TABLE 3—
Adjusted Odds Ratios (ORs; With 99% Confidence Intervals [CIs]) of Demographic, Smoking, and Physical Activity Characteristics for Cessation Attempt, by Gender: Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.1, 2000–2001
| Men (n = 4594), OR (99% CI) | Women (n = 4796), OR (99% CI) | |
| Marital status | ||
| Married or common-law (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Widowed, separated, or divorced | 1.07 (0.75, 1.52) | 0.93 (0.69, 1.25) |
| Single | 0.85 (0.62, 1.17) | 1.20 (0.85, 1.69) |
| Education | ||
| Less than secondary-school graduation (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Secondary-school graduation | 0.98 (0.69, 1.39) | 0.74 (0.53, 1.04) |
| Some postsecondary school | 1.01 (0.61, 1.67) | 0.73 (0.46, 1.16) |
| Postsecondary-school graduation | 1.17 (0.87, 1.59) | 0.89 (0.65, 1.20) |
| Income adequacya | ||
| Lowest income (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Lower-middle income | 0.89 (0.46, 1.75) | 0.93 (0.53, 1.63) |
| Middle income | 1.14 (0.62, 2.12) | 0.79 (0.46, 1.34) |
| Upper-middle income | 1.03 (0.56, 1.89) | 0.72 (0.43, 1.22) |
| Highest income | 0.91 (0.49, 1.68) | 0.69 (0.38, 1.23) |
| Missing income | 0.95 (0.46, 1.93) | 0.92 (0.49, 1.70) |
| Race | ||
| White (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Minority | 1.07 (0.68, 1.68) | 0.61 (0.35, 1.05) |
| Smoking behaviors | ||
| No. of cigarettes smoked daily | 0.98** (0.96, 0.99) | 0.99 (0.97, 1.01) |
| No. of years smoking | 0.99** (0.98, 1.00) | 0.99* (0.98, 1.00) |
| Age initiated daily smoking | 0.99 (0.96, 1.02) | 0.98 (0.97, 1.00) |
| Physical activity | ||
| Sedentary (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Physically active | 1.36* (1.04, 1.78) | 1.37* (1.05, 1.79) |
Notes. Adjusted for marital status, education, income adequacy, race, number of cigarettes smoked daily, number of years smoking, and age initiated daily smoking.
aTotal household income adjusted for number of individuals residing in household.
* P ≤ .01; **P ≤ .001.