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Table 2 Summary statistics of children's and parents' characteristics by susceptibility status at baseline

From: Correlates of susceptibility to smoking among Mexican origin youth residing in Houston, Texas: A cross-sectional analysis

 

N (%)

 

Variable

Susceptible

Not susceptible

P-value

Children (N = 1,187)

262 (22.1)

925 (77.9)

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Gender

   

   Boys

144 (25.6)

418 (74.4)

 

   Girls

118 (18.9)

507 (81.1)

< 0.01

Age

   

   11 years

77 (15.6)

418 (84.4)

 

   12 years

87 (22.8)

295 (77.2)

 

   13 years

98 (31.6)

212 (68.4)

< 0.01

Boys, M (SD)

12.1 (0.9)

11.8 (0.8)

< 0.01

Girls, M (SD)

12.1 (0.8)

11.8 (0.8)

< 0.01

Nativity status

   

   Born in United States

193 (22.3)

673 (77.7)

 

   Born in Mexico

69 (21.5)

252 (78.5)

0.77

Years in US, M (SD)

10.53 (3.2)

10.39 (2.9)

0.52

Language spoken at home

   

   Spanish only spoken at home

61 (25.3)

180 (74.7)

0.22

   English only spoken at home

23 (19.0)

98 (81.0)

0.35

Parent (primary informant) (N = 1,110)

248 (22.3)

862 (77.7)

 

Educational attainment*

   

   Less than high school

167 (23.0)

559 (77.0)

 

   Completed high school

38 (19.9)

153 (80.1)

 

   More than high school

42 (21.8)

151 (78.2)

0.66

Nativity status*

   

   Born in United States

49 (25.9)

140 (74.1)

 

   Born in Mexico

199 (21.6)

722 (78.4)

0.20

Years in U.S., M (SD)

18.2 (11.5)

16.9 (11.7)

0.13

Acculturation*

   

   Low acculturation

174 (21.1)

649 (78.9)

 

   High acculturation

74 (25.8)

213 (74.2)

0.10

Acculturation scale, M (SD)

2.2 (0.9)

2.1 (0.9)

0.04

Self-reported smoking*

   

   Mother ever smoker

38 (29.0)

93 (71.0)

0.05

   Father ever smoker

9 (29.0)

22 (71.0)

0.31

  1. * Data were available for the parents if the parent was enrolled as a primary informant in the population-based infrastructure. Primary informants included 60 men and 1050 women. Parental nativity status data was missing on 1 participant; and self-reported smoking status data was missing on 18 mothers. Missing categories were not included in calculations.
  2. M, mean; SD, standard deviation.