Lower health literacy predicts smoking relapse among racially/ethnically diverse smokers with low socioeconomic status

Table 2 Correlations among study variables

Variables	REALM	Age	Gender	Race	Income	Education	Relationship status	HSI	Smoking relapse
REALM	-
Age	-.09	-
Gender^a	.11	-.13	-
Race^b	-.32**	-.02	-.05	-
Income^c	.22**	.08	-.17*	-.21**	-
Education^d	.28**	.12	-.13	-.14*	.25**	-
Relationship Status^e	.02	.01	-.34**	-.10	.38**	.13	-
HSI	-.10	.20**	.03	-.15*	-.04	-.22**	.06	-
Smoking Relapse^f	-.18*	-.01	.14	.14	-.18*	-.14	-.22**	.06	-

Note. REALM = Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine. HSI = Heaviness of Smoking Index. ^aGender: 0 = male, 1 = female; ^bRace: 0 = non-Latino White, 1 = Black/Other racial/ethnic minority; ^cTotal Annual Household Income: 0 = < $20,000, 1 ≥ $20,000; ^dEducation: 0 = < high school degree/GED, 1 ≥ high school degree/GED; ^eRelationship Status: 0 = not married/not living with partner; 1 = married/living with partner; ^fSmoking Relapse: 0 = abstinent, 1 = relapsed.
*p < .05; **p < .01.

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