Table 2.
Association between sociodemographics and time period with nicotine dependency and quit attempts over the past year
| High nicotine dependency | Any quit attempts in the past year | |||||
| OR | p Value | 95% CI | OR | p Value | 95% CI | |
| Age | ||||||
| 16–54 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| 55–59 | 1.35 | <0.001 | 1.26 to 1.44 | 0.74 | <0.001 | 0.68 to 0.80 |
| 60–64 | 1.31 | <0.001 | 1.22 to 1.40 | 0.70 | <0.001 | 0.64 to 0.76 |
| 65–69 | 1.17 | <0.001 | 1.08 to 1.26 | 0.65 | <0.001 | 0.59 to 0.71 |
| 70–74 | 0.98 | 0.669 | 0.90 to 1.07 | 0.57 | <0.001 | 0.51 to 0.64 |
| 75–79 | 0.69 | <0.001 | 0.62 to 0.76 | 0.41 | <0.001 | 0.35 to 0.48 |
| 80–84 | 0.54 | <0.001 | 0.47 to 0.63 | 0.27 | <0.001 | 0.21 to 0.35 |
| 85+ | 0.45 | <0.001 | 0.37 to 0.56 | 0.32 | <0.001 | 0.22 to 0.46 |
| p Value for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Gender | ||||||
| Men | 1.21 | <0.001 | 1.17 to 1.26 | 0.81 | <0.001 | 0.78 to 0.85 |
| Women | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| Social grade | ||||||
| AB | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| C1 | 1.20 | <0.001 | 1.12 to 1.28 | 0.96 | 0.23 | 0.89 to 1.03 |
| C2 | 1.61 | <0.001 | 1.51 to 1.72 | 0.91 | 0.01 | 0.85 to 0.98 |
| D | 1.89 | <0.001 | 1.77 to 2.02 | 0.88 | 0.001 | 0.81 to 0.95 |
| E | 2.44 | <0.001 | 2.29 to 2.61 | 0.90 | 0.005 | 0.84 to 0.97 |
| p Value for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Survey years | ||||||
| 2006–2008 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| 2009–2010 | 0.95 | 0.03 | 0.91 to 0.97 | 0.80 | <0.001 | 0.76 to 0.84 |
| 2011–2012 | 0.80 | <0.001 | 0.76 to 0.85 | 0.73 | <0.001 | 0.69 to 0.77 |
| 2013–2015 | 0.72 | <0.001 | 0.69 to 0.76 | 0.85 | <0.001 | 0.81 to 0.90 |
| p Value for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||