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Table 2 Smoking status by different characteristics

From: Factors influencing smoking behaviour of online ride-hailing drivers in China: a cross-sectional analysis

Variables

Total

n (%)

Current non-smoker

n (%)

Current smoker

n (%)

P-value

Area of residence

   

< 0.001

 Eastern regions

5133 (57.1)

2377 (46.3)

2756 (53.7)

 

 Central regions

1812 (20.2)

774 (42.7)

1038 (57.3)

 

 Western regions

2045 (22.7)

815 (39.9)

1230 (60.1)

 

Gender

   

< 0.001

 Male

8623 (95.9)

3737 (43.3)

4886 (56.7)

 

 Female

367 (4.1)

229 (62.4)

138 (37.6)

 

Age

   

< 0.001

 18–34 years

3054 (34.0)

1248 (40.9)

1806 (59.1)

 

 35–44 years

3941 (43.8)

1782 (45.2)

2159 (54.8)

 

  ≥ 45 years old

1995 (22.2)

936 (46.9)

1059 (53.1)

 

Marital status

   

0.107

 Unmarried

610 (6.8)

266 (43.6)

344 (56.4)

 

 Married

7662 (85.2)

3428 (44.7)

4234 (55.3)

 

 Divorced/Widowed/Remarried/Others

718 (8.0)

272 (37.9)

446 (62.1)

 

Educational level

   

0.827

 Junior high school and below

2495 (27.8)

1122 (45.0)

1373 (55.0)

 

 Vocational/Technical secondary school/High school

4635 (51.6)

1995 (43.0)

2640 (57.0)

 

 Junior college and above

1860 (20.7)

849 (45.6)

1011 (54.4)

 

The ratio of family burden

   

0.244

 Less than the gross dependency coefficient

1220 (13.6)

1906 (44.5)

2374 (55.5)

 

 Equal or more than the gross dependency coefficient

7770 (86.4)

2060 (43.7)

2650 (56.3)

 

working years as a full-time driver

   

0.399

  < 5 years

6019 (67.0)

2662 (44.2)

3357 (55.8)

 

 5–10 years

1501 (16.7)

679 (45.2)

822 (54.8)

 

  > 10 years

1470 (16.4)

625 (42.5)

845 (57.5)

 

working hours per day

   

0.005

  < 10 h

3939 (43.8)

1801 (45.7)

2138 (54.3)

 

 10–12 h

2822 (31.4)

1226 (43.4)

1596 (56.6)

 

  > 12 h

2229 (24.8)

939 (42.1)

1290 (57.9)

 

Period of work

   

< 0.001

 Daytime

2581 (28.7)

1282 (49.7)

1299 (50.3)

 

 Night

246 (2.7)

84 (34.1)

162 (65.9)

 

 Both daytime and night

4624 (51.4)

1959 (42.4)

2665 (57.6)

 

 Non-fixed working time

1539 (17.1)

641 (41.7)

898 (58.3)

 

Time spent per day outside the car to relax during work

   

0.266

  < 5 min

4355 (48.4)

1952 (44.8)

2403 (55.2)

 

 5–10 min

3270 (36.4)

1419 (43.4)

1851 (56.6)

 

  > 10 min

1365 (15.2)

595 (43.6)

770 (56.4)

 

Experiences of chronic illness

   

0.993

 Yes

6240 (69.4)

2753 (44.1)

3487 (55.9)

 

 No

2750 (30.6)

1213 (44.1)

1537 (55.9)

 

Self–reported health

   

0.012

 Good

2831 (31.5)

1308 (46.2)

1523 (53.8)

 

 General

3637 (40.5)

1577 (43.4)

2060 (56.6)

 

 Poor

2522 (28.1)

1081 (42.9)

1441 (57.1)

 

Feelings of anxiety

   

< 0.001

 Never

3225 (35.9)

1511 (46.9)

1714 (53.1)

 

 Occasionally

3546 (39.4)

1534 (43.3)

2012 (56.7)

 

 Frequently

2219 (24.7)

921 (41.5)

1298 (58.5)

 

Current drinker

   

< 0.001

 Yes

4325 (48.1)

1610 (37.2)

2715 (62.8)

 

 No

4665 (51.9)

2356 (50.5)

2309 (49.5)

 

Eating habits

   

< 0.001

 Extremely regular

2621 (29.2)

1332 (50.8)

1289 (49.2)

 

 Regular in general

1924 (21.4)

922 (47.9)

1002 (52.1)

 

 Extremely irregularly

4445 (49.4)

1712 (38.5)

2733 (61.5)

 

Choice of place to eat

   

< 0.001

 mainly eating at home

3795 (42.2)

1808 (47.6)

1987 (52.4)

 

 mainly eating out

5195 (57.8)

2158 (41.5)

3037 (58.5)

 

Sleep duration per day

   

< 0.001

  < 6 h

2407 (26.8)

957 (39.8)

1450 (60.2)

 

 6–8 h

5737 (63.8)

2608 (45.5)

3129 (54.5)

 

  > 8 h

846 (9.4)

401 (47.4)

445 (52.6)

 

The number of days in a week of engaging in at least 10 min of moderate or vigorous exercise

   

< 0.001

 0 day

5281 (58.7)

2185 (41.4)

3096 (58.6)

 

 1–2 days

2803 (31.2)

1285 (45.8)

1518 (54.2)

 

  ≥ 3 days

906 (10.1)

496 (54.7)

410 (45.3)

 

Level of the initiative to acquire health knowledge

   

< 0.001

 Never

1724 (19.2)

647 (37.5)

1077 (62.5)

 

 Occasionally

4471 (49.7)

1864 (41.7)

2607 (58.3)

 

 Frequently

2795 (31.1)

1455 (52.1)

1340 (47.9)

 

Weight status

   

< 0.001

 Underweight

394 (4.4)

139 (35.3)

255 (64.7)

 

 Normal weight

3815 (42.4)

1619 (42.4)

2196 (57.6)

 

 Overweight

4781 (53.2)

2208 (46.2)

2573 (53.8)

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