Smoking Cessation and Socioeconomic Status: An Update of Existing Evidence from a National Evaluation of English Stop Smoking Services

Table 1

Distribution and CO validated quit rates among SES indicators.

		%	% CO validated quit at 52 weeks (weighted)
NSSEC–economic status
Routine and manual occupations	939	30.7	6.5 (4.7 to 8.9)
Managerial/professional and intermediate occupations	716	23.4	9.3 (6.0 to 14.0)
Sick/disabled and never worked/long term unemployed	660	21.6	6.8 (4.7 to 9.9)
Other (e.g., retired)/unknown	742	24.3	8.5 (6.6 to 10.8)
Highest educational qualification
Basic (GCSE) or none	1452	47.5	7.1 (5.5 to 9.3)
Other (e.g., vocational)/unknown	1000	32.7	8.2 (5.8 to 11.6)
A level or degree	605	19.8	8.6 (6.0 to 12.1)
Eligibility for free prescriptions
Free	1433	46.9	6.3 (5.1 to 7.9)
Pays	1080	35.3	8.4 (6.1 to 11.4)
Outside relevant age range (19–59) or unknown	544	17.8	9.7 (7.6 to 12.5)
Housing tenure
Social/private renting	1487	48.6	6.1 (4.9 to 7.4)
Other/unknown	316	10.3	4.1 (1.3 to 12.6)
Owner occupier	1254	41.0	10.8 (9.3 to 12.5)
Household type
Single parent	309	10.1	5.1 (2.3 to 10.9)
Married/cohabiting and children	664	21.7	9.4 (5.8 to 14.8)
No children in household	1832	59.9	7.9 (7.0 to 8.9)
Other/unknown	252	8.2	4.7 (1.6 to 13.3)
Total	3057	100.0	7.7 (6.6 to 9.0)

These categories were included in the count of markers of disadvantage.