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Table 2 High nicotine dependence by selected socio-demographic characteristics in men aged 26 years and over – Multivariable logistic regressiona

From: Patterns of nicotine dependence in four Eastern European countries

Variable

Poland

Romania

Russia

Ukraine

 

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

OR (95 % CI)

Sex

    

 Female

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

 Male

1.5 (1.1–2.0)b

1.5 (1.01–2.2)d

2.7 (2.1–3.5)b

2.6 (1.7–4.2)b

Age (years)

 26–29

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

 30–39

1.4 (0.8–2.3)

1.5 (0.9–2.8)

1.0 (0.8–1.3)

2.4 (1.5–3.9)b

 40–49

1.8 (1.1–3.1)d

4.1 (2.3–7.1)b

1.3 (1.0–1.7)

2.8 (1.8– 4.6)b

 50–59

1.9 (1.2–3.3)c

4.8 (2.7–8.4)b

1.7 (1.3–2.3)b

2.9 (1.8–4.8)b

 ≥60

1.5 (0.8–2.9)

2.0 (1.0–4.1)d

1.4 (0.9–2.0)

2.2 (1.1–4.3)d

Age at smoking onset

 <14

3.8 (1.8–8.4)b

5.0 (2.4–10.2)b

3.0 (2.2–4.1)b

3.1 (2.0–4.9)b

 14–17

2.5 (1.7–3.6)b

3.5 (2.1–5.8)b

1.5 (1.2–1.9)b

1.9 (1.3–2.7)b

 18–20

1.2 (0.8–1.6)

1.7 (1.0–2.7)c

1.1 (0.9–1.4)

1.2 (0.8–1.7)

 ≥21

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

Education

    

 Primary

2.6 (1.4–4.9)c

1.2 (0.5–2.9)

1.6 (0.9–2.6)

3.0 (1.7–5.4)b

 Vocational

2.0 (1.2–3.6)c

1.2 (0.6–2.1)

1.2 (1.0–1.5)

1.5 (1.0–2.2)

 Secondary

1.7 (0.95–3.0)

1.2 (0.7–2.0)

1.3 (1.0–1.6)d

2.3 (1.5– 3.5)b

 High

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

Occupational classification

 Economically not active

1.1 (0.8–1.6)

0.9 (0.6–1.4)

1.0 (0.7–1.4)

0.9 (0.6–1.5)

 Employed

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

 Unemployed

1.4 (0.9–2.1)

1.5 (0.9–2.3)

1.2 (0.9–1.6)

1.6 (1.1–2.1)c

Place of residence

 Rural

  

1.2 (1.0–1.4)d

1.3 (1.0–1.6)

 Urban

  

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

Asset Index

 High

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

 Middle

1.1 (0.8–1.5)

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

1.3 (0.9–1.8)

0.8 (0.6–1.2)

 Low

0.9 (0.4–1.8)

0.7 (0.4–1.3)

1.2 (1.0–1.4)

0.8 (0.6–1.0)

Rules regarding smoking at home

 Smoking is allowed

1.9 (1.2–3.0)c

2.0 (1.3–3.0)b

1.8 (1.4–2.2)b

2.1 (1.5–2.9)b

 Smoking is prohibited– with some exceptions

1.7 (1.1–2.6)d

1.0 (0.6–1.7)

1.3 (1.1–1.6)c

1.6 (1.2–2.1)b

 Smoking is completely prohibited

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

 No rules

2.0 (1.2–3.5)c

3.0 (1.4–6.8)b

1.5 (1.1–2.1)d

1.4 (0.8–2.5)

Awareness of smoking health consequences

 Yes

1.0 (Ref.)

  

1.0 (Ref.)

 No

1.3 (0.9–2.0)

  

1.0 (0.7–1.5)

Awareness of ETS health consequences

 Yes

 

1.0 (Ref.)

 

1.0 (Ref.)

 No

 

1.6 (0.9–2.7)

 

1.4 (0.9–2.0)

Level of support for tobacco control

 High

1.0 (Ref.)

 

1.0 (Ref.)

1.0 (Ref.)

 Medium

1.6 (1.1–2.1)c

 

1.4 (1.1–1.7)c

1.2 (0.9–1.6)

 Low

0.9 (0.6–1.3)

 

1.3 (0.7–2.2)

0.9 (0.3–2.9)

  1. aFully adjusted model including stat
  2. bp ≤ 0.001
  3. cp ≤ 0.01
  4. dp ≤ 0.05
  5. OR- odds ratio for high nicotine dependence by selected characteristics
  6. 95 % CI-95 % confidence interval
  7. Ref. – reference group