Summary statistics (CPS-TUS, 1992–1999)
| All | Never smoker | Current smoker | Former smoker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data are from the US Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, National Cancer Institute Sponsored Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 1992–1999. | ||||
| The matched health sample refers to a roughly 1 of 6 random sub-sample for whom extended survey data on health status were available. | ||||
| HS, high school; sp, spouse. | ||||
| TUS sample | ||||
| n (%) | 383778 (100) | 207924 (54) | 96266 (25) | 79588 (21) |
| Absent in past week (%) | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| Female (%) | 43 | 47 | 40 | 36 |
| Married–sp present (%) | 63 | 63 | 55 | 73 |
| With child under 6 (%) | 20 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
| Mean age (years) | 39 | 38 | 39 | 44 |
| Age distribution (%) | ||||
| Under 30 years | 22 | 26 | 23 | 10 |
| 30–50 years | 58 | 57 | 60 | 57 |
| 50 or more years | 20 | 17 | 17 | 33 |
| Education (%) | ||||
| Less than HS | 10 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
| HS diploma | 34 | 30 | 44 | 33 |
| Less than college | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| College degree | 29 | 35 | 14 | 30 |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | ||||
| White | 80 | 76 | 83 | 87 |
| Black | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| Hispanic | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Other race | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Occupation type (%) | ||||
| White collar | 60 | 65 | 48 | 63 |
| Service occupation | 10 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
| Blue collar | 27 | 22 | 37 | 27 |
| Armed forces | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Matched health sample | ||||
| n (%) | 71824 (100) | 40055 (56) | 17122 (24) | 14647 (20) |
| Health status (%) | ||||
| Poor/fair | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Good/very good | 59 | 56 | 66 | 60 |
| Excellent | 36 | 39 | 27 | 35 |
| Disabled | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |