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

Table 2 Pattern of reported use (%) per collapsed strategy

	Smokers (n = 1790)			Quitters (n = 125)
	Reduced consumption (n = 644)	SOLELY price-minimising behaviours (n = 337)	No strategies to reduce spending (n = 809)	Price played a role in quit attempt (n = 103)
Sex
Male	31.7***	18.1	50.2***	85.7
Female	41.4	19.7	38.9	76.6
Age
18–24	38.7	18.4	42.9	81.7
25–39	36.8	17.7	45.5	77.6
40–54	35.4	20.8	43.7	89.2
55 +	34.4^a	18.3^a	47.3^a	81.1^a
Income
Not stated	34.6	18.9	46.5	87.7
Low	40.2***	19.7	40.1***	89.7
Moderate	35.7	18.7	45.6*	78.4
High	29.4^a	17.1^a	53.4^a	71.1^a
Education
Low	32.8	20.2	47.0	76.4
Moderate	39.2	18.0	42.8	86.6
High	35.4^a	18.2^a	46.4^a	83.8^a
Region
West	38.2*	17.9	43.9	80.7
North	35.6	16.5	47.8	87.8
East	36.5	20.7	42.9	84.9
South	30.8^a	20.4^a	48.8^a	80.8^a
HSI
Low	39.5^a	11.8^a	48.7^a
Moderate	34.3	21.7***	44.0
High	29.4**	33.6***	37.1*
6 m quit attempt
Yes	63.5	12.5	24.0
No	29.1***	20.4***	50.5***

HSI Heaviness of Smoking Index; 6 m quit attempt: serious quit attempt in the last six months. Statistical differences determined by χ2 analyses and binary logistic regressions for variables with more than two categories
^a denotes the reference category for the binary logistic regressions. * p ≤ .05, ** p ≤ .01, *** p ≤ .001

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