Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the total sample (N = 660) and by smoking status, Israel, 2020.
| Total (n, %) N = 660 |
Smoking Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Smokers (n = 437, 66.2%) | Quit during COVID-19 Restrictions (n = 46, 7%) |
Quit before COVID-19 Restrictions (n = 177, 26.8%) |
p-Value | ||
| Age mean years, (SD) (missing n = 22) | 40.2 (14.55) | 38.6 (14.57) | 38.3 (12.84) | 44.4 (14.11) | <0.001 |
| Sex (missing n = 2) | |||||
| Female | 397 (60.3%) | 274 (62.8%) | 32 (69.6%) | 91 (51.7%) | 0.016 |
| Education (missing n = 6) | |||||
| <12 years | 54 (8.3%) | 41 (9.5%) | 2 (4.3%) | 11 (6.2%) | <0.001 |
| 12 years | 384 (58.7%) | 278 (64.5%) | 24 (52.2%) | 82 (46.3%) | |
| Bachelor’s degree | 152 (23.3%) | 85 (19.7%) | 15 (32.6%) | 52 (29.4%) | |
| Master’s degree or higher | 64 (9.8%) | 27 (6.3%) | 5 (10.9%) | 32 (18.1%) | |
| Religion (missing n = 9) | |||||
| Jewish | 615 (94.5%) | 406 (94.2%) | 43 (93.5%) | 166 (95.4%) | 0.804 ^ |
| Muslim | 7 (1.1%) | 3 (0.7%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (2.3%) | |
| Christian | 15 (2.3%) | 12 (2.8%) | 1 (2.2%) | 2 (1.1%) | |
| Other * | 14 (2.2%) | 10 (2.3%) | 2 (4.3%) | 2 (1.1%) | |
| Marital Status (missing n = 3) | |||||
| Married/Living with a partner | 336 (51.1%) | 203 (46.8%) | 22 (47.8%) | 111 (62.7%) | 0.002 |
| Single/Divorced/Widowed | 321(48.9%) | 231 (53.2%) | 24 (52.2%) | 66 (37.3%) | |
| Outdoor home space (missing n = 10) | |||||
| Garden | 275 (42.3%) | 163 (37.9%) | 21 (45.7%) | 91 (52.3%) | 0.029 |
| Balcony | 235 (36.2%) | 166 (38.6%) | 16 (34.8%) | 53 (30.5%) | |
| No balcony or garden | 140 (21.5%) | 101 (23.5%) | 9 (19.6%) | 30 (17.2%) | |
| Employment status prior to COVID-19 restrictions (missing n = 6) | |||||
| Full-time job | 310 (47.4%) | 207 (48%) | 24 (52.2%) | 79 (44.6%) | 0.086 |
| Part-time permanent | 101 (15.4%) | 71 (16.5%) | 6 (13%) | 24 (13.6%) | |
| Part-time casual | 40 (6.1%) | 33 (7.7%) | 2 (4.3%) | 5 (2.8%) | |
| Self-employed | 64 (9.8%) | 34 (7.9%) | 5 (10.9%) | 25 (14.1%) | |
| Not working/unemployed | 96 (14.7%) | 64 (14.8%) | 6 (13%) | 26 (14.7%) | |
| Retired | 43 (6.6%) | 22 (5.1%) | 3 (6.5%) | 18 (10.2%) | |
| Employment status change during COVID-19 restrictions (missing n = 17) | |||||
| No change | 350 (54.4%) | 219 (51.2%) | 20 (45.5%) | 111 (64.9%) | 0.004 |
| Reduced income (total): | 293 (45.6%) | 209 (48.8%) | 24 (54.5%) | 60 (35.1%) | |
| Reduced hours | 58 (9%) | 37 (8.6%) | 7 (15.9%) | 14 (8.2%) | 0.001 |
| Unpaid leave | 164 (25.5%) | 125 (29.2%) | 11 (25%) | 28 (16.4%) | |
| Loss of employment | 23 (3.6%) | 21 (4.9%) | 1 (2.3%) | 1 (0.6%) | |
| Self-employment income significantly reduced | 48 (7.5%) | 26 (6.1%) | 5 (11.4%) | 17 (9.9%) | |
| At least one child under 18 years old living at home (missing n = 46) | 311 (50.7%) | 215 (52.4%) | 24 (54.5%) | 72 (45%) | 0.242 |
| Age of youngest child living at home (among those with children under 18, n = 303, missing n = 8) | |||||
| <6 years | 117 (38.6%) | 74 (35.2%) | 11 (47.8%) | 32 (45.7%) | 0.19 |
| ≥6 years | 186 (61.4%) | 136 (64.8%) | 12 (52.2%) | 38 (54.3%) | |
| Another smoker living at home (missing n = 7) | 278 (42.6%) | 204 (47.3%) | 13 (28.3%) | 61 (34.7%) | 0.002 |
| High risk individual for Sars-CoV-2 severe infection living at home (missing n = 6) | 208 (31.8%) | 138 (31.9%) | 17 (37%) | 53 (30.3%) | 0.687 |
* Other religions include—No religion/Atheist/Buddhist. ^ Comparison for religion is between Jewish and all others combined.