Table 2 Imprisonment status
From: Prisoners and cigarettes or ‘imprisoned in cigarettes’? What helps prisoners quit smoking?
Characteristics | Smokers | Ex-smokers | Non-smokers | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Detention (1) | ||||||||
first-time offender | 108 | (70.1) | 11 | (73.3) | 34 | (97.1) | 153 | (75) |
repeat offender | 46 | (29.9) | 4 | (26.7) | 1 | (2.9) | 51 | (25) |
Detention (2) | ||||||||
convicted prisoner | 116 | (75.3) | 15 | (100) | 28 | (80) | 159 | (77.95) |
prisoner on remand | 38 | (24.7) | 0 | (0) | 7 | (20) | 45 | (22.05) |
Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | Mean | S.D. | |
length of sentence already served (months) | 28.2 | 38.7 | 16.6 | 14.7 | 28.7 | 34.4 | 27.4 | 36.7 |
cellmates | 6.7 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 3.8 |
smoking cellmates | 5.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 3.6 |