Table 3.

GEE Estimates for Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking and Number of Cigarettes Smoked Daily, 2009–2011

	Smoking Participation		Average Daily Cigarettes
	AOR	95% CI	IRR	95% CI
Policy	0.88***	0.80 – 0.96	0.94**	0.89 – 0.99
Male	13.95***	8.26 – 23.58	1.09	0.92 – 1.29
Age	0.99*	0.97 – 1.00	1.00*	1.00 – 1.01
Education
Some/completed university	0.77	0.55 – 1.08	0.89	0.68 – 1.15
Form 1–4/SC completed	0.87	0.69 – 1.10	1.04	0.95 – 1.14
Primary School or less	1		1
Income
MUR 30,000 or more	0.66	0.39 – 1.10	1.08	0.88 – 1.33
MUR 15,000 to 29,999	1.09*	0.98 – 1.22	1.05	0.95 – 1.15
Less than MUR 15,000	1		1
Marital status
Married	1.16	0.87 – 1.55	1.08	0.91 – 1.28
Separated/widowed	1.14	0.86 – 1.53	1.17	0.96 – 1.44
Single	1		1
Employed	1.14	0.89 – 1.46	1.25***	1.11 – 1.41
Unemployed/inactive	1		1

^***p<0.01,

^**p<0.05,

^*p<0.1, AOR = adjusted odds ratio, IRR = Incidence rate ratios

The sample includes 725 respondents and yielding 2175 person-year observations. For the CPD analysis, the sample includes 521 smokers, yielding 1460 person-year observations.