Table 2.

Baseline associations with motivation to stop using e-cigarettes (n = 994).

		Bivariate		Multivariate
	Want to stop (%)	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95%CI
Education (ref: Low)
High	53.6	1.36*	1.06–1.74	1.10	0.84–1.44
Income (ref: Low)
High	55.4	1.52**	1.17–1.98			1.21	0.91–1.61
Don’t know/Prefer not to say	39.7	0.81	0.49–1.32			0.78	0.47–1.31
Paid employment last 12 months (ref: No)
Yes	39.8	0.58***	0.44–0.76					0.78	0.57–1.08
Age (ref: 18–24)
25–39	63.6	1.52	0.97–2.39	1.64*	1.02–2.63	1.62*	1.01–2.60	1.64*	1.02–2.63
40–54	45.2	0.72	0.46–1.12	0.78	0.49–1.24	0.77	0.48–1.23	0.78	0.49–1.24
55plus	34.5	0.46***	0.29–0.74	0.53*	0.32–0.86	0.54*	0.33–0.88	0.58*	0.35–0.96
Gender (ref: Male)
Female	46.4	0.81	0.63–1.04	0.92	0.70–1.20	0.93	0.71–1.22	0.93	0.71–1.22
Smoking status (ref: Smoker)
Long-term ex-smoker	41.9	0.69**	0.52–0.91	0.77	0.55–1.06	0.77	0.56–1.07	0.76	0.55–1.05
Recent ex-smoker	68.5	2.07*	1.14–3.74	2.02*	1.09–3.78	1.99*	1.07–3.71	2.04*	1.09–3.81
Vape Status (ref: Daily)
Non-Daily	49.3	0.98	0.76–1.27	1.11	0.82–1.51	1.11	0.82–1.52	1.11	0.82–1.51
Strength of urges to use e-cigarettes (ref: Slight/Moderate)
No urges at all/Don’t know	21.6	0.28***	0.17–0.45	0.24***	0.15–0.39	0.24***	0.15–0.39	0.24***	0.15–0.39
Strong	61.8	1.65*	1.19–2.28	1.48*	1.06–2.08	1.46*	1.04–2.05	1.48*	1.06–2.08
Very/extremely strong	58.3	1.42	0.87–2.34	1.29	0.77–2.17	1.30	0.77–2.19	1.30	0.77–2.20

Notes. Ref = reference group. OR = odds ratio. LCI = Lower confidence interval. UCI = Upper confidence interval. Significant associations (p < .05) are highlighted in bold. Multivariable Models were run with one socioeconomic indicator at a time. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.