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Table 1 Characteristics of smokers in the general population and users of three different national smoking cessation services in Korea

From: User characteristics of national smoking cessation services in Korea: who chooses each type of tobacco cessation program?

 

Smokers from KNHANES IV

Smokers who used a Web-based cessation service

Smokers who used Quitline

Smokers who used a PHC-based SCC

p-value

 

n = 3762

n = 14,762

n = 2983

n = 335,532

 

Gender

 Male

3177 (87.2)

12,533 (84.9)

2610 (87.5)

303,220 (90.4)

<.0001

 Female

585 (12.8)

2229 (15.1)

373 (12.5)

32,312 (9.6)

 

Age group (years)

 19–29

640 (24.6)

6746 (45.7)

753 (25.2)

45,997 (13.7)

<.0001

 30–39

945 (27.0)

5781 (39.2)

1210 (40.6)

82,430 (24.6)

 

 40–49

819 (23.2)

1794 (12.2)

731 (24.5)

79,779 (23.8)

 

  ≥ 50

1358 (25.2)

441 (3.0)

289 (9.7)

127,326 (38.0)

 

Area of residence

 Metropolitan

2119 (53.1)

8516 (57.7)

1639 (56.4)

195,956 (58.4)

<.0001

 City/country

1643 (46.9)

6030 (40.9)

1268 (43.6)

139,576 (41.6)

 

 Overseas

–

216 (1.5)

–

  

Occupation

 Professionals and experts

482 (14.7)

–

369 (12.4)

44,307 (13.2)

<.0001

 Office workers

340 (9.6)

–

973 (32.8)

45,845 (13.7)

 

 Service workers

565 (16.7)

–

361 (12.2)

–

 

 Manufacturing and production workers

1060 (30.3)

–

125 (4.2)

22,955 (6.8)

 

 Farming and fishing workers

331 (4.9)

–

15 (0.5)

17,181 (5.1)

 

 Small business owners

–

–

396 (13.3)

72,634 (21.7)

 

 Military and police

14 (0.3)

–

73 (2.5)

14,694 (4.4)

 

 Others (e.g., housewives, retired or unemployed people, university students)

943 (23.4)

–

658 (22.2)

117,916 (35.1)

 

Average number of cigarettes smoked per day

  ≤ 10

1483 (38.8)

2034 (14.9)

788 (26.6)

71,836 (21.4)

<.0001

 11–20

1831 (49.2)

7750 (56.6)

1524 (51.4)

177,958 (53.0)

 

  ≥ 20

444 (12.0)

3899 (28.5)

651 (22.0)

85,738 (25.6)

 

Nicotine dependency

 0–3 (mild)

–

3118 (24.2)

1290 (44.0)

105,121 (31.3)

<.0001

 4–6 (moderate)

–

5584 (43.4)

1105 (37.7)

137,686 (41.0)

 

 7–10 (severe)

–

4180 (32.5)

537 (18.3)

92,725 (27.6)

 
  1. chi-square test