Perceptions, behaviours and attitudes towards smoking held by the male partners of Chinese pregnant women: a qualitative study

Table 1 Participants’ individual demographic characteristics and smoking profiles (n = 25)

Informant ID	Age rang*, years	Smoking status ^a	Stage of readiness to quit ^b	Employment status ^c	Education level	Annual income ^d	New father	Stress event within 30 days	Attendance of pregnancy education
001	18–35	F	C	Un-E	Secondary	Level 3	Yes	Yes	Yes
002	18–35	R	P	E	≥ College	Level 3	Yes	No	No
003	18–35	S	Pre-C	Self-E	≥ College	Level 3	No	Yes	No
004	36–55	R	A	Un-E	Secondary	Level 4	Yes	No	Yes
005	18–35	S	Pre-C	E	≥ College	Level 3	Yes	Yes	Yes
006	18–35	F	P	Un-E	≥ College	Level 3	Yes	No	Yes
007	36–55	R	A	Self-E	≥ College	Level 1	No	No	No
008	36–55	S	C	E	≥ College	Level 3	No	Yes	No
009	36–55	Q	A	E	≥ College	Level 1	Yes	No	Yes
010	18–35	S	Pre-C	E	Secondary	Level 3	Yes	Yes	No
011	36–55	S	Pre-C	E	≥ College	Level 1	Yes	No	Yes
012	36–55	F	Pre-C	E	Secondary	Level 3	Yes	Yes	Yes
013	18–35	S	Pre-C	E	≥ College	Level 3	Yes	No	Yes
014	36–55	R	C	E	Secondary	Level 2	Yes	Yes	Yes
015	18–35	Q	A	E	≥ College	Level 2	No	Yes	No
016	18–35	F	C	Un-E	≥ College	Level 2	Yes	Yes	No
017	18–35	R	C	E	≥ College	Level 2	No	Yes	Yes
018	18–35	Q	A	E	≥ College	Level 1	No	Yes	Yes
019	18–35	S	Pre-C	Un-E	≥ College	Level 2	Yes	Yes	Yes
020	18–35	R	Pre-C	Self-E	≥ College	Level 4	Yes	Yes	Yes
021	18–35	Q	A	E	Secondary	Level 1	No	No	No
022	18–35	S	Pre-C	E	≥ College	Level 3	No	No	Yes
023	36–55	R	Pre-C	E	≥ College	Level 4	No	No	No
024	18–35	Q	A	E	≥ College	Level 2	Yes	No	No
025	36–55	S	Pre-C	E	≥ College	Level 2	Yes	Yes	No

Note:* To ensure the participant anonymity, the age is reported as age-rangea
^a: Q = quitter, R = quit but relapsed, F = attempted to quit but failed, S = smoking without quit attempt
^b: Pre-C = Pre-contemplation stage (no intention to quit within 6-months), C=Contemplation stage (1-month< intend to quit < 6-months), P = Preparation stage (intend to quit within 1-month), A = Action stage (take action to quit)
^c: Un-E = unemployed, Self-E = self-employed, E = employed
^d: Level 1 = 49,999 CNY or below, level 2 = 50,000–100,000 CNY, level 3 = 100,000–200,000 CNY, level 4 = over 200,000 CNY. ¥/CNY represents China Yuan, US$1.00 = ¥ 6.7

ISSN: 1471-2458