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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics and use of cessation services amongst tobacco users attempting to quit who were successful and not successful

From: Correlates of tobacco quit attempts and cessation in the adult population of India: secondary analysis of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2009–10

Covariates

Successfully quit N = 4,395

Not successful N = 6,118

Bivariate odds ratios

Adjusted odds ratios

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Age group

    

21 to 30 years

857 (22)

1,491 (28)

0.50 [0.42-0.60]***

0.47 [0.38-0.56]***

31 to 40 years

1,092 (23)

1,956 (29)

0.50 [0.42-0.58]***

0.48 [0.41-0.57]***

41 to 50 years

912 (19)

1,335 (20)

0.62 [0.52-0.74]***

0.62 [0.52-0.74]**

Greater than 50 years

1,534 (36)

1,336 (23)

1.00

1.00

Gender

    

Female

1,216 (27)

1,631 (23)

1.00

1.00

Male

3,179 (73)

4,487 (77)

0.78 [0.68-0.90]***

0.78 [0.67-0.92]**

Educational attainment

    

No formal education

1,351 (38)

1,861 (36)

1.00

1.00

Up to primary

1,228 (27)

1,715 (28)

0.89 [0.76-1.04]

1.00 [0.84-1.19]

Up to secondary

1,405 (28)

2,084 (30)

0.91 [0.78-1.06]

1.07 [0.89-1.29]

Higher education

398 (7)

447 (6)

1.07 [0.83-1.38]

1.14 [0.84-1.55]

Work status

    

Not working

3,152 (69)

4,161 (66)

1.00

1.00

Working

1,228 (31)

1,950 (34)

0.85 [0.75-0.97]*

0.94 [0.82-1.08]

Asset quintile

    

Lowest

1,153 (34)

1,720 (36)

0.69 [0.56-0.86]***

0.72 [0.55-0.93]*

Lower

905 (23)

1,439 (25)

0.67 [0.53-0.84]***

0.73 [0.56-0.95]*

Middle

909 (19)

1,287 (19)

0.72 [0.57-0.91]**

0.76 [0.59-0.98]*

Higher

807 (14)

1,032 (13)

0.76 [0.60-0.98]*

0.82 [0.63-1.05]

Highest

621 (10)

640 (7)

1.00

1.00

Place of residence

    

Urban

1,411 (22)

1,995 (24)

1.00

1.00

Rural

2,984 (78)

4,123 (76)

0.89 [0.76-1.01]

0.93 [0.81-1.06]

HCP Advice

    

Not advised to quit tobacco by a HCP

3,807 (86)

4,533 (75)

1.00

1.00

Advised to quit tobacco by a HCP

588 (14)

1,585 (25)

0.48 [0.40-0.56]***

0.49 [0.42-0.59]***

Cessation aid used i

    

Counseling/Cessation clinic

179 (3.66)

625 (8.87)

0.39 [0.30-0.50]***

0.43 [0.32-0.57]***

Nicotine replacement therapy

34 (0.44)

74 (0.94)

0.46 [0.24-0.87]*

0.70 [0.34-1.43]

Prescription medication

35 (0.61)

73 (0.80)

0.76 [0.40-1.43]

1.07 [0.47-2.39]

Ayurvedic, Homeopathic, Unani medicinesii

85 (1.97)

225 (2.92)

0.67 [0.43-1.02]*

0.93 [0.55-1.58]

Quitline

24 (0.59)

32 (0.54)

1.10 [0.48-2.51]

2.18 [0.74-6.44]

  1. Legend:
  2. Columns [2] and [3] show descriptive statistics of the individual sample from the Indian Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2009–10 data, showing the sample (N) and survey-weighted frequency (%) of Attempting to Quit Tobacco among tobacco users who were successful and not successful in quitting, respectively.
  3. Columns [4] and [5] show bivariate and fully adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals (ORs and 95% CI), respectively, from logistic regression analysis of successful compared to unsuccessful quitting amongst the 10,513 adults who attempted to quit tobacco from the Indian Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2009–10 data.
  4. iEach cessation aid has a reference category of non-use of that aid.
  5. iiAyurvedic, Homeopathic, Unani are traditional medicine practices widely used in India.
  6. ***p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05.