Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Exploring the decoy effect to guide tobacco treatment choice: a randomized experiment
Variable | Total (N = 90) | Group A (n = 45) | Group B (n = 45) | P value± |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 40.4 (13.8) | 40.9 (13.1) | 39.8 (14.5) | 0.68 |
Sex | 0.08 | |||
Male | 26 (29%) | 9 (20%) | 17 (38%) | |
Female | 62 (69%) | 34 (76%) | 28 (62%) | |
Other | 2 (2%) | 2 (4%) | 0 (0%) | |
Race | 0.62 | |||
White | 67 (74%) | 35 (78%) | 32 (71%) | |
Black | 13 (14%) | 6 (13%) | 7 (16%) | |
Other | 10 (24%) | 4 (9%) | 6 (13%) | |
Hispanic ethnicity | 7 (8%) | 3 (7%) | 4 (9%) | 1.00 |
Education | 0.23 | |||
Some high school | 1 (1%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | |
High school/GED | 21 (34%) | 9 (20%) | 12 (27%) | |
Associate’s degree/some college | 38 (42%) | 16 (36%) | 22 (49%) | |
Bachelor’s degree | 20 (22%) | 14 (31%) | 6 (13%) | |
Graduate degree | 10 (11%) | 5 (11%) | 5 (11%) | |
Marital status | 0.42 | |||
Married/living with partner | 32 (36%) | 16 (36%) | 16 (16%) | |
Divorced/widowed/separated | 28 (31%) | 16 (36%) | 12 (27%) | |
Never married | 29 (32%) | 12 (27%) | 17 (38%) | |
Annual income | $59, 286.3 (58, 078.1) | $48, 620.9 (45, 720.4) | $69, 697.7 (66, 947.5) | 0.10 |
Cigarettes per day | 10.9 (7.2) | 11.6 (7.4) | 10.1 (7.0) | 0.33 |
Motivation to quit | 5.7 (2.5) | 5.1 (2.4) | 6.3 (2.5) | 0.03 |
Tried quitline counseling before | 12 (13%) | 4 (9%) | 8 (18%) | 0.35 |
Number of quitline calls | 1.6 (1.1) | 1.7 (1.2) | 1.6 (1.2) | 0.96 |