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Table 4 Odds of making an attempt to quit smoking by Wave 2 (weighted; n = 1643)

From: Predictors of smoking cessation behavior among Bangladeshi adults: findings from ITC Bangladesh survey

 

Wald χ2 Test

 

OR (95 % CI)

χ2a

DF

p value

Area

    

Dhaka

1.00

11.98

1

<0.001

Areas outside Dhaka

3.41 (1.70, 6.82)

   

Sex

Male

1.00

2.82

1

0.093

Female

2.24 (0.87, 5.73)

   

Age group

Younger than 40

1.00

9.61

1

0.002

40 or older

1.53 (1.17, 2.00)

   

Education

Illiterate

1.00

1.69

2

0.429

1 to 8 years

1.08 (0.67, 1.75)

   

9+ years

1.22 (0.89, 1.68)

   

Income

<5,000 BDT

1.00

5.37

3

0.147

5,000 to 10,000 BDT

1.11 (0.72, 1.73)

   

>10,000 BDT

1.57 (1.07, 2.30)

   

Not reported

1.14 (0.57, 2.25)

   

Self-rated health

Poor/average health

1.00

2.74

1

0.098

Good/excellent health

0.78 (0.59, 1.05)

   

Intentions to quit

No plans to quit

1.00

14.86

2

<0.001

Sometime in the future

1.73 (1.28, 2.32)

   

Within the next 6 months

1.32 (0.76, 2.28)

   

Advice to quit

No advice

1.00

0.18

1

0.669

Advice/info/referral to quit

1.11 (0.70, 1.75)

   

Workplace smoking restrictions

No restrictions

1.00

9.10

2

0.011

Partial/complete restrictions

0.87 (0.56, 1.36)

   

Does not work indoors/outside home

0.62 (0.43, 0.90)

   

Home smoking restrictions

No restrictions

1.00

4.97

2

0.083

Partial restrictions

0.92 (0.59, 1.43)

   

Completely banned

1.74 (0.95, 3.19)

   
  1. BDT = Bangladeshi Taka; 1US$ = 79BDT
  2. aOmnibus test