From: Occupational correlates of smoking among urban transit operators: A prospective study
Category | Increase, Initiate, or Maintain Smoking (n = 230) | Non-smoker (n = 424) | Mantel-Haenszel Chi-Square | ||||
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No. | % | No. | % | Value | Probability | ||
Gender | Male | 204 | (88.7%) | 396 | (93.4%) | 5.67 | 0.02 |
Female | 26 | (11.3%) | 28 | (6.6%) | 5.32 | 0.03 | |
Race/ethnicity | Asian/Filipino | 30 | (13.0%) | 86 | (20.3%) | 7.32 | 0.04 |
Black | 132 | (57.4%) | 200 | (47.2%) | 6.50 | 0.02 | |
Hispanic | 22 | (9.6%) | 50 | (11.8%) | 3.32 | 0.09 | |
White | 41 | (17.8%) | 77 | (18.2%) | 2.89 | 0.10 | |
Other | 5 | (2.2%) | 11 | (2.6%) | 1.56 | 0.24 | |
Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | ANOVA | |||
F value | Prob. > F | ||||||
Age (years) | 49.80 | (5.48) | 50.61 | (5.94) | 2.66 | 0.10 | |
Alcohol | 0.42 | (0.76) | 0.30 | (0.62) | 4.53 | 0.03 | |
Unwind time | 1.80 | (0.82) | 1.68 | (0.80) | 3.22 | 0.07 | |
Job problems | 1.69 | (1.14) | 1.81 | (1.17) | 1.57 | 0.21 | |
Burnout | 1.77 | (1.52) | 1.62 | (1.39) | 1.71 | 0.19 | |
Years driving | 18.12 | (5.71) | 18.47 | (6.30) | 0.69 | 0.40 |