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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2015 Sep 16;26(11):1699–1707. doi: 10.1007/s10552-015-0662-9

Table 2.

Odds ratios testing associations between indicators of material hardship and “currently trying to quit tobacco”

Predictors Currently trying to quit
tobacco predicted by
Food Hardship
Currently trying to
quit tobacco predicted
by Financial Hardship
Currently trying to quit
tobacco predicted by
Material Hardship
OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value

Food Hardship
  Yes (not enough
$ food)
2.36(0.91–6.09) 0.08
  No (enough $
food)
Ref.

Financial Hardship
  Yes (not enough) 0.62(0.24–
1.58)
0.32
  No (some/just
enough)
Ref

Material Hardship
  1.food hardship
and financial
hardship
1.33(0.42–4.2) 0.13
  2.food hardship
and no financial
hardship
3.83(0.97–15.13)
  3.no food
hardship and
financial hardship
0.5(0.1–2.39)
  4.no food or
financial hardship
Ref
*

Models adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics, psycho-social stress, # of cigarettes smoked per day, and confidence in quitting