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Table 5 Pre- and during-GFC associations between SES variables and current smoking and smoking cessation by gender*

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking in The Netherlands before and during the Global Financial Crisis: a repeated cross-sectional study

 

Current smoking

Smoking cessation

 

Pre-GFC

During-GFC

P-value for interactiona

Pre-GFC

During-GFC

P-value for interactiona

Males

      

Education level

  

0.914

  

0.601

High

1.00

1.00

Ref

1.00

1.00

Ref

Middle

1.46 [1.33-1.59]

1.59 [1.44-1.75]

0.177

0.75 [0.68-0.84]

0.70 [0.63-0.79]

0.392

Low

2.00 [1.83-2.20]

2.05 [1.85-2.26]

0.727

0.60 [0.54-0.67]

0.78 [0.72-0.85]

0.534

Household income

  

0.719

  

0.445

High

1.00

1.00

Ref

1.00

1.00

Ref

Middle

1.16 [1.06-1.26]

1.16 [1.05-1.27]

0.993

0.90 [0.82-0.99]

0.91 [0.81-1.01]

0.930

Low

1.32 [1.21-1.44]

1.29 [1.17-1.43]

0.718

0.80 [0.72-0.89]

0.76 [0.68-0.85]

0.440

Neighbourhood deprivation

  

0.258

  

0.344

Non-deprived

1.00

1.00

Ref

1.00

1.00

Ref

Next-most-deprived

1.11 [0.99-1.25]

1.29 [1.13-1.47]

0.097

0.86 [0.75-0.99]

0.78 [0.67-0.91]

0.351

Most-deprived

1.16 [0.97-1.40]

1.20 [0.97-1.47]

0.824

0.88 [0.70-1.10]

0.80 [0.63-1.02]

0.606

Females

      

Education level

  

0.277

  

0.955

High

1.00

1.00

Ref

1.00

1.00

Ref

Middle

1.67 [1.50-1.85]

1.66 [1.48-1.86]

0.941

0.67 [0.59-0.75]

0.66 [0.58-0.75]

0.865

Low

2.30 [2.07-2.55]

2.45 [2.19-2.74]

0.386

0.47 [0.42-0.53]

0.47 [0.41-0.53]

0.923

Household income

  

0.694

  

0.526

High

1.00

1.00

Ref

1.00

1.00

Ref

Middle

1.17 [1.07-1.28]

1.31 [1.18-1.45]

0.092

0.86 [0.77-0.95]

0.74 [0.66-0.83]

0.058

Low

1.32 [1.21-1.45]

1.37 [1.24-1.52]

0.583

0.73 [0.66-0.81]

0.69 [0.61-0.78]

0.465

Neighbourhood deprivation

  

0.450

  

0.860

Non-deprived

1.00

1.00

Ref

1.00

1.00

Ref

Next-most-deprived

1.30 [1.15-1.46]

1.23 [1.07-1.42]

0.565

1.14 [0.93-1.40]

0.95 [0.81-1.12]

0.221

Most-deprived

1.25 [1.04-1.50]

1.53 [1.22-1.91]

0.159

0.81 [0.58-1.14]

0.72 [0.55-0.94]

0.227

  1. *Controlled for time (in years), age, ethnicity and household composition.
  2. ap-values in the same row as the variable name refer to the test on the overall interaction between period and this variable (measured on a continuous scale).