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Table 3 Characteristics related to reporting at least weekly internet use

From: A cross sectional survey of internet use among a highly socially disadvantaged population of tobacco smokers

Characteristic

At least weekly internet accessa

n (%)

Crudeb

Fullc

Odds ratio (95% CI)

p value

(95% CI)

p value

Agea

58.1%

0.95 (0.93, 0.97)

< 0.001

0.94 (0.92, 0.97)

< 0.001

Gender

     

 Male

71 (47%)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Female

142 (65%)

2.05 (1.34, 3.14)

< 0.001

1.64 (0.96, 2.81)

0.070

HSI

57.9%

0.80 (0.70, 0.92)

0.001

0.81 (0.68, 0.97)

0.022

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

  

0.435

 

0.269

 Non-Indigenous

171 (59%)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Indigenous

42 (54%)

0.82 (0.50, 1.35)

 

0.7 (0.37, 1.32)

 

Cannabis use

  

0.158

 

0.660

 No

159 (60%)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Yes

54 (52%)

0.72 (0.46, 1.14)

 

0.88 (0.50, 1.55)

 

Education

  

0.002

 

0.008

 Primary school

26 (43%)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Secondary school

134 (57%)

1.77 (1.00, 3.12)

0.050

1.35 (0.68, 2.69)

0.388

 Tertiary school

53 (74%)

3.76 (1.81, 7.79)

< 0.001

3.57 (1.50, 8.54)

0.004

Housing

  

0.384

 

0.163

 Own house

5 (45%

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Rental

82 (58%)

1.64 (0.48, 5.63)

0.432

2.40 (0.44, 13.04)

0.312

 With family or friends/hotel, motel/no home, street living

28 (53%)

1.34 (0.36, 4.95)

0.657

1.87 (0.31, 11.31)

0.495

 Supported accommodation/government housing

94 (62%)

1.94 (0.57, 6.66)

0.290

4.07 (0.73, 22.73)

0.109

 Other

4 (36%)

0.69 (0.12, 3.78)

0.665

1.84 (0.20, 16.60)

0.585

Income amount

  

< 0.001

 

0.001

 ≤ $200/week

42 (42%)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 $201–400/week

101 (63%)

2.32 (1.40, 3.87)

0.001

2.74 (1.52, 4.91)

< 0.001

 > $400/week

57 (73%)

3.75 (1.98, 7.10)

< 0.001

2.83 (1.35, 5.95)

0.006

Cessation intention

  

0.723

 

0.071

 Quit not next 6 months/Never quit

44 (62%)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Quit within next 6 months

94 (57%)

0.80 (0.45, 1.42)

0.445

0.43 (0.21, 0.88)

0.022

 Don’t know

75 (57%)

0.81 (0.45, 1.46)

0.477

0.59 (0.28, 1.22)

0.156

Marital status

  

0.907

 

0.659

 Separated/divorced/never married or single/widowed

171 (58%)

Ref

 

Ref

 

 Married/defacto/living with partner

42 (58%)

1.03 (0.61, 1.74)

 

0.86 (0.44, 1.68)

 

Self-efficacya

57.8%

1.19 (1.00, 1.41)

0.056

1.12 (0.89, 1.41)

0.319

  1. Italicised text indicates significance < 0.05
  2. HSI Heaviness of Smoking Index
  3. a At least weekly internet use rate at the mean of the continuous variables, i.e. at the mean age, the rate of at least weekly internet use was 58.1%
  4. b Number of participants included in each crude model was 369 except for income amount (n = 339) and HSI (n = 366)
  5. c Full model (n = 336) included age, gender, HSI, Indigenous Australian status, cannabis use, education, housing, income amount, cessation intentions, marital status, and self-efficacy
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