Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample by smoking status
| All (n = 1445) | Never smokers (n = 759) | Current smokers (n = 313) | Former smokers (n = 373) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender, % (n) | ||||
| Male | 49.3 (712) | 44.0 (334)b | 55.9 (175)b | 54.4 (203)b |
| Female | 50.7 (733) | 56.0 (425) | 44.1 (138) | 45.6 (170) |
| Age, mean (SD) | 60.4 (6.3) | 60.1 (6.3) | 59.2 (6.3) | 61.8 (6.1) |
| Marital status, % (n) | ||||
| Married/Cohabiting | 61.7 (892) | 65.3 (496)b | 48.2 (151)b | 65.7 (245)b |
| Single/Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 38.3 (553) | 34.7 (263) | 51.8 (162) | 34.3 (128) |
| Ethnicity, % (n) | ||||
| White | 92.9 (1342) | 89.3 (678)b | 95.5 (299)b | 97.9 (365)b |
| Not White | 6.9 (100) | 10.4 (79) | 4.5 (14) | 1.9 (7) |
| Refused | 0.2 (3) | 0.3 (2) | 0.0 (0) | 0.3 (1) |
| Education level, % (n) | ||||
| Degree | 20.2 (292) | 26.2 (199)b | 10.2 (32)b | 16.4 (61)b |
| A-levels/further/equivalent | 22.6 (327) | 24.0 (182) | 16.9 (53) | 24.7 (92) |
| CSEs/O-levels/equivalent | 28.3 (409) | 26.0 (197) | 33.5 (105) | 28.7 (107) |
| No formal qualifications | 26.1 (377) | 21.2 (161) | 36.4 (114) | 27.3 (102) |
| Don’t know/Refused | 2.8 (40) | 2.6 (20) | 2.9 (9) | 2.9 (11) |
| Cancer experience, % (n) | ||||
| Yes (friends/family) | 70.2 (1014) | 68.8 (522) | 69.0 (216) | 74.0 (276) |
| No | 28.2 (407) | 30.0 (228) | 29.1 (91) | 23.6 (88) |
| Don’t know/Refused | 1.7 (35) | 1.2 (9) | 1.9 (6) | 2.4 (9) |
| Quit confidence, % (n) | ||||
| Extremely high | – | – | 4.2 (13) | – |
| Very high | – | – | 10.2 (32) | – |
| Quite high | – | – | 20.1 (63) | – |
| Not very high | – | – | 21.7 (68) | – |
| Low | – | – | 13.7 (43) | – |
| Very low | – | – | 26.2 (82) | – |
| Don’t know/Refused | – | – | 3.8 (12) | – |
% totals may not be exactly 100 due to rounding
aχ2, p < .01, b χ2, p < .001