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. 2017 Sep;80:37–44. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2017.06.008

Table 1.

Respondents' demographic and work characteristics, N = 695.

Characteristic Total, % (n) No mental health lead, n = 515 (74.1%) Mental health lead present, n = 180 (25.9%) Comparison statistics
Gender, %(n)
Male 17.3 (120) 16.3 (84) 20.0 (36) χ2(1) = 1.3, p = 0.26
Female 82.7 (575) 83.7 (431) 80.0 (144)



Age, % (n)
Below 34 14.1 (98) 13.0 (67) 17.2 (31) χ2(3) = 2.9, p = 0.40
35–44 22.2 (154) 21.6 (111) 23.9 (43)
45–54 34.7 (241) 35.7 (184) 31.7 (57)
55 or older 29.1 (202) 29.7 (153) 27.2 (49)



Country of residence, % (n)
England 94.7 (658) 94.8 (488) 94.4 (170) χ2(1) = 0.03, p = 0.87
Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland 5.3 (37) 5.2 (27) 5.6 (10)



Role
Specialist practitionera 43.2 (300) 41.2 (212) 48.9 (88) χ2(2) = 8.7, p = 0.013
Community practitionerb 40.3 (280) 43.5 (224) 31.1 (56)
Service manager, commissioner, or other 16.5 (115) 15.3 (79) 20.0 (36)



Employer, % (n)
NHS organisation 26.8 (186) 21.2 (109) 42.8 (77) χ2(5) = 56.3, p < 0.001
General practice 25.5 (177) 29.3 (151) 14.4 (26)
Pharmacy 18.4 (128) 21.7 (112) 8.9 (16)
Local authority 11.2 (78) 9.3 (48) 16.7 (30)
Company that runs stop smoking services 5.9 (41) 5.2 (27) 7.8 (14)
Other or unknown 12.2 (85) 13.2 (68) 9.4 (17)

Note: Bolded cells associated with adjusted residuals greater than ± 2.58 (α = 0.01).

a

For specialist practitioners smoking cessation is their main work role.

b

For community practitioners smoking cessation is not the main but a part of their job.