Table 4

Quit attempts among smokers in the Ontario Tobacco Survey by neighbourhood income quintiles (n=2414)

Proximity modelDensity modelThreshold model
Individuals living in neighbourhoods in the highest income quintile (n=280)
 Proximity1.26(0.81–1.96)0.94(0.74–1.21)1.03(0.73–1.44)
 Density0.54*(0.35–0.85)0.74*(0.58–0.94)
 Threshold1.17(0.45–3.05)
Individuals living in neighbourhoods in the lower four income quintiles (n=2134)
 Proximity0.91(0.91–1.12)0.85(0.73–1.00)0.95(0.84–1.07)
 Density0.97(0.95–1.02)0.97(0.93–1.00)
 Threshold1.37(0.97–1.95)
  • *p<0.05.

  • All models adjusted for age including age,gender, marital status, having children under 18 in the home, level of education completed, region of Ontario, perceived addiction, prior use of pharmaceutical quit aids, prior use of behavioural quit aids, Heaviness of Smoking Index, quintile of percentage of immigrant and municipal size.