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. 2024 Jul 25;24:1993. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19530-6

Table 2.

Associations with thinking about quitting due to the tax increase

Tax increase made you think about quitting
aOR (95% CI)
Gender
 Woman 1
 Man 0.85 (0.73 – 0.99)*
Age
 18–24 years 1
 25–39 years 0.85 (0.67—1.07)
 40–54 years 0.70 (0.55—0.89)**
 55 + years 0.52 (0.41—0.66)***
Income
 Low 1
 Moderate 1.03 (0.85—1.24)
 High 0.85 (0.66—1.10)
 Not stated 0.79 (0.64 – 0.97)*
Region
 West 1
 North 0.98 (0.76—1.26)
 East 0.87 (0.71 – 1.07)
 South 0.74 (0.62—0.90)**
Education*Wave 1
 Low 1
 Moderate 1.24 (1.01 – 1.51)*
 High 1.18 (0.91 – 1.54)
Education*Wave 2
 Low 1
 Moderate 1.57 (1.27 – 1.95)***
 High 1.48 (1.13 – 1.94)**
Wave*low education (additional exploration)
 Wave 1 1
 Wave 2 0.74 (0.62–0.87) ***
Wave*moderate education (additional exploration)
 Wave 1 1
 Wave 2 0.93 (0.81–1.08)
Wave*high education (additional exploration)
 Wave 1 1
 Wave 2 0.92 (0.74–1.14)

*p ≤ .05, ** p ≤ .01, *** p ≤ .001