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

Table 3 Odds of quitting smoking for three or more months. 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 allowed 2.18 (1.63,2.92) <0.0001 2.45 (1.48,4.07) 0.0007
 No smoking permitted 7.41 (5.55,9.90) <0.0001 7.08 (4.45,11.26) <0.0001
Education
 ⩽12 years 1.00 1.00
 13–15 years 1.05 (0.80,1.38) 0.6973 1.46 (0.99,2.16) 0.0581
 16+ years 1.18 (0.85,1.62) 0.3115 2.18 (1.29,3.68) 0.0041
Race/ethnicity
 White 1.00 1.00
 Hispanic 1.24 (0.59,2.61) 0.5618 0.36 (0.09,1.41) 0.1402
 African‐American 0.87 (0.51,1.47) 0.5870 1.17 (0.61,2.23) 0.6330
 Asian‐Pacific Islander 0.93 (0.31,2.81) 0.8977 0.61 (0.05,8.04) 0.7003
 Native American 1.19 (0.41,3.46) 0.7437 2.18 (0.61,7.82) 0.2280
Workplace smoking restrictions
 No policy, smoking allowed 1.00 1.00
 Smoke‐free 1.30 (1.04,1.63) 0.0214 0.99 (0.67,1.45) 0.9397
Homes with young children
 No children <5 1.00 1.00
 Children <5 0.74 (0.53,1.04) 0.0853 1.09 (0.62,1.92) 0.7744
Household composition
 Multiple adults, no children 1.00 1.00
 Multiple adults, children 0.69 (0.52,0.93) 0.0143 0.70 (0.46,1.06) 0.0897
 One adult, children 0.74 (0.50,1.11) 0.1424 0.67 (0.42,1.07) 0.0916
Age
 25–44 1.00 1.00
 45–64 0.87 (0.66,1.16) 0.3408 0.86 (0.60,1.25) 0.4272
 65 + 0.61 (0.16,2.30) 0.4535 2.43 (0.70,8.44) 0.1584
Occupation
 White collar 1.00 1.00
 Service worker 0.67 (0.49,0.92) 0.0140 0.91 (0.57,1.47) 0.6986
 Blue collar 0.69 (0.46,1.04) 0.0748 0.62 (0.33,1.19) 0.1488