Characteristics of smokers by price paid for cigarettes, Turkey, 2013 (n=2222)
| Characteristic | Pack price (TL) | |||||
| <5 | ≥5 | |||||
| Sex | n | % | n | % | p | Adjusted OR* (95% CI) |
| Female | 178 | 20.0 | 739 | 80.0 | 0.001 | 1 |
| Male | 192 | 12.6 | 1113 | 87.4 | 3.11 (1.34 to 7.22) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| ≥65 | 21 | 24.0 | 89 | 76.0 | 0.266 | 1 |
| 18–24 | 39 | 16.3 | 209 | 83.7 | 1.37 (0.21 to 9.07) | |
| 25–44 | 197 | 13.5 | 1008 | 86.5 | 1.00 (0.25 to 4.06) | |
| 45–64 | 113 | 14.5 | 546 | 85.5 | 0.87 (0.24 to 3.16) | |
| Education level | ||||||
| Less than primary school | 52 | 49.3 | 60 | 50.7 | <0.001 | 1 |
| Primary/secondary school | 222 | 15.3 | 1011 | 84.7 | 0.96 (0.33 to 2.77) | |
| High school | 72 | 10.9 | 495 | 89.1 | 1.46 (0.51 to 4.19) | |
| University or higher | 23 | 7.2 | 284 | 92.8 | 2.66 (0.49 to 14.41) | |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Unemployed | 83 | 28.4 | 196 | 71.6 | <0.001 | 1 |
| Employed | 92 | 8.6 | 775 | 91.4 | 2.25 (0.91 to 5.56) | |
| Housewife | 153 | 24.9 | 491 | 75.1 | 1.85 (0.71 to 4.81) | |
| Student | 8 | 6.2 | 93 | 93.8 | 2.07 (0.31 to 13.83) | |
| Retired | 34 | 8.5 | 294 | 91.5 | 3.21 (0.95 to 10.90) | |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 283 | 15.4 | 1342 | 84.6 | 0.323 | 1 |
| Never married | 57 | 12.4 | 362 | 87.6 | 1.45 (0.48 to 4.42) | |
| Widowed/divorced | 29 | 14.2 | 148 | 85.8 | 1.47 (0.54 to 4.00) | |
| Region of residence | ||||||
| East | 176 | 53.2 | 151 | 46.8 | <0.001 | 1 |
| West | 72 | 5.7 | 918 | 94.3 | 8.32 (3.31 to 20.87) | |
| Central-North | 33 | 4.8 | 637 | 95.2 | 8.80 (3.74 to 20.68) | |
| South | 89 | 39.8 | 146 | 60.2 | 1.82 (0.72 to 4.60) | |
| Label | ||||||
| Absent | 211 | 84.4 | 31 | 15.6 | <0.001 | 1 |
| Present | 54 | 2.6 | 1588 | 97.4 | 101.99 (49.20 to 211.41) | |
| Settlement area† | ||||||
| Urban | 236 | 13.2 | 1368 | 86.8 | 0.177 | NA |
| Rural | 134 | 16.9 | 484 | 83.1 | ||
| Total | 370 | 14.6 | 1852 | 85.4 | ||
Bold values indicate significant difference.
*Logistic regression analysis was run with 1877 people.
†The variable ‘settlement area’ was not included in the logistic regression model due to its high correlation with ‘region of residence.’
NA, not applicable; TL, Turkish lira.