Table 2

Characteristics of sampled respondents by respondent type

 Retained cohortLost at Wave 3Replenishment sample 
 nPer centnPer centnPer centχ2dfp Value
Sex
 Male38049.225247.221749.30.8020.672
 Female39250.828252.822350.7
Age group
 18–2413217.111521.56414.59.0160.173
 25–3926334.116831.514733.4
 40–5424031.115028.113831.4
 55+13717.710118.99120.7
Income
 Low29438.119135.87015.976.066<0.001
 Moderate36947.823043.122350.7
 High536.9489.07015.9
 Not reported567.36512.27717.5
Education
 Low47461.532561.024054.58.5940.072
 Moderate17823.110720.110624.1
 High11915.410118.99421.4
Marital status
 Not married45659.134765.031772.019.792<0.001
 Married31640.918735.012328.0
Employment status
 Not working full-time38549.924746.519544.34.1220.128
 Working full-time38650.128453.524555.7
Daily smoker
 Non-daily smoker617.95610.5419.32.2620.323
 Daily smoker71192.147889.539990.7
Previous quit attempt
 Never tried to quit23230.115228.512728.90.3820.826
 Tried to quit at least once54069.938271.531371.1
Cigarettes/day
 1–1035946.527651.922050.26.0660.416
 11–2030139.019737.015635.6
 21–30607.8336.2317.1
 31+526.7264.9317.1
  • Results are unweighted, but the survey design was accounted for in the analysis.

  • Rao-Scott χ2 tests were used to compare differences between respondent types.