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. 2013 Sep 17;13:859. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-859

Table 2.

Social support for quitting (ssq)

# Question Scale Percent endorsing
1
How many of your family members smoke cigarettes?
1-None of them
11.2
 
2-Some of them
46.7
 
3-Most of them
33.5
 
4-All of them
8.7
2
How many of your family members have successfully quit smoking cigarettes?
1-None of them
37.2
 
2-Some of them
54.5
 
3-Most of them
4.8
 
4-All of them
3.5
3
How would your family react to your quitting smoking cigarettes?
1-Will discourage it
0.4
 
2-Won’t accept it
0.9
 
3- Neutral
14.9
 
4-Will accept it
23.8
 
 
5-Will encourage it
60.0
4
How many of your friends smoke cigarettes?
1-None of them
1.3
 
2-Some of them
30.8
 
3-Most of them
55.6
 
4-All of them
12.4
5
How many of your friends have successfully quit smoking cigarettes?
1-None of them
45.5
 
2-Some of them
51.3
 
3-Most of them
2.2
 
4-All of them
0.9
6
How would your friends react to your quitting smoking cigarettes?
1-Will discourage it
3.0
 
2-Won’t accept it
0.9
 
3- Neutral
21.2
 
4-Will accept it
45.5
 
 
5-Will encourage it
29.4
7
How many people living in your household currently smoke?
 
Mean = 1.83 (SD = 0.96)
8
If married or living together, does your spouse/partner smoke?
1-Yes
58.8
 
0-No
14.2
9
If you have a romantic partner, spouse, or boyfriend/girlfriend, how supportive is this person in your efforts to quit smoking? 10 point scale
 
 
1-Very Unsupportive
 
  10-Very Supportive Mean = 7.3 (SD = 6.9)

Items 1–3 total = Family SSQ; items 4–6 total = Friends SSQ.