Table 4 Odds Ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) for long-term smoking cessation to selected socio-demographic characteristics in women – Global Adult Tobacco Survey Poland (2009–2010)

Age (years)

 <25

83

13.3

1.00

reference

1.00

reference

 25–29

127

24.4

2.11

0.99–4.47

2.15

0.99–4.66

 30–39

246

30.5

2.87 c

1.44– 5.72

3.34 c

1.63–6.87

 40–49

282

22.0

1.84

0.92– 3.69

2.27 b

1.09–4.72

 50–59

344

28.5

2.61 c

1.33– 5.13

3.15 c

1.55–6.40

 ≥60

216

54.6

7.88 d

3.96–15.69

8.42 d

3.99–17.80

Age at smoking onset

 ≤17

357

26.6

1.00

reference

1.00

reference

 18–20

594

32.7

1.34 b

1.00–1.79

1.04

0.76–1.43

 ≥21

347

30.5

1.21

0.88–1.68

0.74

0.51–1.07

Education

 primary

167

32.9

0.86

0.56–1.32

0.52 b

0.30–0.92

 vocational

357

28.0

0.68 b

0.47–0.98

0.55 b

0.34–0.88

 secondary

562

29.0

0.72

0.51–1.00

0.64 b

0.42 –0.97

 high

212

36.3

1.00

reference

1.00

reference

Occupational classification

 economically not active

572

37.9

1.64

0.98–2.75

1.18

0.68 –2.05

 employed

643

24.1

0.85

0.50–1.43

0.79

0.46–1.36

 unemployed

81

27.2

1.00

reference

1.00

reference

Place of residence

 rural

533

31.7

1.00

reference

1.00

reference

urban

 up to 50 000

241

34.4

1.13

0.82–1.56

1.11

0.78–1.58

 50 000–200 000

226

27.9

0.83

0.59–1.17

0.81

0.56–1.19

 over 200 000

298

26.8

0.79

0.58–1.08

0.81

0.57–1.16

Religiosity

 believer practicing regularly

525

37.7

2.12

0.95– 4.74

1.66

0.91– 3.03

 believer but practicing not regularly

491

25.9

1.22

0.54–2.75

1.12

0.62 –2.05

 believer but not practicing

210

23.8

1.09

0.47– 2.55

1.03

0.53–1.98

not religious

36

22.2

1.00

reference

1.00

Reference

Awareness of smoking health consequences

yes

1116

33.5

4.91 d

2.35–10.28

4.39 d

2.69–7.18

no

86

9.3

1.00

reference

1.00

reference