Exploring socio-contextual factors associated with male smoker’s intention to quit smoking

BMC Public Health

Table 1 General characteristics of the sample, 2014 (male smokers, n = 313)

	n	%		n	%
Age			Television Watching
20–29	55	17.6	30 min or less	51	16.3
30–39	89	28.4	30 min to one hour	47	15.0
40–49	81	25.9	One hour to two hour	102	32.6
50–59	55	17.6	Two hour to three hour	65	20.8
60 or older	33	10.5	Three hour or more	48	15.3
Education			Radio Listening
high school or less	99	31.6	No listening	121	38.7
college	178	56.9	10 min or less	41	13.1
post-graduate	36	11.5	10 min to 30 min	55	17.6
Income			30 min to one hour	48	15.3
US$20 K or less	35	11.2	One hour or more	48	15.3
US$20 K–40 K	110	35.1	Newspaper Reading
US$40 K–60 K	97	31.0	No reading	143	45.7
US$60 K–80 K	45	14.4	10 min or less	46	14.7
US$80 K or more	26	8.3	10 min to 30 min	59	18.8
SRH			30 min or more	65	20.8
High SRH	264	84.3	Smartphone Browsing
Low SRH	49	15.7	no use or less than 10 min	43	13.7
Medical Utilization			10 min to 30 min	51	16.3
Never	161	51.4	30 min to one hour	94	30.0
One time	86	27.5	One hour to two hour	81	25.9
Two time	35	11.2	Two hour or more	44	14.1
Three time or more	31	9.9	Computer Searching
Intention to quit smoking			No use or less than 10 min	41	13.1
No intention to take action within the next 12 months	72	23.0	10 min to 30 min	36	11.5
Intends to take action within the next 12 months	136	43.5	30 min to one hour	59	18.8
Intends to take action within the next 6 months	68	21.7	One hour to two hour	102	32.6
Intends to take action within the next 90 days	14	4.5	Two hour to three hour	40	12.8
Intends to take action within the next 30 days	23	7.3	Three hour or more	35	11.2
Total	313	100.0		313	100.0

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