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Table 2 Odds ratios for the association between Mosaic group and receiving smoking cessation interventions (UK, 2008–10)

From: Socioeconomic variations in access to smoking cessation interventions in UK primary care: insights using the Mosaic classification in a large dataset of primary care records

Mosaic group

n

Advice

Prescription

% received

OR* (95% CI)

LRT P-value

% received

OR** (95% CI)

LRT P-value

A (Successful professionals living in desirable areas)

21,348

50.1

1.00

< 0.001

13.0

1.00

< 0.001

B (Young families living in new housing estates)

43,373

50.2

1.10 (1.00-1.22)

17.4

1.32 (1.18-1.47)

C (Older families living in suburbs)

51,081

52.4

1.09 (1.00-1.19)

14.3

1.11 (1.00-1.22)

D (Close-knit inner city and manufacturing town communities)

66,338

53.0

1.16 (1.05-1.28)

16.9

1.29 (1.14-1.47)

E (Young, educated and single individuals living in areas of transient populations)

13,352

50.5

1.13 (0.95-1.35)

14.0

1.01 (0.87-1.18)

F (People with uncertain employment living in social housing in deprived areas)

22,286

57.2

1.35 (1.20-1.52)

17.3

1.28 (1.12-1.47)

G (Low-income families living in estate based social housing)

37,455

56.2

1.31 (1.17-1.47)

19.5

1.50 (1.31-1.73)

H (Upwardly mobile families living in former social housing)

65,644

55.1

1.25 (1.13-1.37)

18.3

1.41 (1.26-1.58)

I (Older people with high care needs living in social housing)

11,889

59.6

1.22 (1.09-1.36)

17.5

1.43 (1.26-1.63)

J (Independent older people with relatively active lifestyles)

24,355

52.9

1.03 (0.94-1.14)

15.6

1.24 (1.10-1.40)

K (People living in rural areas far from urbanisation)

14,415

49.9

0.99 (0.88-1.12)

17.0

1.35 (1.16-1.57)

Missing

89,402

52.1

1.12 (0.97-1.29)

 

15.5

1.18 (0.99-1.40)

 
  1. *adjusted for age, gender and chronic condition **adjusted for age, gender, chronic condition and advice given.
  2. OR = odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval.