Smoking Cessation and Socioeconomic Status: An Update of Existing Evidence from a National Evaluation of English Stop Smoking Services
Table 3
52-week adjusted odds ratios (and 95% CI) by key variables and OR (95% CI) of disadvantaged SES is models varying the entry of other variables.
Adjusted odds ratios in full model
Odds ratio (95% CI) of CO validated quitting for low SES clients (2 to 5 indicators of disadvantage) compared to more affluent clients (0 to 1 indicators of disadvantage)
SES only entered
1.93 (1.51 to 2.47)
Design variable model
1.85 (1.44 to 2.38)
SES
0-1 indicators of low SES
1.4 (1.1 to 1.9)
1.44 (1.11 to 1.87)
2–5 indicators of low SES
1
Age (in years)
1.011 (1.002 to 1.020)
1.52 (1.18 to 1.97)
Gender
1.43 (1.10 to 1.86)
Female
1
Male
1.2 (0.9 to 1.5)
Seasonality
1.43 (1.10 to 1.86)
Other months
1.2 (0.8 to 1.7)
Summer: July, August
1
Back to school: September, October
1.2 (0.9 to 1.6)
New Year: January, February
1.7 (1.0 to 2.9)
Wellbeing
1.007 (1.0003 to 1.013)
1.47 (1.13 to 1.91)
Dependence
1.50 (1.15 to 1.94)
Other
1.5 (1.1 to 1.9)
Highly dependent
1
Support from spouse partner
1.47 (1.14 to 1.91)
Other
1.0
Support from spouse/partner
1.4 (1.0 to 1.8)
Social network
1.50 (1.15 to 1.95)
Other
1.0
Half or fewer smoke
2.0 (1.4 to 2.9)
Medication
1.49 (1.15 to 1.93)
Varenicline not recorded
1
Took varenicline
1.7 (1.3 to 2.3)
Design variable model includes behavioural support type and location due to differential recruitment.
Bold area indicates variable passed the threshold (calculated as 1.48) of being relevant in the relationship between SES and CO validated quitting.
