Association between successful smoking cessation and changes in marital and job status and health behaviours: evidence from a 10-wave nationwide survey in Japan

Table 3 Probabilities of smoking cessation corresponding to changes in marital and job status and health behaviours^a

Changes from wave 1 (baseline) to waves 8–10 (7 to 9-year follow-up)	Men		Women
	n	%	n	%
Marital status
Stayed married	3596	33.7	736	32.3
Got divorced/widowed	84	20.2	67	25.4
Stayed unmarried	442	23.3	254	27.2
Got married/remarried	30	23.3	18	38.9
Other	300	24.7	119	26.9
p-value for F statistics	< 0.001		0.324
Job status
Continued working	2853	29.7	531	29.6
Retired	205	48.8	63	41.3
Stopped working (not retired)	85	31.8	46	26.1
Stayed not working	156	28.8	234	34.2
Started working	52	28.8	34	23.5
Other	1101	34.5	286	28.0
p-value for F statistics	< 0.001		0.204
Leisure-time physical activity
Continued not engaging	1578	25.6	386	28.2
Started engaging	313	46.6	77	39.0
Continued engaging	108	45.4	35	45.7
Stopped engaging	304	24.0	102	28.4
Other	2149	34.5	594	30.1
p-value for F statistics	< 0.001		0.107
Alcohol intake
Continued drinking	2705	29.7	359	25.6
Quit drinking	230	43.9	77	39.0
Continued not drinking	789	31.3	455	33.6
Started drinking	62	32.3	31	16.1
Other	666	36.2	272	30.5
p-value for F statistics	< 0.001		0.019
Heath check-ups
Continued undergoing	1247	34.1	195	42.6
Stopped undergoing	447	27.3	135	20.0
Continued not undergoing	254	24.0	90	17.8
Started undergoing	220	36.4	87	36.8
Other	2284	31.7	687	29.8
p-value for F statistics	< 0.001		< 0.001
Total	4452	31.7	1194	30.2

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