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. 2008 Jul;17(6):971–978. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0621

Table 6.

Readiness of Change in Men and Women Smoking

  Male n = 827 Female n = 90 p valuea
Had thought of cutting down/changing brand/quitting in previous 6 months 511 (61.8) 62 (68.9) 0.2080
Had made a cutting-down/changing brand/quitting attempt in the previous 6 months 401 (48.5) 47 (52.2) 0.5077
Stage of change     0.1321
 Precontemplator 798 (96.6) 83 (93.3)  
 Contemplator 28 (3.4) 6 (6.7)  
a

Chi-square test.