Table 2.

Odds Ratios From Logistic Regression Models Predicting Smoking Cessation Among Smokers, Health and Retirement Study (1992-2010).

	Men	Men	Women	Women	Men and Women
	Bivariate	Multivariate	Bivariate	Multivariate	Multivariate
N = 2,148		N = 1,651		N = 3,799
New chronic illness in the partnershipa (None)
Respondent only	2.71***	2.75***	2.11**	2.01***	2.67***
Spouse only	0.78*	0.76*	1.27**	1.25*	0.75*
Both respondent and partner	2.35***	2.32***	2.67***	2.55***	2.25***
Control variables
Age	1.01**	1.01*	1.03***	1.02**	1.01***
Education (Less than high school)
High school degree/GED	1.11	1.15	0.93	1.12	1.12
Some college	1.19	1.25*	1.19	1.49**	1.33***
College degree	1.22	1.28*	1.34	1.76**	1.43***
Race/Ethnicity (NH White)
NH Black	1.06	1.14	1.20	1.24	1.18*
Hispanic/Other	1.10	1.23	1.64***	1.82***	1.42***
Number of previous chronic conditions	1.09**	1.09*	1.20***	1.14**	1.12***
Self-rated health	0.98**	1.01	0.86***	0.94**	0.98
Died during follow-up	0.91	0.81**	1.21	1.11	0.89
Interaction variables
Female (male)					0.88
New Illness × Female
Respondent only × Female					0.78*
Partner only × Female					1.66**
Both respondent and partner × Female					1.18

^aAny new chronic illness includes the following six conditions for which smoking cessation is part of treatment guidelines: hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, cancer, and stroke.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.