Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Use among Adolescents and Young Adults with Asthma

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the sample at Wave III.

	Total sample	Asthma group	Without asthma group
N	4,874	818	4,056
Age (years)	21.8 (1.8)	21.7 (1.8)	21.8 (1.9)
Gender
Male	50.7%	48.8%	51.1%
Female	49.3%	51.2%	48.9%
Race/ethnicity
White	77%	77%	77%
Black	16%	16%	16%
Black and White	0.5%	0.7%	0.5%
Other races (non-Black, non-White)	7%	6%	7%
Speak language other than English at home	7%	4%	7%**
Born outside of U.S.	5%	4%	6%*
Have health problems related to allergies		57%	3%***
Biological mother with asthma		19%	7%***
Biological father with asthma		15%	5%***

* 𝑃<.05; **𝑃<.01; ***𝑃<0.001.