Table 1 Smoking cessation prevalence by study participants’ characteristics at baseline and follow upa
Characteristics | Smoking cessation status at one-year follow-up | |
|---|---|---|
Persistent smokers | Quitters | |
n = 1287 (85.2%) | n = 238 (14.8%) | |
Demographic variable at baseline | ||
 Region type | ||
  Urban areas | 646 (84.9) | 122 (15.1) |
  Rural areas | 641 (85.7) | 116 (14.3) |
 Age, mean (SE) | 45.58 (13.99) | 49.18 (15.20) |
 Marital status | ||
  Living without partner | 146 (87.4) | 21 (12.6) |
  Living with partner | 1141 (84.9) | 217 (15.1) |
 Education attainment | ||
  Secondary school completed or lower | 554 (84.7) | 99 (15.3) |
  High school completed | 429 (85.1) | 81 (14.9) |
  College/University or higher | 304 (86.2) | 58 (13.8) |
 Household quintiles based on wealth index | ||
  Quintile I (poorest) | 275 (88.1) | 41 (11.9) |
  Quintile II | 251 (80.9) | 58 (19.1) |
  Quintile III | 253 (84.1) | 50 (15.9) |
  Quintile IV | 264 (87.3) | 46 (12.7) |
  Quintile V (richest) | 244 (85.8) | 43 (14.2) |
Health behaviours at follow-up | ||
 Self-assessed health status | ||
  Fair | 776 (86.5) | 124 (13.5) |
  Worst/Poor | 95 (90.1) | 12 (9.9) |
  Good/Excellent | 416 (81.9) | 102 (18.1) |
 Quality of life (VAS scale), mean (SE) | 80.71 (12.57) | 82.05 (13.84) |
 Ever diagnosis with any chronic disease | ||
  No | 1021 (86.7) | 167 (13.3) |
  Yes | 266 (79.8) | 71 (20.2) |
 Alcohol consumption | ||
  No | 109 (77.9) | 30 (22.1) |
  Yes | 1178 (86.0) | 208 (14.0) |