Characteristics and correlates of quitting among black and white low-income pregnant smokers.
OBJECTIVE
To examine race-specific differences in correlates of cessation in low income pregnant women.


METHODS
Two hundred forty-eight low-income black and white pregnant women who smoked regularly prior to pregnancy were interviewed to assess several potential correlates of quitting.


RESULTS
Race differences emerged in characteristics commonly thought to influence quitting including income, education level, marital status, nicotine dependence, and smoking history. However, race was not correlated with having quit smoking, nor did it influence the effect of other variables in quitting.


CONCLUSIONS
Factors that influence the decision to quit smoking during pregnancy do not appear to differ between low-income black and white women.
Ward
Kenneth D
KD
Department of Health and Sports Sciences, Center for Community Health, The University of Memphis, 633 Normal Street, Memphis, TN 38152, USA. kdward@memphis.edu
Vander Weg
Mark W
MW
Sell
Marie A
MA
Scarinci
Isabel C
IC
Read
Mary Cocke
MC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D011584:Psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D013714:Tennessee; D044465:White People