Table 2

Descriptive demographics of the study population (N=3676) by city

DemographicsShanghaiNanningMudanjiangTotal
Age (mean/SD)41.34/14.5840.21/15.0340.43/13.4640.69/14.39
Educational level (% (no))
 Lowest29.6 (391)35.9 (423)24.4 (287)30.0 (1101)
 Lower28.1 (371)22.8 (269)30.7 (361)27.3 (1001)
 Higher17.5 (231)21.2 (250)21.4 (251)19.9 (732)
 Highest24.8 (327)20.1 (237)23.4 (275)22.8 (839)
Marital status (% (no))
 Married79.6 (1045)70.1 (828)70.1 (822)73.5 (2695)
 Not married20.4 (267)29.9 (353)29.9 (350)26.5 (970)
Smoking pattern (% (no))
 Daily smokers99.5 (1313)100.0 (1181)100.0 (1174)99.8 (3668)
Intention to quit (% (no))
 Within 1 month8.4 (111)11.7 (138)13.4 (157)11.1 (406)
 Within 6 months16.5 (217)19.1 (225)24.5 (288)19.9 (730)