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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: Cent Eur J Public Health. 2011 Jun;19(2):63–66. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a3631

Table 1.

Factors associated with quit attempts and successful quitting among low-income pregnant women living in Eastern Hungary (n=201)

Characteristics
of the sample
(n=201)
n (%)
Multivariable correlation
with quit attempt
(n=184)
OR (95% CI)
Multivariable correlation
with quitting
(n=185)
OR (95% CI)
Outcomes
Tried to quit during pregnancy 108 (54.0)
Quit when learned she was pregnant 41 (20.4)
Socio-demographic characteristics of the mother
Completed high school (12 grades) or more 40 (18.3) 1.21 (0.31–4.80) 7.48 (1.68–33.24)
Married or cohabitating 179 (89.1) 1.85 (0.47–7.21) 10.79 (1.00–115.77)
Average number of children (n=198) 1–10 2.95 (1.83) 0.96 (0.79–1.18) 1.03 (0.73–1.46)
Self-identified as Roma 100 (49.8) 0.32 (0.14–0.72) 0.54 (0.13–2.16)
Employed 42 (21.0) 1.37 (0.45–4.18) 7.56 (1.88–30.35)
Characteristics of the newborn
Weeks gestation (n=199) 25–41 35.0 (3.14) 0.98 (0.84–1.15) 0.98 (0.76–1.25)
Weight (grams) (n=199) 480–3500 2147.4 (501.7) 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.99 (0.99–1.00)
Economic indicators
Household income ≤100% of the poverty level (n=197) 186 (94.4) 0.90 (0.14–5.63) 0.17 (0.02–1.49)
Complete access to water supply mains, sewage, and operational heating 76 (36.8) 1.30 (0.50–3.34) 0.99 (0.25–3.82)
Health habits
Regular (vs. occasional) smoker prior to learning she was pregnant 164 (81.6) 0.36 (0.13–1.00) 0.12 (0.04–0.39)
Reported alcohol use during pregnancy 3 (1.5) a a
Daily intake of vegetables 91 (45.3) 2.21 (0.92–5.30) 2.07 (0.53–8.10)
Daily intake of fruits 97 (48.3) 1.33 (0.56–3.16) 1.04 (0.26–4.10)
Currently breastfeeding infant 158 (79.8) 1.72 (0.68–4.31) 1.35 (0.34–5.38)
External influences
Lives with a partner who smokes (n=191) 149 (72.3) 0.50 (0.19–1.29) 0.32 (0.09–1.18)
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Unable to compute the multivariable relationship between alcohol use and quit outcomes due to low variability in responses to this question.