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Table 2 Association between socioeconomic status and tobacco cessation among Indian men and women above 15 years of age during 2009–2010 and 2016–2017

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in tobacco cessation among Indians above 15 years of age from 2009 to 2017: evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)

Population Characteristics

Tobacco Cessation POR (95% CI)

Smoking

Smokeless

Men

Women

Men

Women

SES

 Wealth Index

  Low ®

 

  Medium

0.81 (0.72,0.90)

0.77 (0.54,1.10)

0.73 (0.63,0.86)

0.88 (0.71,1.10)

  High

0.73 (0.65,0.83)

0.63 (0.91,0.55)

0.65 (0.55,0.78)

0.70 (0.56,0.89)

 Educational Attainment

  No formal education®

 

  Primary

1.19 (1.06,1.33)

1.10 (0.79,1.53)

1.12 (0.94,1.34)

1.17 (0.97,1.41)

  Secondary

1.39 (1.23,1.58)

0.88 (0.53,1.44)

1.42 (1.19,1.70)

1.22 (0.97,1.54)

  Higher and Above

1.49 (1.28,1.74)

0.65(0.26,1.60)

1.31 (1.05,1.64)

1.89 (1.35,2.64)

Demographic Characteristics

 Age

   < 25 ®

 

  25–44

0.94 (0.80,1.11)

0.81 (0.50,1.32)

1.02 (0.84,1.25)

0.90 (0.72,1.13)

  45–64

1.59 (1.35,1.87)

0.98 (0.60,1.61)

1.39 (1.13,1.72)

0.73 (0.56,0.94)

  65 + 

3.08 (2.58,3.69)

1.17 (0.68,1.99)

2.22 (1.73,2.84)

0.94 (0.69,1.28)

 Residence

  Rural ®

 

  Urban

0.91 (0.83,1.00)

1.20 (0.89,1.61)

1.05 (0.92,1.20)

1.17 (0.99,1.38)

 Region

  North ®

 

  Central

1.29 (1.11,1.49)

0.62 (0.40,0.96)

1.04 (0.84,1.27)

0.53 (0.39,0.72)

  East

1.23 (1.07,1.41)

1.87 (1.32,2.66)

0.55 (0.44,0.68)

0.74 (0.56,0.97)

  North East

0.64 (0.57,0.73)

0.43 (0.31,0.59)

0.64 (0.54,0.78)

0.25 (0.19,0.33)

  West

1.21 (1.01,1.45)

0.81 (0.42,1.58)

0.99 (0.79,1.24)

0.57 (0.41,0.79)

  South

1.79 (1.58,2.02)

0.56 (0.33,0.98)

1.66 (1.34,2.05)

0.68 (0.50,0.92)

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practise

 Awareness

  No ®

 

  Yes

0.65 (0.58,0.73)

0.65 (0.51,0.84)

0.78 (0.66,0.91)

0.72 (0.61,0.84)

 Perception

  No ®

 

  Yes

2.05 (1.64,2.55)

2.19 (1.42,3.38)

1.16 (0.92,1.47)

1.52 (1.17,1.97)

 Round

  GATS 1 (2009–2010) ®

    

  GATS 2 (2016–2017)

0.95 (0.87,1.04)

0.78 (0.61,1.00)

0.83 (0.73,0.93)

0.77 (0.66,0.90)

  1. Values in bold are significant at a 5% level of significance