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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and cigarette smoking state among participants in TUS-CPS 2002-2003 & 2010-2011

From: Changes in cigarette smoking initiation, cessation, and relapse among U.S. adults: a comparison of two longitudinal samples

Time-invariant sociodemographic characteristics

2003 (%, 95%CI) (n = 15,410)

2010 (%, 95%CI) (n = 18,499)

Sex

 Male

48.2 (48.1, 48.3)

48.3 (48.3, 48.3)

 Female

51.8 (51.7, 51.9)

51.7 (51.7, 51.7)

Age

 18-29

21.1 (20.9, 21.4)

21.1 (20.9, 21.3)

 30-44

31.2 (31.1, 31.4)

27.2 (27.0, 27.4)

 45+

47.6 (47.5, 47.7)

51.8 (51.6, 51.7)

Marital Status

 Currently married

44.9 (44.4, 45.4)

48.3 (47.9, 48.8)

 Currently not married

55.1 (54.6, 55.6)

51.7 (51.2, 52.1)

Race/Ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic White

70.5 (70.4, 70.7)

68.0 (68.0, 68.1)

 Non-Hispanic Black

11.4 (11.3, 11.5)

11.4 (11.4, 11.4)

 Hispanic

12.3 (12.2, 12.5)

13.9 (13.9, 14.0)

 Asian/other

5.7 (5.7, 5.8)

6.6 (6.6, 6.6)

Time-varying sociodemographic characteristics

2002 (%, 95%CI)

2003 (%, 95%CI)

2010 (%, 95%CI)

2011 (%, 95%CI)

Education

 Less than high school degree

18.6 (18.2, 18.9)

16.6 (16.2, 17.1)

13.1 (12.8, 13.4)

11.7 (11.3, 12.0)

 High school degree/GED

29.3 (28.8, 29.8)

29.6 (29.0, 30.1)

28.7 (28.2, 29.0)

28.0 (27.4, 28.3)

  > high school degreea

52.1 (51.5, 52.7)

53.8 (53.1, 54.4)

58.2 (57.8, 58.8)

60.4 (60.0, 60.9)

18-year-old smoking prevalence

Non-smoker

87.8 (83.1, 92.1)

 

92.5 (89.6, 95.3)

 

Smoking status

 Daily heavy smoker

9.9 (9.6, 10.2)

9.2 (8.9, 9.5)

7.1 (6.9, 7.4)

6.6 (6.3, 6.8)

 Daily light smoker

4.9 (4.6, 5.2)

4.9 (4.6, 5.2)

5.1 (4.9, 5.3)

5.0 (4.7, 5.2)

 Non-daily smoker

4.2 (4.0, 4.5)

3.4 (3.2, 3.6)

3.4 (3.2, 3.6)

2.7 (2.6, 2.9)

 Former smoker

22.2 (21.8, 22.7)

27.2 (26.7, 27.7)

19.5 (19.3, 19.9)

25.8 (25.4, 26.2)

 Non-smoker

58.7 (58.1, 59.4)

55.3 (54.6, 55.9)

64.6 (64.3, 65.3)

60.0 (59.5, 60.5)

  1. aIncludes some college/associate's degree/some other degree, and bachelor's degree or higher, CI Confidence Interval