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Table 1 Characteristics of pilot study participants

From: Community-based navigators for tobacco cessation treatment: a proof-of-concept pilot study among low-income smokers

(n = 40)

female

63 %

mean age (CI)

40.1 (32.4, 48.6)

ethnicity*

 

black/African American

68 %

Latino

18 %

Anglo/non-Hispanic white

10 %

American Indian

5 %

more than high school education

50 %

health insurance status

 

Medicaid

38 %

other (includes indigent care program)

29 %

none or status unknown

33 %

sole adult in household

43 %

married/living as married

35 %

employment status*

 

wage-worker or self-employed

38 %

disabled

25 %

student

15 %

unemployed

10 %

stay-at-home parent

5 %

retired

5 %

mental diagnosis (self-reported, may report >1 type)

depression

33 %

bipolar

14 %

anxiety

11 %

schizophrenia

6 %

  1. CI: 95 % confidence interval
  2. *does not sum to 100 % due to rounding