Table 2.
Length of time since quit among 1401 former smokersa by Socioeconomic Status (SES), Alaska Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2012–2013.
| Socioeconomic statusb |
p valuec | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Low SES (N = 278) | High SES (N = 1123) | ||
| Length of time since quit | |||
| Within the past year | 19% | 6% | .0007 |
| At least one year ago but fewer than five | 12% | 15% | |
| Five or more years ago | 69% | 79% | |
a
26 former smokers had missing information on length of time since quit.
b
Weighted percents shown.
c
p value given in table is for overall chi-square test. p values for linear contrasts for specific categories of low SES and high SES were: p < .001 (past year), p = .36 (1 to <5 years ago), and p < .05 (≥5 years ago).