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. 2006 Sep;60(Suppl 2):ii44–ii50. doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.045724

Table 2 Odds of quitting smoking any length. Multiple logistic regression analysis. Employed adult women (age 25 and older) who do not live alone and who were daily smokers one year ago. CPS 1992–93 and 2001–02.

Variable 1992–93 2001–02
OR (95% CI) p Value OR (95% CI) p Value
Home smoking restrictions
 Smoking permitted 1.00 1.00
 Some smoking permitted 2.15 (1.70,2.73) <0.0001 2.34 (1.54,3.55) <0.0001
 No smoking permitted 7.77 (5.91,10.21) <0.0001 6.54 (4.61,9.28) <0.0001
Education
 ⩽ 12 years 1.00 1.00
 13–15 years 1.07 (0.85,1.36) 0.5599 1.39 (1.02,1.89) 0.0394
 16+ years 1.22 (0.95,1.57) 0.1208 2.17 (1.44,3.27) 0.0003
Race/ethnicity
 White 1.00 1.00
 Hispanic 0.99 (0.48,2.03) 0.9848 0.50 (0.20,1.21) 0.1206
 African‐American 0.74 (0.49,1.13) 0.1570 0.88 (0.49,1.57) 0.6660
 Asian‐Pacific Islander 0.87 (0.36,2.07) 0.7419 1.40 (0.49,4.03) 0.5231
 Native American 0.72 (0.25,2.12) 0.5464 1.73 (0.60,5.00) 0.3034
Workplace smoking restrictions
 No policy, smoking permitted 1.00 1.00
 Smoke free 1.02 (0.83,1.26) 0.8549 1.11 (0.81,1.53) 0.5144
Homes with young children
 No children <5 1.00 1.00
 Children <5 0.72 (0.54,0.97) 0.0324 1.10 (0.70,1.74) 0.6647
Household composition
 Multiple adults, no children 1.00 1.00
 Multiple adults, children 0.78 (0.61,1.00) 0.0468 0.75 (0.53,1.07) 0.1166
 One adult, children 1.00 (0.71,1.40) 0.9854 0.61 (0.41,0.91) 0.0152
Age
 25–44 1.00 1.00
 45–64 0.90 (0.72,1.13) 0.3493 0.76 (0.55,1.07) 0.1116
 65 + 0.63 (0.21,1.86) 0.3912 2.09 (0.75,5.85) 0.1570
Occupation
 White collar 1.00 1.00
 Service worker 0.74 (0.59,0.94) 0.0136 0.78 (0.53,1.17) 0.2268
 Blue collar 0.66 (0.50,0.86) 0.0028 0.71 (0.44,1.15) 0.1649