | | Yes | 57 (55.34) | 46 (44.66) | | | No | 145 (62.50) | 87 (37.50) | |
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