Table 2.
Univariate association of cessation and quit attempts with sociodemographic characteristics.
| Variables | Cessationa |
Quit attemptsb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | P value | Median (IQR) | P value | |
| Overall | 90 (11.3) | 2 (0–6) | ||
| Gender | 0.002∗ | 0.001$ | ||
| Male (n = 718) | 73 (10.2) | 2 (0–5) | ||
| Female (n = 79) | 17 (21.5) | 6.5 (2–20) | ||
| City | 0.001∗ | 0.024$ | ||
| Chennai (n = 357) | 55 (15.4) | 1 (0–4) | ||
| Delhi (n = 440) | 35 (7.9) | 2 (0–7) | ||
| Age group | 0.818 | 0.107 | ||
| 25–44 years (n = 253) | 26 (10.3) | 2 (0–7) | ||
| 45–64 years (n = 447) | 53 (11.9) | 1 (0–5) | ||
| ≥65 years (n = 97) | 11 (11.3) | 5 (0–4) | ||
| Education | 0.162 | 0.531 | ||
| Illiterate (n = 80) | 7 (8.7) | 1 (0–10) | ||
| Professional degree/postgraduate (n = 16) | 5 (31.2) | 4 (2–10) | ||
| Graduate (n = 74) | 7 (9.5) | 2 (0–7) | ||
| Secondary/intermediary schools (n = 248) | 26 (10.5) | |||
| High school (n = 315) | 39 (12.4) | 2 (0–5) | ||
| Primary schools (n = 64) | 6 (9.4) | 0 (0–2) | ||
| Employment status | 0.102 | 0.020& | ||
| Employed (n = 648) | 68 (10.5) | 2 (0–5.5) | ||
| Student (n = 86) | 10 (11.6) | 2 (0–6.5) | ||
| Housewife (n = 29) | 8 (27.6) | 12.5 (7.5–30) | ||
| Retired (n = 16) | 2 (12.5) | 1 (0–2) | ||
| Unemployed (n = 18) | 2 (11.3) | 1 (0–3) | ||
Bold P-values indicate significant association.
IQR, interquartile range.
∗P value <0.05 using Chi-squared test.
$P value <0.05 using Mann–Whitney Wilcoxon test.
&P value <0.05 using Kruskal–Wallis H test.
a
4 missing responses for cessation.
b
Total 329 responses for quit attempts.