Table 2

Characteristics of smokers by price paid for cigarettes, Turkey, 2013 (n=2222)

CharacteristicPack price (TL)
<5≥5
Sexn%n%pAdjusted OR* (95% CI)
 Female17820.073980.0 0.001 1
 Male19212.6111387.4 3.11 (1.34 to 7.22)
Age (years)
 ≥652124.08976.00.2661
 18–243916.320983.71.37 (0.21 to 9.07)
 25–4419713.5100886.51.00 (0.25 to 4.06)
 45–6411314.554685.50.87 (0.24 to 3.16)
Education level
 Less than primary school5249.36050.7 <0.001 1
 Primary/secondary school22215.3101184.70.96 (0.33 to 2.77)
 High school7210.949589.11.46 (0.51 to 4.19)
 University or higher237.228492.82.66 (0.49 to 14.41)
Employment status
 Unemployed8328.419671.6 <0.001 1
 Employed928.677591.42.25 (0.91 to 5.56)
 Housewife15324.949175.11.85 (0.71 to 4.81)
 Student86.29393.82.07 (0.31 to 13.83)
 Retired348.529491.53.21 (0.95 to 10.90)
Marital status
 Married28315.4134284.60.3231
 Never married5712.436287.61.45 (0.48 to 4.42)
 Widowed/divorced2914.214885.81.47 (0.54 to 4.00)
Region of residence
 East17653.215146.8 <0.001 1
 West725.791894.3 8.32 (3.31 to 20.87)
 Central-North334.863795.2 8.80 (3.74 to 20.68)
 South8939.814660.21.82 (0.72 to 4.60)
Label
 Absent21184.43115.6 <0.001 1
 Present542.6158897.4 101.99 (49.20 to 211.41)
Settlement area
 Urban23613.2136886.80.177NA
 Rural13416.948483.1
 Total37014.6185285.4
  • 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.