Table 3

Characteristics of the unemployed and not unemployed patients and their continuous abstinence (given as % of all and of the responders, respectively)

UnemployedNot unemployed
CharacteristicsContinuous abstinence (%)CharacteristicsContinuous abstinence (%)
n (%)AllRespondersn (%)AllResponders
All840 (100)192719 748 (100)2734
Setting
 Hospital/midwifery145 (17)17212154 (11)2835
 Pharmacies219 (26)19274995 (25)2936
 Municipality/county473 (56)212912 418 (63)2633
 Other3 (0) 181 (1)
Format
 Individual99 (12)24351742 (9)3038
 Group734 (87)192617 908 (91)2733
 Other7 (1) 98 (0)
Medication for free
 No free medication444 (53)202910 469 (53)2835
 Free medication for a few days295 (35)20277490 (38)2533
 Free medication for <5 weeks92 (11)12171496 (8)2733
 Free medication for 5 weeks9 (1)3338293 (1)3240
Region
 Living in the capital337 (40)21288082 (41)2532
 Living in other regions503 (60)182611 666 (59)2835
  Midtjylland208 (25)20273859 (20)2935
  Nordjylland41 (5)2229773 (4)2935
  Sjælland113 (13)18262930 (15)2834
  Syddanmark141 (17)16244104 (21)2835
Gender
 Male304 (36)21307632 (39)2936
 Female536 (64)192612 116 (61)2632
Age (years)
 18–39361 (43)18274983 (25)2432
 40–49209 (25)20284873 (25)2734
 50–59233 (28)21265133 (26)2834
 59–9837 (4)19234759 (24)2936
Smoking
 0–20 pack-years381 (45)19307435 (38)2837
 >20 pack-years459 (55)192512 313 (62)2632
 Fagerström 1–4 points227 (27)23337579 (38)3239
 Fagerström 5–10 points613 (73)1782512 169 (62)2430
 0 to <10 cigarettes per day60 (7)18271755 (9)3443
 10 to <20252 (30)27396961 (35)2936
 20 to <30360 (43)17248173 (41)2532
 30 to <40111 (13)14181996 (10)2229
 40+57 (7)1416863 (4)2228
Compliance with programme
 Compliant396 (47)324011 774 (60)3643
 Not compliant426 (51)8137580 (38)1318
 Missing information18 (2)610394 (2)2938
Living with a smoker
 Yes292 (35)20286747 (34)2632
 No545 (65)192612 848 (65)2735
 Missing information3 (0) 158 (1)
Attempts to quit
 Never attempted to quit418 (50)18257633 (39)2633
 1–3350 (42)20289880 (50)2733
 >3 attempts68 (8)25361858 (9)3138
 Missing information4 (0) 377 (2)2332
Professional recommendation
 Yes531 (63)182410 927 (55)2632
 No309 (37)21328821 (45)2936
Education
 Low level371 (44)16245367 (27)2330
 High level446 (53)233013 636 (69)2936
 Missing information23 (3)913745 (4)2228
Unemployment
 Unemployed840 (100)1927
 Not unemployed 19 233 (97)2734
 Missing information 515 (3)2331