Characteristics of respondents who completed wave 2 of the survey and percentage who reported experiencing smoking-induced deprivation
Covariates | % in sample* | % reporting smoking-induced deprivation* |
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*Percentages are based on weighted data. Weights are computed to adjust for number of residential phone lines and number of adult smokers in a household, and to render the age–sex composition of the sample equivalent to the population of smokers within each country. | ||
†These are used as continuous variables in regression analyses. | ||
Sex | ||
Male | 52.8 | 25.4 |
Female | 47.2 | 29.8 |
Age (years) | ||
18–24 | 15.1 | 36.1 |
25–39 | 32.3 | 27.9 |
40–54 | 33.9 | 25.6 |
>55 | 18.7 | 23.1 |
Minority status | ||
White/English speaking | 86.7 | 26.7 |
Non-white/English speaking | 13.3 | 32.7 |
Education | ||
Low | 53.9 | 27.4 |
Medium | 34.3 | 28.8 |
High | 11.8 | 23.5 |
Income | ||
Low | 31.5 | 35.8 |
Medium | 37.7 | 26.2 |
High | 30.8 | 21.3 |
Country | ||
USA | 24.2 | 28.2 |
Canada | 25.6 | 28.3 |
UK | 24.7 | 20.5 |
Australia | 25.4 | 32.8 |
Heaviness of Smoking Index† | ||
0–1 | 27.0 | 25.7 |
2–4 | 61.5 | 27.7 |
5–6 | 11.5 | 31.1 |
Intention to quit | ||
No intention to quit | 27.7 | 19.7 |
Intend to quit | 72.3 | 30.5 |
Self-efficacy to quit | ||
Low self-efficacy | 28.7 | 27.4 |
High self-efficacy | 71.3 | 27.6 |
Functional value of smoking | ||
Makes socialising easier | ||
Do not agree | 76.4 | 25.8 |
Agree | 23.6 | 32.9 |
Helps control weight | ||
Do not agree | 69.7 | 25.4 |
Agree | 30.3 | 32.2 |
Enjoy too much to give up | ||
Do not agree | 44.2 | 29.0 |
Agree | 55.8 | 26.4 |
Helps concentration | ||
Do not agree | 62.2 | 27.0 |
Agree | 37.8 | 28.3 |
Calms stress | ||
Do not agree | 16.8 | 23.9 |
Agree | 83.2 | 28.3 |
Important part of life | ||
Do not agree | 59.3 | 26.6 |
Agree | 40.7 | 28.9 |
Thoughts about … | ||
Harm of smoking | ||
Not often | 50.9 | 21.8 |
Often | 49.1 | 33.4 |
Danger of smoking | ||
Not often | 53.5 | 21.8 |
Often | 46.5 | 34.0 |
Enjoyment in smoking | ||
Not often | 63.2 | 26.4 |
Often | 36.8 | 29.4 |
Think a lot about future | ||
Do not agree | 41.9 | 21.7 |
Agree | 58.1 | 31.6 |
Perceived stress† | ||
4–8 | 36.8 | 19.6 |
9–11 | 33.1 | 25.8 |
12–20 | 30.1 | 38.8 |
Number of friends who smoke† | ||
0–2 | 41.1 | 24.6 |
3–5 | 58.9 | 29.5 |