Table 3.
Characteristics of the unemployed and not unemployed patients and their continuous abstinence (given as % of all and of the responders, respectively)
| Unemployed | Not unemployed | |||||
| Characteristics | Continuous abstinence (%) | Characteristics | Continuous abstinence (%) | |||
| n (%) | All | Responders | n (%) | All | Responders | |
| All | 840 (100) | 19 | 27 | 19 748 (100) | 27 | 34 |
| Setting | ||||||
| Hospital/midwifery | 145 (17) | 17 | 21 | 2154 (11) | 28 | 35 |
| Pharmacies | 219 (26) | 19 | 27 | 4995 (25) | 29 | 36 |
| Municipality/county | 473 (56) | 21 | 29 | 12 418 (63) | 26 | 33 |
| Other | 3 (0) | 181 (1) | ||||
| Format | ||||||
| Individual | 99 (12) | 24 | 35 | 1742 (9) | 30 | 38 |
| Group | 734 (87) | 19 | 26 | 17 908 (91) | 27 | 33 |
| Other | 7 (1) | 98 (0) | ||||
| Medication for free | ||||||
| No free medication | 444 (53) | 20 | 29 | 10 469 (53) | 28 | 35 |
| Free medication for a few days | 295 (35) | 20 | 27 | 7490 (38) | 25 | 33 |
| Free medication for <5 weeks | 92 (11) | 12 | 17 | 1496 (8) | 27 | 33 |
| Free medication for 5 weeks | 9 (1) | 33 | 38 | 293 (1) | 32 | 40 |
| Region | ||||||
| Living in the capital | 337 (40) | 21 | 28 | 8082 (41) | 25 | 32 |
| Living in other regions | 503 (60) | 18 | 26 | 11 666 (59) | 28 | 35 |
| Midtjylland | 208 (25) | 20 | 27 | 3859 (20) | 29 | 35 |
| Nordjylland | 41 (5) | 22 | 29 | 773 (4) | 29 | 35 |
| Sjælland | 113 (13) | 18 | 26 | 2930 (15) | 28 | 34 |
| Syddanmark | 141 (17) | 16 | 24 | 4104 (21) | 28 | 35 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 304 (36) | 21 | 30 | 7632 (39) | 29 | 36 |
| Female | 536 (64) | 19 | 26 | 12 116 (61) | 26 | 32 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18–39 | 361 (43) | 18 | 27 | 4983 (25) | 24 | 32 |
| 40–49 | 209 (25) | 20 | 28 | 4873 (25) | 27 | 34 |
| 50–59 | 233 (28) | 21 | 26 | 5133 (26) | 28 | 34 |
| 59–98 | 37 (4) | 19 | 23 | 4759 (24) | 29 | 36 |
| Smoking | ||||||
| 0–20 pack-years | 381 (45) | 19 | 30 | 7435 (38) | 28 | 37 |
| >20 pack-years | 459 (55) | 19 | 25 | 12 313 (62) | 26 | 32 |
| Fagerström 1–4 points | 227 (27) | 23 | 33 | 7579 (38) | 32 | 39 |
| Fagerström 5–10 points | 613 (73) | 178 | 25 | 12 169 (62) | 24 | 30 |
| 0 to <10 cigarettes per day | 60 (7) | 18 | 27 | 1755 (9) | 34 | 43 |
| 10 to <20 | 252 (30) | 27 | 39 | 6961 (35) | 29 | 36 |
| 20 to <30 | 360 (43) | 17 | 24 | 8173 (41) | 25 | 32 |
| 30 to <40 | 111 (13) | 14 | 18 | 1996 (10) | 22 | 29 |
| 40+ | 57 (7) | 14 | 16 | 863 (4) | 22 | 28 |
| Compliance with programme | ||||||
| Compliant | 396 (47) | 32 | 40 | 11 774 (60) | 36 | 43 |
| Not compliant | 426 (51) | 8 | 13 | 7580 (38) | 13 | 18 |
| Missing information | 18 (2) | 6 | 10 | 394 (2) | 29 | 38 |
| Living with a smoker | ||||||
| Yes | 292 (35) | 20 | 28 | 6747 (34) | 26 | 32 |
| No | 545 (65) | 19 | 26 | 12 848 (65) | 27 | 35 |
| Missing information | 3 (0) | 158 (1) | ||||
| Attempts to quit | ||||||
| Never attempted to quit | 418 (50) | 18 | 25 | 7633 (39) | 26 | 33 |
| 1–3 | 350 (42) | 20 | 28 | 9880 (50) | 27 | 33 |
| >3 attempts | 68 (8) | 25 | 36 | 1858 (9) | 31 | 38 |
| Missing information | 4 (0) | 377 (2) | 23 | 32 | ||
| Professional recommendation | ||||||
| Yes | 531 (63) | 18 | 24 | 10 927 (55) | 26 | 32 |
| No | 309 (37) | 21 | 32 | 8821 (45) | 29 | 36 |
| Education | ||||||
| Low level | 371 (44) | 16 | 24 | 5367 (27) | 23 | 30 |
| High level | 446 (53) | 23 | 30 | 13 636 (69) | 29 | 36 |
| Missing information | 23 (3) | 9 | 13 | 745 (4) | 22 | 28 |
| Unemployment | ||||||
| Unemployed | 840 (100) | 19 | 27 | |||
| Not unemployed | 19 233 (97) | 27 | 34 | |||
| Missing information | 515 (3) | 23 | 31 | |||