Table 1 Characteristics of participants by smoking status: The Mountain Air Project, 2015–17 (n = 972)
From: Persistent disparities in smoking among rural Appalachians: evidence from the Mountain Air Project
Characteristic | Overall | Smoking Status | P | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never | Former | Current | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Age | |||||||||
  < 45 | 290 | 29.8 | 118 | 40.8 | 34 | 11.8 | 137 | 47.4 | <.01 |
 45–64 | 444 | 45.7 | 196 | 44.2 | 102 | 23.0 | 145 | 32.7 |  |
 65 and > | 238 | 24.5 | 105 | 44.3 | 94 | 39.7 | 38 | 16.0 |  |
Gender | |||||||||
 Male | 401 | 41.3 | 152 | 38.1 | 113 | 28.3 | 134 | 33.6 | <.01 |
 Female | 571 | 58.7 | 267 | 46.8 | 117 | 20.5 | 186 | 32.6 |  |
Marital Status | |||||||||
 Partnered | 559 | 57.5 | 268 | 48.1 | 140 | 60.9 | 149 | 26.8 | <.01 |
 Not Partnered | 413 | 42.5 | 151 | 36.7 | 90 | 39.1 | 171 | 41.5 |  |
Education (n = 971) | |||||||||
 HS degree or less | 558 | 57.6 | 186 | 33.3 | 149 | 26.7 | 223 | 40.0 | <.01 |
  > HS degree | 410 | 42.4 | 233 | 56.8 | 81 | 19.8 | 96 | 23.4 |  |
Employment | |||||||||
 Not employed | 708 | 72.9 | 261 | 37.0 | 184 | 26.1 | 261 | 36.9 | <.01 |
 Employed part time | 49 | 5.0 | 19 | 39.6 | 10 | 20.8 | 19 | 39.6 |  |
 Employed full time | 215 | 22.1 | 139 | 64.7 | 36 | 16.7 | 40 | 18.6 |  |
Annual household income (n = 735) | |||||||||
  < $10 k | 252 | 34.3 | 63 | 25.2 | 45 | 18.0 | 142 | 56.8 | <.01 |
 $10 k-$24,999 | 199 | 27.1 | 82 | 41.2 | 47 | 23.6 | 70 | 35.2 |  |
 $25 k-$49,999 | 138 | 18.8 | 66 | 47.8 | 40 | 29.0 | 32 | 23.2 |  |
 $50 k and > | 146 | 19.8 | 94 | 64.4 | 35 | 24.0 | 17 | 11.6 |  |
Last 12 m any in household need prescription medication but couldn’t afford (n = 971) | |||||||||
 No | 785 | 81.0 | 358 | 45.8 | 184 | 23.5 | 240 | 30.7 | <.01 |
 Yes | 186 | 19.0 | 60 | 32.3 | 46 | 24.7 | 80 | 43.0 |  |
Perceived financial status (n = 964) | |||||||||
 Struggle to make ends meet | 416 | 43.1 | 131 | 31.6 | 83 | 20.0 | 201 | 48.4 | <.01 |
 Enough to get by | 364 | 37.8 | 165 | 45.5 | 97 | 26.7 | 101 | 27.8 |  |
 More than enough | 184 | 19.1 | 115 | 62.8 | 50 | 27.3 | 18 | 9.8 |  |
BMI (n = 924) | |||||||||
 Underweight/Normal | 235 | 25.4 | 81 | 34.6 | 48 | 20.5 | 105 | 44.9 | <.01 |
 Overweight | 276 | 29.9 | 114 | 41.6 | 67 | 24.5 | 93 | 33.9 |  |
 Obese | 413 | 44.7 | 196 | 47.5 | 108 | 26.2 | 109 | 26.4 |  |
As adult ever live with smoker | |||||||||
 No | 346 | 35.6 | 267 | 77.2 | 51 | 14.7 | 28 | 8.1 | <.01 |
 Yes | 626 | 64.4 | 152 | 24.4 | 179 | 28.7 | 292 | 46.9 |  |
<  16 years old live with smoker | |||||||||
 No | 286 | 29.4 | 158 | 55.2 | 58 | 20.3 | 70 | 24.5 | <.01 |
 Yes | 686 | 70.6 | 261 | 38.2 | 172 | 25.2 | 250 | 36.6 |  |