Table 2.
Percentage interest in quitting, quit attempts, and sustained abstinence: observations within each demographic group and GEE results (weighted; controlling for wave and demographics).
| Interest in quittinga | Made a quit attempt | One month sustained abstinenceb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | % | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | % | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | |
| Age | ||||||
| 18-24 | 83.1% | Ref | 47.3% | Ref | 20.0% | Ref |
| 25-39 | 82.9% | 0.86 (0.62-1.19) | 41.1% | 0.77 (0.62-0.96) | 23.8% | 1.19 (0.81-1.77) |
| 40-54 | 69.8% | 0.43 (0.32-0.59) | 35.2% | 0.60 (0.48-0.74) | 21.6% | 1.15 (0.78-1.69) |
| 55+ | 58.0% | 0.30 (0.22-0.41) | 38.4% | 0.72 (0.57-0.92) | 24.1% | 1.42 (0.95-2.15) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 74.0% | Ref | 40.4% | Ref | 21.4% | Ref |
| Male | 71.6% | 0.91 (0.78-1.06) | 37.8% | 0.92 (0.81-1.04) | 23.9% | 1.16 (0.94-1.43) |
| SES | ||||||
| Low | 67.6% | Ref | 36.7% | Ref | 18.2% | Ref |
| Moderate | 74.0% | 1.20 (1.03-1.41) | 39.5% | 1.17 (1.02-1.36) | 23.1% | 1.32 (1.03-1.69) |
| High | 78.4% | 1.55 (1.20-2.00) | 41.2% | 1.34 (1.10-1.62) | 29.0% | 1.67 (1.23-2.27) |
| Region | ||||||
| Metro | 72.7% | Ref | 38.0% | Ref | 22.3% | Ref |
| Regional | 72.8% | 1.02 (0.87-1.20) | 40.1% | 1.12 (0.98-1.28) | 23.2% | 1.06 (0.85-1.32) |
| HSI | ||||||
| Low | 80.1% | Ref | 51.6% | Ref | 33.7% | Ref |
| Moderate | 75.5% | 0.93 (0.75-1.15) | 40.5% | 0.71 (0.59-0.85) | 23.7% | 0.61 (0.46-0.81) |
| High | 66.6% | 0.74 (0.58-0.94) | 33.1% | 0.58 (0.48-0.71) | 15.8% | 0.39 (0.27-0.54) |
| Wave | ||||||
| 2002 to '03 | 74.5% | 1.14 (0.98-1.32) | 32.6% | 0.64 (0.56-0.74) | 14.0% | 0.65 (0.45-0.93) |
| 2003 to '04 | 70.8% | Ref | 40.8% | Ref | 19.8% | Ref |
| 2005 to '06 | 72.6% | 1.11 (0.95-1.30) | 39.9% | 1.01 (0.87-1.16) | 26.8% | 1.42 (1.03-1.96) |
| 2006 to '07 | 73.8% | 1.20 (1.01-1.43) | 43.5% | 1.15 (0.99-1.34) | 25.6% | 1.39 (1.01-1.91) |
| 2007 to '08 | 72.5% | 1.17 (0.98-1.40) | 40.1% | 1.04 (0.88-1.23) | 23.5% | 1.28 (0.89-1.83) |
| 2008 to '09 | 71.9% | 1.14 (0.95-1.37) | 39.3% | 1.01 (0.86-1.20) | 26.6% | 1.42 (1.02-1.99) |
| Total | 72.8% | 39.0% | 22.7% | |||
Notes:
For interest in quitting and quit attempts there are 8,042 observations from 3,303 individuals. OR = Odds ratio; CI = Confidence interval. Bold text indicates p<0.05.
a
Taken at the baseline waves (1 to 6).
b
Sample is all baseline smokers that made a quit attempt in the previous year, excluding those abstinent for less than one month at the follow-up (2989 observations from 1856 individuals).