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Table 2 Social support for quitting (ssq)

From: Social support and smoking abstinence among incarcerated adults in the United States: a longitudinal study

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Question

Scale

Percent endorsing

1

How many of your family members smoke cigarettes?

1-None of them

11.2

 

2-Some of them

46.7

 

3-Most of them

33.5

 

4-All of them

8.7

2

How many of your family members have successfully quit smoking cigarettes?

1-None of them

37.2

 

2-Some of them

54.5

 

3-Most of them

4.8

 

4-All of them

3.5

3

How would your family react to your quitting smoking cigarettes?

1-Will discourage it

0.4

 

2-Won’t accept it

0.9

 

3- Neutral

14.9

 

4-Will accept it

23.8

  

5-Will encourage it

60.0

4

How many of your friends smoke cigarettes?

1-None of them

1.3

 

2-Some of them

30.8

 

3-Most of them

55.6

 

4-All of them

12.4

5

How many of your friends have successfully quit smoking cigarettes?

1-None of them

45.5

 

2-Some of them

51.3

 

3-Most of them

2.2

 

4-All of them

0.9

6

How would your friends react to your quitting smoking cigarettes?

1-Will discourage it

3.0

 

2-Won’t accept it

0.9

 

3- Neutral

21.2

 

4-Will accept it

45.5

  

5-Will encourage it

29.4

7

How many people living in your household currently smoke?

 

Mean = 1.83 (SD = 0.96)

8

If married or living together, does your spouse/partner smoke?

1-Yes

58.8

 

0-No

14.2

9

If you have a romantic partner, spouse, or boyfriend/girlfriend, how supportive is this person in your efforts to quit smoking?

10 point scale

 
 

1-Very Unsupportive

 
 

10-Very Supportive

Mean = 7.3 (SD = 6.9)

  1. Items 1–3 total = Family SSQ; items 4–6 total = Friends SSQ.