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Table 3 Variables related to smoking cessation during pregnancy (based on 725 women smoking at the beginning of pregnancy).

From: Smoking among pregnant women in Cantabria (Spain): trend and determinants of smoking cessation

Variables

 

Total

Smoking cessation

  

N

n (%)

RR (95% CI)

Age (years)

≥31

285

75 (26.3)

1.00 (0.72–1.38)

 

26–30

281

75 (26.7)

1.01 (0.73–1.40)

 

< 26

159

42 (26.4)

1 (reference)

High school education or higher

Yes

297

100 (33.7)

1.57 (1.23–1.99)

 

No

428

92 (21.5)

1 (reference)

Social class

I-II

65

20 (30.8)

1.18 (0.80–1.74)

 

III-IV

660

172 (26.1)

1 (reference)

Race

Non-white

18

3 (16.7)

0.62 (0.22–1.76)

 

White

707

189 (26.7)

1 (reference)

Marital status: married

Yes

638

181 (28.4)

2.24 (1.27–3.95)

 

No

87

11 (12.6)

1 (reference)

No. of previous pregnancies

> 1

135

28 (20.7)

0.67 (0.46–0.97)

 

1

260

62 (23.8)

0.77 (0.59–1.01)

 

0

330

102 (30.9)

1 (reference)

Employment outside home

Yes

351

91 (25.9)

0.96 (0.75–1.22)

 

No

374

101 (27.0)

1 (reference)

Cig/d smoked before pregnancy

> 20

73

4 (5.5)

0.12 (0.05–0.31)

 

11–20

347

47 (13.5)

0.29 (0.22–0.39)

 

< 11

303

141 (46.5)

1 (reference)

Partner's smoking

Yes

508

110 (21.7)

0.57 (0.44–0.72)

 

No

217

82 (37.8)

1 (reference)

Change in alcohol consumption during pregnancy

Quit/reduce

321

90 (28.0)

1.07 (0.83–1.38)

 

Equal

80

17 (21.3)

0.81 (0.51–1.28)

 

Do not drink

324

85 (26.2)

1 (reference)

Year of the study period

> 1999

380

76 (20.0)

0.52 (0.40–0.69)

 

1999

174

51 (29.3)

0.77 (0.57–1.04)

 

1998

171

65 (38.0)

1 (reference)

Kessner index

Adequate

262

93 (35.5)

1.82 (1.12–2.95)

 

Intermediate

386

84 (21.8)

1.12 (0.68–1.83)

 

Inadequate

77

15 (19.5)

1 (reference)