Table 3

Percentages of smokers who reported smoking-induced deprivation by characteristics and adjusted ORs from the GEE model

Characteristic% Reporting smoking-induced deprivationAdjusted OR95% CI
Total7.3
Gender
 Male7.2Reference
 Female10.01.400.99 to 1.95
Age
 18–245.50.610.17 to 2.12
 25–397.10.980.71 to 1.34
 40–548.21.220.96 to 1.54
 55+6.1Reference
Marital status
 Married or living together7.2Reference
 Divorced or separated or windowed10.71.350.90 to 1.83
 Single4.90.610.41 to 1.72
Monthly household income
 Low13.92.06*1.32 to 2.31
 Middle7.51.44*1.10 to 1.69
 High4.3Reference
Education
 Low10.41.560.96 to 1.85
 Middle7.41.190.94 to 1.51
 High5.2Reference
Employment status
 Employed7.1Reference
 Unemployed12.51.010.80 to 1.27
 Retired5.40.67*0.52 to 0.87
City
 Beijing5.0Reference
 Shenyang10.21.68*1.25 to 2.24
 Shanghai3.90.880.64 to 1.20
 Changsha8.01.290.96 to 1.74
 Guangzhou6.21.180.88 to 1.58
 Yinchuan12.92.50*1.89 to 3.32
Smoking intensity (cigarettes per day)
 Light (0–10 CPD)6.9Reference
 Moderate (11–20 CPD)7.01.010.83 to 1.23
 Heavy (21+CPD)8.91.230.95 to 1.58
Price paid per pack of cigarette
 <3.5 RMB/pack9.6Reference
 3.5–10 RMB/pack8.40.990.80 to 1.24
 10–40 RMB/pack7.30.990.79 to 1.24
 ≥40 RMB/pack5.90.900.70 to 1.15
  • QIC score of unstructured working correlation matrix: 3952.103.

  • *p<0.05 (two-tailed).

  • CPD, cigarettes per day; GEE, generalised estimating equations.