Research Article

Family Support and Readiness to Consider Smoking Cessation among Chinese and Vietnamese American Male Smokers

Table 2

Results from multiple regression analysis examining factors associated with readiness to consider smoking cessation.

Variables (SE)

Demographic characteristics and health status
 Age0.01 (0.01)0.23
 Ethnicity: Vietnamese vs. Chinese0.58 (0.16)<0.001
 Education level: graduated high school vs. less than high school0.02 (0.16)0.88
 Marital status: married or living with a partner vs. not married-0.19 (0.19)0.30
 Self-rated health: fair or poor vs. excellent, very good, or good0.23 (0.14)0.11
Smoking characteristics
 # years smoked regularly-0.01 (0.01)0.34
 # cigarettes smoked in a typical day-0.02 (0.01)0.036
 Time to first cigarette after waking: 30 min or less vs. 31 min or more-0.16 (0.15)0.29
 Quit attempt in the past year: 1+ attempt vs. no attempts0.39 (0.14)0.006
Family support for quitting
 Encouraged use of cessation resources0.22 (0.20)0.28
 Praised efforts0.69 (0.20)<0.001
 Checked in0.09 (0.22)0.67
 Reminded of familial role0.23 (0.22)0.30

Notes: regression analysis used generalized estimating equations to account for potential clustering effects of participant recruitment (conducted by lay health workers). Family support variables in the regression were continuous variables.