Characteristics associated with high support for tobacco control, all countries combined
| Variable/category | Frequency† | Bivariate | Multivariate |
| N (%) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Country | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | 350 (22.4) | Ref | Ref |
| Armenia | 155 (9.1) | 0.35 (0.25 to 0.47)** | 0.33 (0.23 to 0.46)** |
| Azerbaijan | 246 (18.1) | 0.76 (0.56 to 1.04) | 0.84 (0.60 to 1.17) |
| Belarus | 305 (19.6) | 0.84 (0.64 to 1.11) | 0.71 (0.53 to 0.95)* |
| Georgia | 158 (8.5) | 0.32 (0.24 to 0.43)** | 0.29 (0.21 to 0.40)** |
| Kazakhstan | 296 (17.6) | 0.74 (0.57 to 0.97)* | 0.55 (0.40 to 0.75)** |
| Moldova | 501 (32.5) | 1.66 (1.29 to 2.16)** | 1.49 (1.13 to 1.95)** |
| Russia | 427 (18.1) | 0.76 (0.61 to 0.96)* | 0.74 (0.58 to 0.95)* |
| Ukraine | 269 (15.9) | 0.65 (0.51 to 0.84)** | 0.58 (0.44 to 0.76)** |
| Gender | |||
| Men | 903 (13.0) | Ref | Ref |
| Women | 1804 (21.6) | 1.79 (1.63 to 1.97)** | 1.13 (1.01 to 1.26)* |
| Age group (years) | |||
| 18–29 | 767 (17.3) | Ref | Ref |
| 30–39 | 477 (15.9) | 0.92 (0.80 to 1.06) | 0.98 (0.85 to 1.13) |
| 40–49 | 491 (16.6) | 0.98 (0.85 to 1.13) | 1.01 (0.87 to 1.17) |
| 50–59 | 450 (19.1) | 1.10 (0.96 to 1.27) | 1.07 (0.92 to 1.25) |
| 60+ | 522 (20.4) | 1.27 (1.10 to 1.47)** | 1.19 (1.01 to 1.39)* |
| Education | |||
| Secondary or less | 1232 (17.0) | Ref | Ref |
| Vocational/some higher education | 813 (18.0) | 1.02 (0.91 to 1.14) | 1.03 (0.91 to 1.17) |
| Completed higher education | 660 (18.7) | 1.10 (0.96 to 1.25) | 1.11 (0.97 to 1.26) |
| Living location | |||
| Urban | 1532 (16.6) | Ref | Ref |
| Rural | 1175 (19.2) | 1.19 (1.02 to 1.39)* | 1.04 (0.90 to 1.19) |
| Household economic status | |||
| Bad/very bad | 497 (16.9) | Ref | Ref |
| Average | 1466 (16.8) | 0.97 (0.83 to 1.12) | 0.86 (0.75 to 1.00) |
| Good/very good | 720 (20.4) | 1.31 (1.11 to 1.55)** | 1.08 (0.90 to 1.29) |
| Member of an organisation | |||
| Not a member | 1908 (16.9) | Ref | Ref |
| Member | 543 (18.5) | 1.08 (0.93 to 1.25) | 1.44 (1.20 to 1.72)** |
| Active member | 237 (23.7) | 1.60 (1.33 to 1.93)** | 1.49 (1.23 to 1.81)** |
| Tobacco health effects knowledge‡ | |||
| Score 0–2 | 778 (13.9) | Ref | Ref |
| Score 3 | 607 (16.8) | 1.34 (1.17 to 1.53)** | 1.31 (1.13 to 1.51)** |
| Score 4 | 518 (18.8) | 1.56 (1.33 to 1.84)** | 1.53 (1.29 to 1.80)** |
| Score 5–7 | 804 (23.9) | 2.10 (1.79 to 2.45)** | 2.01 (1.72 to 2.35)** |
| Smoking status | |||
| Current smoker | 248 (5.8) | Ref | Ref |
| Former smoker | 263 (17.1) | 3.46 (2.80 to 4.28)** | 3.12 (2.51 to 3.86)** |
| Never smoked | 2188 (23.2) | 5.22 (4.43 to 6.15)** | 4.51 (3.78 to 5.39)** |
*p<0.05, **p<0.01.
↵† Frequency of respondents in each variable category with a high support score for tobacco control (score of 3–4). The tobacco control support outcome was the tobacco control support score dichotomised into being supportive (scores of 3–4) or not being supportive (scores of 0–2) of tobacco control.
↵‡ Knowledge score on the health effects of tobacco categorised into four groups based on an even distribution of responses producing score ranges of 0–2, 3, 4 and 5–7.