Table 2

Characteristics of all patients with low and high education and their continuous abstinence (given as % of all and of the responders, respectively)

Low educationHigh education
CharacteristicsContinuous abstinence (%)CharacteristicsContinuous abstinence (%)
n (%)AllRespondersn (%)AllResponders
All5738 (100)233014 850 (100)2835
Setting
 Hospital/midwifery686 (12)22291613 (11)3036
 Pharmacies1677 (29)24313537 (24)3037
 Municipality/county3320 (58)22299571 (64)2734
 Other55 (1) 129 (1)
Format
 Individual601 (10)25341240 (8)3240
 Group5106 (89)222913 536 (91)2834
 Other31 (1) 74 (0)
Medication for free
 No free medication3135 (55)23307778 (52)3036
 Free medication for a few days1979 (34)21285806 (39)2634
 Free medication for <5 weeks523 (9)23311065 (7)2733
 Free medication for 5 weeks101 (2)3041201 (1)3339
Region
 Living in the capital2072 (36)21286347 (43)2633
 Living in other regions3666 (64)24318503 (57)3036
  Midtjylland1207 (21)25312860 (19)3036
  Nordjylland275 (5)2330539 (4)3137
  Sjælland891 (16)24312152 (14)2935
  Syddanmark1293 (23)24302952 (20)3036
Gender
 Male2221 (39)24325715 (38)3138
 Female3517 (61)22289135 (62)2733
Age (years)
 18–391756 (31)18273588 (24)2634
 40–491237 (22)24313845 (26)2834
 50–591359 (24)24304007 (27)2835
 59–981386 (24)26323410 (23)3137
Smoking
 0–20 pack-years2301 (40)23315515 (37)3039
 >20 pack-years3437 (60)23299335 (63)2733
 Fagerström 1–4 points1968 (34)28365838 (39)3340
 Fagerström 5–10 points3770 (66)20269012 (61)2532
 0 to <10 cigarettes per day487 (8)26351328 (9)3645
 10 to <201896 (33)26345317 (36)3037
 20 to <302415 (42)22286118 (41)2632
 30 to <40647 (11)17231460 (10)2430
 40+293 (5)1824627 (4)2329
Compliance with programme
 Compliant3200 (56)32398970 (60)3744
 Not compliant2418 (42)11155588 (38)1418
 Missing information120 (2)2533292 (2)2939
Living with a smoker
 Yes2129 (37)22294910 (33)2834
 No3568 (62)23309825 (66)2936
 Missing information41 (1)2944115 (1)3036
Attempts to quit
 Never attempting to quit2516 (44)22295535 (37)2834
 1–32724 (47)23307506 (51)2834
 >3438 (8)23291488 (10)3341
 Missing information60 (1)2230321 (2)2332
Professional recommendation
 Yes3345 (58)21288113 (55)2733
 No2393 (42)25336737 (45)3037
Education
 Low level5738 (100)2330
 High level 14 082 (95)2935
 Missing information 768 (5)2128
Unemployment
 Unemployed371 (6)1624469 (3)2229
 Not unemployed5282 (92)233013 951 (94)2935
 Missing information85 (1)2131430 (3)2331