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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic variables by smoking and quit status

From: The association between failed quit attempts and increased levels of psychological distress in smokers in a large New Zealand cohort

 

All

Never smoker

 

Ex-smoker quit > = 5 yrs

Ex-smoker quit < 5 yrs

Current smoker

tried to quit

Current smoker not

tried to quit

 

N

N

row%

col%

N

row%

col%

N

row%

col%

N

row%

col%

N

row%

col%

All

18525

10110

54.6

 

3595

19.4

 

1065

5.8

 

1470

7.9

 

2285

12.3

 

Kessler 10

                

   Low + moderate

17120

9495

55.5

93.9

3360

19.6

93.5

955

5.6

89.7

1225

7.2

83.3

2055

12.0

89.9

   High + very high

1270

530

41.7

5.2

200

15.8

5.6

100

7.9

9.4

230

18.1

15.7

205

16.1

9.0

Sex

                

   Female

10340

5680

54.9

56.2

1725

16.7

48.0

585

5.7

54.9

835

8.1

56.8

1160

11.2

50.8

   Male

8885

4430

49.9

43.8

1870

21.1

52.0

480

5.4

45.1

635

7.2

43.2

1125

12.7

49.2

Age group (years)

                

   15-24

3135

2160

68.9

21.4

25

0.8

0.7

165

5.3

15.5

285

9.1

19.4

345

11.0

15.1

   25-44

6515

3350

51.4

33.1

775

11.9

21.6

510

7.8

47.9

650

10.0

44.2

980

15.0

42.9

   45-64

6345

3025

47.7

29.9

1575

24.8

43.8

290

4.6

27.2

450

7.1

30.6

795

12.5

34.8

   65+

3230

1575

48.8

15.6

1220

37.8

33.9

95

2.9

8.9

85

2.6

5.8

165

5.1

7.2

Ethnicity

                

   NZ/European

14495

7705

53.2

76.2

3035

20.9

84.4

810

5.6

76.1

940

6.5

64.0

1580

10.9

69.2

   Māori

2375

860

36.2

8.5

350

14.7

9.7

155

6.5

14.6

360

15.2

24.5

520

21.9

22.8

   Pacific

900

515

57.2

5.1

75

8.3

2.1

45

5.0

4.2

95

10.6

6.5

95

10.6

4.2

   Asian

1010

775

76.7

7.7

55

5.5

1.5

30

3.0

2.8

50

5.0

3.4

50

5.0

2.2

   Other

440

255

58.0

2.5

75

17.1

2.1

25

5.7

2.4

30

6.8

2.0

35

8.0

1.5

Marital status

                

   Married

9610

5260

54.7

52.0

2415

25.1

67.2

490

5.1

46.0

510

5.3

34.7

890

9.3

39.0

   Divorced, widowed, separated

3235

1430

44.2

14.1

825

25.5

23.0

180

5.6

16.9

330

10.2

22.5

455

14.1

19.9

   Never married

5770

3415

59.2

33.8

355

6.2

9.9

395

6.9

37.1

635

11.0

43.2

935

16.2

40.9

Maximum educational level

                

   Degree

2705

1835

67.8

18.2

425

15.7

11.8

120

4.4

11.3

90

3.3

6.1

135

5.0

5.9

   Post-school qualification

6495

3165

48.7

31.3

1375

21.2

38.3

385

5.9

36.2

540

8.3

36.7

825

12.7

36.1

   School qualification

5165

2950

57.1

29.2

760

14.7

21.1

325

6.3

30.5

375

7.3

25.5

575

11.1

25.2

   No qualification

4855

2160

44.5

21.4

1030

21.2

28.7

235

4.8

22.1

465

9.6

31.6

745

15.4

32.6

Labour market activity

                

   Working

12435

6610

53.2

65.4

2075

16.7

57.7

750

6.0

70.4

965

7.8

65.7

1605

12.9

70.2

   Not employed, looking for work

370

150

40.5

1.5

35

9.5

1.0

20

5.4

1.9

55

14.9

3.7

90

24.3

3.9

   Not employed, not looking for work

6395

3350

52.4

33.1

1485

23.2

41.3

295

4.6

27.7

450

7.0

30.6

590

9.2

25.8

NZDep2001 area unit (quintiles)

                

   NZDepQ1 (least deprived)

3860

2455

63.6

24.3

770

20.0

21.4

185

4.8

17.4

155

4.0

10.5

240

6.2

10.5

   NZDepQ2

3830

2220

58.0

22.0

790

20.6

22.0

205

5.4

19.3

215

5.6

14.6

335

8.8

14.7

   NZDepQ3

3440

1840

53.5

18.2

635

18.5

17.7

210

6.1

19.7

285

8.3

19.4

430

12.5

18.8

   NZDepQ4

4000

2000

50.0

19.8

785

19.6

21.8

245

6.1

23.0

340

8.5

23.1

565

14.1

24.7

   NZDepQ5 (most deprived)

3690

1595

43.2

15.8

610

16.5

17.0

220

6.0

20.7

475

12.9

32.3

715

19.4

31.3

Household income (quintiles)

                

   Q1 (lowest income)

3845

1620

42.1

16.0

585

15.2

16.3

195

5.1

18.3

415

10.8

28.2

505

13.1

22.1

   Q2

3845

1910

49.7

18.9

880

22.9

24.5

210

5.5

19.7

335

8.7

22.8

470

12.2

20.6

   Q3

3845

2075

54.0

20.5

695

18.1

19.3

210

5.5

19.7

290

7.5

19.7

525

13.7

23.0

   Q4

3845

2160

56.2

21.4

710

18.5

19.8

230

6.0

21.6

240

6.2

16.3

470

12.2

20.6

   Q5 (highest income)

3845

2345

61.0

23.2

725

18.9

20.2

220

5.7

20.7

190

5.0

12.9

310

8.1

13.6

NZiDep

                

   0 individual deprivation factors

13370

7810

58.4

77.3

2795

20.9

77.8

675

5.1

63.4

720

5.4

49.0

1355

10.1

59.3

   1 individual deprivation factors

2790

1400

50.2

13.9

460

16.5

12.8

195

7.0

18.3

305

10.9

20.8

425

15.2

18.6

   2 individual deprivation factors

1110

480

43.2

4.8

170

15.3

4.7

90

8.1

8.5

145

13.1

9.9

225

20.3

9.9

   3-4 individual deprivation factors

980

350

35.7

3.5

140

14.3

3.9

75

7.7

7.0

205

20.9

14.0

210

21.4

9.2

   5+ individual deprivation factors

295

60

20.3

0.6

35

11.9

1.0

25

8.5

2.4

100

33.9

6.8

75

25.4

3.3