Research Article

Heterogeneity in Past Year Cigarette Smoking Quit Attempts among Latinos

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of Latino past year smokers.

OverallEnglish language proficiencyGenerational status
( 𝑁 = 4 ,589)Good ( 𝑁 = 3 ,597)Poor ( 𝑁 = 9 7 1 )1st ( 𝑁 = 2 ,016)2nd ( 𝑁 = 8 7 9 )≥3rd ( 𝑁 = 1 ,694)
%95% CI%95% CI%95% CI%95% CI%95% CI%95% CI

ELP
 Good75.6(73.8, 77.3)52.2(49.3, 55.0)92.3(89.2, 94.6)98.5(97.7, 99.0)
 Poor24.4(22.7, 26.2)47.8(45.0, 50.7)7.7(5.4, 10.9)1.5(1.0, 2.3)
Immigrant generation
 1st generation47.8(45.9, 49.6)33.0(31.1, 35.0)93.8(92.0, 95.3)
 2nd generation11.5(10.4, 12.6)13.9(12.6, 15.3)3.6(2.5, 5.1)
 ≥3rd generation40.8(38.9, 42.6)53.1(51.0, 55.3)2.6(1.7, 3.8)
Mean age in years38.0(37.5, 38.4)37.2(36.7, 37.7)40.3(39.3, 41.2)39.1(38.5, 39.8)35.8(34.3, 37.3)37.2(36.6, 37.9)
Gender
 Male64.8(63.3, 66.2)60.9(59.1, 62.6)76.9(74.2, 79.5)74.2(72.4, 75.9)57.1(52.4, 61.7)55.9(53.6, 58.2)
 Female35.2(33.8, 36.7)39.1(37.4, 41.9)23.1(20.5, 25.8)25.8(24.1, 27.6)42.9(38.3, 47.6)44.1(41.8, 46.5)
Education
<HS 40.8(38.9, 42.7)32.7(30.8, 34.8)66.0(62.5, 69.3)53.7(51.0, 56.4)32.4(27.8, 37.3)28.0(25.3, 30.8)
 HS/GED30.0(28.4, 31.7)33.3(31.4, 35.3)19.7(16.9, 22.8)23.7(21.4, 26.1)33.1(28.6, 37.4)36.5(34.1, 39. 1)
 Some college21.7(20.5, 23.0)25.8(24.3, 27.3)8.7(7.0, 10.7)14.2(12.7, 15.9)28.9(24.7, 33.5)28.4(26.2, 30.8)
 BS+7.5(6.7, 8.5)8.1(7.2, 9.3)5.7(4.3, 7.5)8.4(7.2, 9.8)5.6(3.8, 8.3)7.1(5.9, 8.4)
Household income*
 <25 K44.0(42.2, 45.8)40.7(38.6, 42.7)54.5(50.8, 58.2)46.1(43.5, 48.7)39.5(35.7, 43.5)43.7(40.4, 47.1)
 25 K to <50 K33.1(31.4, 34.9)33.0(30.1, 35.0)33.5(30.1, 37.1)34.7(32.2, 37.4)33.1(29.8, 36.6)30.7(27.8, 33.7)
 50 K to <75 K12.9(11.6, 14.4)14.2(12.7, 15.9)9.1(6.8, 11.9)11.3(9.5, 13.5)13.5(11.0, 16.6)14.9(12.7, 17.3)
 ≥75 K10.0(9.0, 11.1)12.2(10.9, 13.7)2.9(1.7, 4.9)7.8(6.5, 9.3)13.8(11.3, 16.8)10.8(9.0, 12.9)
Occupation type
 Management10.4(9.4, 11.5)12.7(11.6, 13.9)3.2(2.2, 4.6)7.5(6.3, 9.0)15.1(11.8, 19.0)12.4(10.9, 14.2)
 Service15.4(14.3, 16.6)14.4(13.1, 15.7)18.6(13.1, 21.4)17.0(15.3, 18.8)12.0(9.3, 15.4)14.5(12.9, 16.2)
 Sales/Office14.2(13.1, 15.4)16.8(15.4, 18.3)6.3(4.9, 8.1)9.3(8.0, 10.8)18.1(14.3, 22.6)18.9(17.0, 21.0)
 Manual labor29.4(27.9, 31.1)25.0(23.4, 26.8)43.2(39.8, 46.6)39.0(36.4, 41.7)20.0(16.5, 24.0)20.8(18.8, 23.0)
 Unemployed8.3(7.4, 9.2)8.8(7.7, 10.1)6.6(5.1, 8.5)6.8(5.6, 8.1)11.8(8.8, 15.7)9.0(7.7, 10.5)
 Not in labor force22.3(21.0, 23.7)22.3(20.7, 23.9)22.1(19.2, 25.3)20.5(18.5, 22.5)23.0(19.3, 27.2)24.3(22.2, 26.5)
Race
 White90.6(89.6, 91.5)89.1(87.9, 90.2)95.3(93.7, 96.6)92.9(91.5, 94.1)89.6(86.1, 92.4)88.2(86.4, 90.0)
 Black3.7(3.1, 4.4)4.1(3.4, 4.9)2.5(1.6, 3.9)3.3(2.5, 4.3)6.4(4.3, 9.4)3.4(2.6, 4.6)
 Other5.7(4.9, 6.5)6.8(5.9, 7.9)2.2(1.4, 3.4)3.8(2.9, 4.8)4.0(2.5, 6.3)8.4(7.0, 10.0)
Country of origin
 Mexico59.2(57.3, 61.0)57.2(55.1, 59.3)65.3(61.3, 69.1)55.8(53.1, 58.5)42.9(38.1, 47.7)67.7(64.8, 70.5)
 Puerto Rico15.1(14.0, 16.3)17.9(16.5, 19.4)6.4(4.6, 8.8)12.5(11.0, 14.3)39.0(34.4, 43.6)11.4(9.8, 13.3)
 Cuba4.7(4.0, 5.6)3.1(2.5, 3.9)9.8(7.6, 12.4)7.1(5.9, 8.6)6.2(4.3, 8.8)1.6(1.0, 2.5)
 Other21.0(19.5, 22.5)21.8(20.1, 23.7)18.6(15.8, 21.8)24.6(22.5, 26.8)12.1(8.9, 16.2)19.3(17.0, 21.7)

> 5% missing; < 1% missing; 95%CI = 95% confidence interval.