Demographic and smoking characteristics of current smokers† who completed initial assessments for the Quitline‡ compared to all smokers from the Thematic Household Survey (THS), Hong Kong
| Quitline (%) | THS (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| n = 1047 | n = 1692 | |
| Percentage may be greater or less than 100% due to the rounding of figures; US$1 = HK$7.8. | ||
| *Denotes that the Quitline smokers were significantly different from the smokers in the THS (p<0.01). | ||
| †Current smokers were those persons who at the time of enumeration had a smoking habit (disregarding their smoking pattern). | ||
| ‡To be comparable with the THS sample, smokers aged 14 or below (n = 13) were excluded. | ||
| §As the THS reported detailed tobacco use related information for daily smokers only, the comparison for tobacco use related variables was based on daily smokers only. | ||
| ¶Daily smokers were those persons who at the time of enumeration had a daily smoking habit. | ||
| Demographics | ||
| Sex* | n = 1040 | n = 1692 |
| Male | 77.9 | 84.1 |
| Female | 22.1 | 15.9 |
| Age* | n = 1047 | n = 1692 |
| 15–19 | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| 20–29 | 25.3 | 17.0 |
| 30–39 | 28.9 | 23.1 |
| 40–49 | 22.3 | 24.0 |
| 50–59 | 12.7 | 14.9 |
| 60+ | 6.3 | 18.0 |
| Education attainment* | n = 997 | n = 1692 |
| No schooling/primary or below | 15.3 | 30.6 |
| Secondary/matriculation | 74.0 | 60.2 |
| Tertiary or above | 10.6 | 9.2 |
| Marital status* | n = 1003 | n = 1692 |
| Never married | 38.3 | 25.8 |
| Married | 57.0 | 67.1 |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 4.7 | 7.2 |
| Employment status* | n = 984 | n = 1663 |
| Employed | 71.5 | 74.5 |
| Unemployed | 14.9 | 6.7 |
| Students | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| Retired persons | 6.1 | 13.3 |
| Homemakers | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| Personal monthly income | n = 981 | n = 1677 |
| Less than HK$9999 | 47.2 | 48.7 |
| HK$10000 or above | 52.8 | 51.3 |
| Household monthly income* | n = 959 | n = 1676 |
| Less than HK$19999 | 65.5 | 41.8 |
| HK$20000 or above | 34.5 | 58.2 |
| Tobacco use related§ | ||
| Daily smokers*¶ (%) | 99.6 | 86.1 |
| Daily consumption of cigarettes* | n = 1038 | n = 1457 |
| 1–10 | 23.5 | 44.8 |
| 11–20 | 49.5 | 45.4 |
| 21–30 | 16.1 | 6.5 |
| 31+ | 10.9 | 3.4 |
| Age started smoking regularly* | n = 1039 | n = 1457 |
| <10 years old | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| 10–19 | 66.5 | 62.5 |
| 20–29 | 28.5 | 30.8 |
| 30+ | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Tried to quit smoking in the past* | n = 1043 | n = 1457 |
| Yes | 76.7 | 41.8 |
| No | 23.3 | 58.2 |