Table 2 Socio-demographic correlates of tobacco use and reporting receiving tobacco screening
| Socio-demographic variable |
% (n) Smoking |
% (n) Snuff | %(n) screened during current visit | %(n) screened during a prior visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current visit screening | ||||
| No | 15.0 (64) | 12.9 (55) | - | |
| Yes | 15.9 (10) | 6.3 (4) | - | |
| p = | 0.86 | 0.14 | ||
| Prior visit screening | ||||
| No | 14.6 (65) | 12.6 (56) | 10.6 (46) | - |
| Yes | 17.0 (9) | 7.5 (4) | 32.1 (17) | - |
| p = | 0.65 | 0.38 | < 0.001 | - |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 7.4 (28) | 15.4 (58) | 14.1 (52) | 11.2 (42) |
| Male | 37.7 (46) | 1.6 (2) | 9.1 (11) | 9.1 (11) |
| p = | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.15 | 0.52 |
| Race | ||||
| Black | 11.9 (53) | 13.5 (60) | 13.3 (58) | 9.5 (42) |
| Other | 38.2 (21) | 0 | 9.3 (5) | 20.0 (11) |
| p = | 0.49 | 0.01 | 0.40 | 0.02 |
| Educational level | ||||
| Less than Grade 12 | 15.5 (58) | 14.4 (54) | 9.6 (35) | 8.3 (31) |
| Grade 12 and higher education | 12.9 (16) | 4.8 (6) | 22.6 (28) | 17.7 (22) |
| p = | 0.49 | 0.01 | < 0.001 | < 0.01 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 11.9 (21) | 10.8 (19) | 18.4 (32) | 15.3 (27) |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 20.2 (19) | 14.9 (14) | 7.8 (7) | 4.3 (4) |
| Married | 14.7 (33) | 11.2 (25) | 10.9 (24) | 9.9 (22) |
| p = | 0.19 | 0.57 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Current smoker | ||||
| No | - | 12.7 (53) | 10.4 (44) | |
| Yes | - | 13.5 (10) | 12.2 (9) | |
| p = | 0.86 | 0.65 | ||
| Snuff user | ||||
| No | - | 13.7 (59) | 11.2 (49) | |
| Yes | - | 6.8 (4) | 6.7 (4) | |
| p = | 0.21 | 0.38 | ||
| Attending clinician | ||||
| Medical practitioner | 20.2 (58) | 11.0 (23) | 5.7 (16) | 8.0 (23) |
| Nurse clinician | 7.6 (16) | 12.5 (36) | 22.8 (47) | 14.3 (30) |
| p = | 0.001 | 0.59 | < 0.001 | 0.03 |
| Presenting health problem | ||||
| HIV-related problem | 14.8 (9) | 14.8 (9) | 10.0 (6) | 9.8 (6) |
| Pregnancy-related problem | 3.3 (3) | 3.3 (3) | 40.7 (37) | 22.8 (21) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 14.8 (37) | 14.4 (36) | 3.7 (9) | 6.8 (17) |
| Other | 26.3 (25) | 12.6 (12) | 11.6 (11) | 8.4 (8) |
| p = | < 0.001 | 0.04 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |