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Table 1 Sample characteristics by smoking status

From: Smokers’ strategies to reduce tobacco spending: self-reported use and differences across subgroups. Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey

 

Smokers (n = 1790)

Quitters (n = 125)

N

Column %

N

Column %

Sex

Male

1000

55.9

76

61.0

Female

790

44.1

49

39.0

Age

18–24 years

255

14.3

15

11.8

25–39 years

495

27.6

45

36.3

40–54 years

484

27.0

34

27.1

55 + years

556

31.0

31

24.9

Income

Low

564

31.5

29

23.5

Moderate

573

32.0

44

35.1

High

257

14.4

21

16.9

Not stated

397

22.1

31

24.5

Education

Low

690

38.8

50

40.0

Middle

723

40.7

54

43.4

High

364

20.5

21

16.5

Region

West

835

46.6

56

45.0

North

216

12.1

6

4.8

East

362

20.2

32

25.8

South

377

21.0

31

24.4

HSI

Low

529

30.9

  

Moderate

1074

62.8

  

High

108

6.3

  

6 m quit attempt

At least one

360

20.1

  

None

1430

79.9

  
  1. HSI Heaviness of Smoking Index, 6 m quit attempt serious quit attempt in the last six months