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Table 2 Smoking characteristics of 269 Hispanic mothers*

From: Prevalence and predictors of home and automobile smoking bans and child environmental tobacco smoke exposure: a cross-sectional study of U.S.- and Mexico-born Hispanic women with young children

Characteristic

Total No. (%)†

Mexico-born‡No. (%)†

U.S.-born No. (%)†

P

Current smoking status

   

<.001

   Nonsmoker

216 (80)

113 (90)

103 (72)

 

   Smoker

53 (20)

12 (10)

41 (28)

 

Cigarettes smoked per week§

   

.726

   1–10

15 (28)

4 (33)

11 (27)

 

   11–25

15 (28)

4 (33)

11 (27)

 

   >25

23 (43)

4 (33)

19 (46)

 

Proportion of friends who smoke

   

.005

   None

56 (21)

33 (27)

23 (16)

 

   A few

109 (41)

58 (47)

51 (35)

 

   Less than half

37 (14)

10 (8)

27 (19)

 

   About half

33 (12)

12 (10)

21 (15)

 

   Most

33 (12)

11 (9)

22 (15)

 

Other adult smokers in the home

    

   No

201 (75)

92 (74)

109 (76)

.693

   Yes

68 (25)

33 (26)

35 (24)

 
  1. *Some strata do not sum to 269 because of missing data.
  2. †Column percent.
  3. ‡Includes one woman who self-identified as Mexican, but was born in Costa Rica.
  4. §Among mothers classified as current smokers.