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Table 1 Characteristics associated with whether non-smokers noticed health warning labels often vs. less than often in the last month (N = 1324)

From: Noticing cigarette health warnings and support for new health warnings among non-smokers in China: findings from the International Tobacco Control project (ITC) China survey

 

N

%

Noticed HWLs Often (%)

p

OR

95% CI

City

 Beijing

202

15.25%

3.49%

ref

ref

ref

 Shenyang

187

14.12%

8.16%

0.192

2.45

0.63–9.52

 Shanghai

196

14.80%

3.75%

0.831

1.17

0.28–4.87

 Changsha

180

13.60%

17.78%

0.033a

4.72

1.14–19.62

 Guangzhou

191

14.43%

11.31%

0.015a

4.07

1.33–12.46

 Kunming

180

13.60%

19.57%

0.01a

5.02

1.48–17.05

 Yinchuan

188

14.20%

23.04%

0.002a

7.12

2.12–23.92

Ethnicity

 Others

97

7.33%

28.65%

ref

ref

ref

 Han nationality

1227

92.67%

11.08%

0.007a

0.40

0.21–0.77

Gender

 Male

495

37.39%

12.34%

ref

ref

ref

 Female

829

62.61%

12.08%

0.110

0.64

0.37–1.11

Age (years)

 18–39

248

18.73%

21.27%

ref

ref

ref

 40–54

438

33.08%

13.24%

0.097

0.60

0.32–1.10

 55+

638

48.19%

8.72%

0.014a

0.48

0.27–0.86

Household Income per month (yuan)

 Low/Medium

487

36.78%

11.31%

ref

ref

ref

 High

837

63.22%

12.64%

0.100

1.56

0.92–2.66

Education

 Low/Medium

894

67.52%

11.06%

   

 High

430

32.48%

14.90%

0.978

1.00

0.51–1.93

Smoking spouse/partner

 No smoking spouse/partner

721

54.46%

10.28%

ref

ref

ref

 Have smoking spouse/partner

415

31.34%

19.13%

0.002a

2.41

1.42–4.13

 No spouse/partner

188

14.20%

8.15%

0.763

0.90

0.43–1.86

Number of smoking friends

 0

409

30.89%

10.57%

ref

ref

ref

 1

238

17.98%

10.35%

0.617

0.80

0.33–1.95

 2

264

19.94%

10.12%

0.204

0.60

0.27–1.33

 3

232

17.52%

13.72%

0.821

0.92

0.46–1.84

 4

69

5.21%

9.74%

0.647

0.69

0.14–3.39

 5

112

8.46%

24.35%

0.333

1.59

0.62–4.11

Surveyed before/after new HWLs apply

 Before

1100

83.08%

10.40%

ref

ref

ref

 After

224

16.92%

19.50%

0.628

1.17

0.61–2.25

  1. CI Confidence interval; Significant levels are indicated as follows: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001,***p < 0.0001
  2. OR, Odd Ratio of noticed health warning labels (0, refused/don’t know/once a while noting warning labels in last month; 1, often noticed labels in last month)
  3. Survey before/after new HWLs apply, Before (before 01/04/2012); After (after 01/04/2012)
  4. Notice HWLs often, Respondents who reported they notice HWLs often in the last month
  5. aThe percentage are weighted and the frequencies are unweighted