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Table 2 Differences in demographic characteristics, cigarette smoking status, dental visits and receipts of tobacco counseling in dental office among adolescents living in MTHs versus not living in MTHs

From: Smoking status, dental visits and receipt of tobacco counseling in dental office among mobile and trailer home adolescents

Variable

Living in Mobile/Trailer Homes

Living in Other types of housing

p-value

n (%)

n (%)

Age

 Younger Adolescents

1925 (46.5)

33149 (47.7)

0.15

 Older adolescents

2213 (53.5)

36397 (52.3)

Gender

 Male

2006 (49.8)

34794 (51.0)

0.15

 Female

2022 (50.2)

33480 (49.0)

School Type

 Middle

1871 (45.4)

29778 (42.9)

0.002*

 High

2250 (54.6)

39550 (57.1)

Race

 American Indian/Alaska native

55 (1.3)

629 (0.9)

<0.0001*

 Asian

65 (1.6)

1434 (2.1)

 Black/African American

623 (15.2)

17039 (24.8)

 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

36 (0.9)

466 (0.7)

 Other

778 (19.0)

12430 (18.1)

 White

2532 (61.9)

36810 (53.5)

Ethnicity

 Hispanic

1083 (26.8)

18981 (27.8)

0.19

 Non-Hispanic

2951 (73.2)

49313 (72.2)

Smoking Status

 Current established smoker

318 (7.7)

1464 (2.1)

<0.0001*

 Current non-established smoker

427 (10.4)

3627 (5.2)

 Current non-smoker

3377 (81.9)

34234 (92.7)

Tobacco Counseling in Dental Office

 Did not visit a dental office at all

1082 (27.2)

11486 (17.1)

<0.0001*

 Visited a dentist office but not receive tobacco counseling

2130 (53.6)

43929 (65.5)

 Visited a dentist office and received tobacco counseling

763 (19.2)

11620 (17.4)

  1. *- p < 0.05