Table 1.

Background factors, by the proportion of respondents who had stopped smoking at follow-up. In Norwegian nurses' aides.

		Stopped smoking
Baseline characteristics	N †	n	Row %	P
Age				0.003
< 30	125	23	18.4
30–39	476	58	12.2
40–49	1029	88	8.6
50–59	544	47	8.6
> 59	55	6	10.9
Gender				0.873
Female	2135	213	10.0
Male	95	9	9.5
Marital status				0.002
Married or cohabiting	1721	190	11.0
Single	505	32	6.3
Pregnant				0.616
No	2186	221	10.1
Yes	11	0	0.0
Have preschool children				0.028
No	1900	182	9.6
Yes	291	40	13.7
Daily consumption of cigarettes				0.000
1–9	1221	156	12.8
10–19	913	59	6.5
20 or more	96	7	7.3
Total sample	2230	222	10.0

N = Total number if respondents in each category. n = number of cases in each category. Row % = proportion of cases in each category. ^† The total number of individuals included in these analyses were somewhat lower than the number of individuals who responded to the questionnaire, because not all respondents answered all questions; there was missing information about smoking for 45 persons.