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. 2007 Sep 18;7:248. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-248

Table 2.

Logistic regression model to predict favorable attitude towards the four FCTC measures (N = 3,003)

Group N Banning smoking in public places X (in favor)% OR(95%C.I) Increasing cigarette taxes X(in favor)% OR(95%C.I) Health warnings X(in favor)% OR(95%C.I) Banning tobacco advertising X(in favor)% OR(95%C.I)
Region
Hangzhou 1443 1337 92.7 1.00 1067 74.6 1.00 1327 92.0 1.00 1201 83.2 1.00
Xian 1560 1120 71.8 0.20(0.17,0.28)** 990 63.5 0.66(0.55,0.78)** 1230 48.9 0.35(0.28,0.45)** 1378 88.4 1.53(1.22,1.90)**
Gender
Male 1595 1155 72.4 1.00 951 59.6 1.00 1263 79.2 1.00 1344 84.3 1.00
Female 1408 1302 92.5 1.61(1.12, 2.32)** 1115 79.2 1.38(1.06,1.79)* 1294 91.9 0.86(0.57,1.28) 1235 87.1 0.79(0.56,1.13)
Age
< 20 y 266 223 85.0 1.00 197 74.1 1.00 226 85.0 1.00 223 83.8 1.00
20- 525 438 83.4 1.38(0.87,2.19) 378 72.0 0.96(0.67,1.34) 464 88.4 1.77(1.12,2.78) 464 88.4 1.18(0.76,1.85)
30- 639 564 88.3 1.24(0.77,2.00) 426 66.7 0.58(0.40,0.84)** 558 87.3 0.78(0.49,1.25) 512 80.1 0.65(0.41,1.01)
40- 875 710 81.1 0.97(0.62,1.52) 598 68.3 0.81(0.56,1.15) 745 85.5 0.85(0.55,1.33) 773 88.4 1.05(0.67,1.36)
50- 698 519 74.4 0.50(0.53,0.84)** 467 66.9 0.67(0.47, 0.95)* 564 80.8 0.65(0.43,0.99)* 608 87.0 1.13(0.75,1.70)
Education
Junior school and low 716 594 83.0 1.00 466 65.1 1.00 605 84.5 1.00 414 85.8 1.00
High School 1271 1006 79.2 0.80(0.61,1.06) 846 66.6 1.14(0.92,1.43) 1050 82.6 0.84(0.63,1.13) 1072 84.1 0.99(0.76,1.31)
College and above 1016 857 84.4 0.92(0.65,1.31) 754 74.5 1.32(1.01,1.72)* 902 88.8 1.46(1.02,2.08)* 893 87.9 1.38(1.00,1.92)*
Marital status
Never 531 430 81.0 1.00 386 72.7 -- 446 84.1 1.00 449 84.6 1.00
Married 2095 1752 83.6 1.62(1.13,2.30)** 1459 69.6 1.17(0.88,1.72) 1828 87.3 1.94(1.38,2.73)** 1812 86.5 1.51(1.05,2.17)
Others(Divorced, widowed and so on) 377 275 72.9 0.80 (0.52,1.23) 221 58.6 0.62(0.44,0.88)** 283 75.1 0.76(0.52,1.11) 318 84.4 0.90(0.59,1.39)
Occupation
Professional 278 234 84.2 1.00 212 76.3 1.00 241 86.7 1.00 249 90.0 1.00
Leader◆ 247 198 80.2 0.67(0.40,1.11) 176 71.3 0.82(0.54,1.24) 208 84.1 0.74(0.44,1.27) 205 83.0 0.58(0.35,0.98)*
Clerks 432 382 88.4 0.92(0.57,1.50) 318 73.6 0.79(0.54,1.15) 385 89.1 0.93(0.57,1.54) 352 81.5 0.57(0.36,0.91)*
Commerce and service 587 504 85.7 0.81(0.52,1.26) 394 67.1 0.60(0.42,0.86)** 516 87.9 1.01(0.62,1.62) 508 86.5 0.86(0.54,1.38)
Operation workers 313 221 70.6 0.58(0.37,0.91)* 192 61.3 0.70(0.47,1.05) 244 78.0 0.82(0.50,1.25) 256 81.8 0.59(0.35,0.98)*
Never been employed 188 146 77.7 0.55(0.33,0.93)* 116 61.7 0.58(0.37,0.91)* 162 86.2 1.17(0.64,2.14) 164 87.2 0.85(0.47,1.56)
Unemployed 208 173 79.4 0.61(0.36,1.04) 119 54.6 0.38(0.25,0.59)** 177 81.2 0.62(0.36,1.09) 199 91.3 1.27(0.67,2.38)
Retired 412 315 76.5 0.63(0.39,1.00) 284 68.9 0.83(0.55,1.25) 342 83.0 1.08(0.64,1.82) 375 91.0 1.21(0.70,2.11)
Others◆ ◆ 328 284 86.6 0.72(0.42,1.21) 255 77.7 0.85(0.55,1.31) 282 86.0 0.80(0.44,1.47) 271 82.6 0.52(0.32,0.86)*
Average Annual Income/person(RMB)
< 10000 991 839 84.7 1.00 644 65.0 1.00 848 85.6 1.00 847 85.5 1.00
10000- 833 629 75.7 0.73(0.53,1.02) 564 67.7 1.25(1.01,1.55)* 690 82.8 0.91(0.69,1.21) 715 86.0 1.07(0.82,1.41)
15000- 1179 989 83.9 0.96(0.66,1,41) 858 72.8 1.27(1.03,1.57)* 1019 86.4 0.80(0.60,1.07) 1017 86.3 1.27(0.96,1.66)
Smoking status
Non-smoking 1760 1619 92.0 1.00 1388 78.9 1.00 1630 92.6 1.00 1558 88.5 1.00
Occasional smoking 187 158 84.5 0.60(0.36,1.01) 106 56.7 0.42(0.29,0.61)** 147 78.6 0.28(0.18,0.42)** 140 74.9 0.39(0.27,0.56)**
Daily smoking
Light(< = 10 cigarettes/day) 531 360 67.8 0.23 (0.16,0.34)** 320 60.3 0.50(0.37,0.67)** 418 78.2 0.29(0.18,0.42)** 434 81.7 0.58(0.44,0.76)**
Heavy(> 10 cigarettes/day) 525 320 61.0 0.21(0.14,0.30)** 252 48.0 0.31(0.23,0.41)** 362 69.0 0.17(0.13,0.22)** 447 85.3 0.73(0.55,0.98)*

◆ Leaders of governmental or party agencies, enterprises or institutions; ◆◆ Others included students and army and other uncategorized OR(odds ratio) is a way of comparing whether the probability of favorable attitude towards the four FCTC measure is the same for two groups,*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01