Patterns of motivations and ways of quitting smoking among Polish smokers: A questionnaire study

BMC Public Health

Table 4 The frequencies of reasons to quit smoking in current smokers according to selected socio-demographics*

Characteristics	Reasons for quitting**
	Personal health problem		Family member's illness		Physician's instigation		Somebody else's instigation		Cost		Health concern		Concern about family members' health		Other
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
Female	25	22	4	4	16	14	19	17	28	25	71	63	16	14	22	19
Male	28	23	8	7	9	7	13	11	24	20	81	67	20	16	9	7
Education ^y
Primary/Vocational	33	28	7	6	10	8	10	8	25	21	72	61	13	11	13	11
High/University	19	17	5	4	14	12	21	19	26	23	78	69	23	20	18	16
Type of work^†
Blue collar	36	25	9	6	12	8	14	10	33	23	93	64	20	14	18	12
White collar	8	12	1	1	10	15	14	21	13	19	49	73	15	22	11	16
Other ^z	5	45	1	9	2	18	3	27	4	36	6	54	0	0	0	0
Standard of living
Low	6	27	2	9	2	9	2	9	4	18	11	50	3	14	3	14
Intermediate	34	23	6	4	17	12	20	14	36	25	97	66	16	11	16	11
High/Excellent	11	18	4	7	5	8	10	17	10	17	41	68	17	28	12	20
Marital status
Married	33	20	9	5	17	10	22	13	34	20	109	66	31	19	20	12
Unmarried	19	30	3	5	8	12	10	16	16	25	41	64	5	8	11	17

*Two subjects have not defined their education status, 9 – type of work, 5 – standard of living, and 3 – marital status, and they are not included in the Table
**Multiple choice
^z The group "Other" included 4 students, 4 early retired subjects, and 3 never working wives
^y p = 0.043 and p = 0.024 comparing the rates of subjects with primary/vocational education vs. high/university education, who reported personal health problem or somebody else's instigation as a reasons for quitting, respectively
^†p = 0.033 and p = 0.04 comparing the rates of blue collar- vs. white collar workers, who reported personal health problem or somebody else's instigation as a reasons for quitting, respectively

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