Table 3.

Determinants of current smoking

	Total	Men	Women
Sex (ref. female)	1.92 (1.86; 1.97)	-	-
Age (ref. 10 – <20 years)
20 – <30 years	1.13 (1.05; 1.22)	1.32 (1.19; 1.46)	1.05 (0.94; 1.18)
30 – <40 years	1.32 (1.22; 1.42)	1.58 (1.42; 1.76)	1.24 (1.10; 1.39)
40 – <50 years	1.13 (1.05; 1.23)	1.42 (1.27; 1.59)	1.00 (0.88; 1.13)
50 – <60 years	0.60 (0.55; 0.65)	0.82 (0.73; 0.91)	0.47 (0.41; 0.53)
60 – <70 years	0.31 (0.28; 0.33)	0.44 (0.39; 0.50)	0.20 (0.18; 0.23)
70 – <80 years	0.17 (0.15; 0.19)	0.26 (0.22; 0.29)	0.11 (0.09; 0.12)
80 – <90 years	0.08 (0.07; 0.10)	0.16 (0.13; 0.20)	0.05 (0.04; 0.06)
≥90 years	0.05 (0.03; 0.08)	0.13 (0.07; 0.24)	0.02 (0.01; 0.04)
Marital status (ref. married)
single	1.16 (1.12; 1.20)	1.09 (1.04; 1.14)	1.29 (1.22; 1.36)
divorced	1.16 (1.09; 1.24)	1.27 (1.14; 1.42)	1.36 (1.24; 1.48)
widowed	2.14 (2.04; 2.24)	1.99 (1.85; 2.14)	2.28 (2.12; 2.44)
School education (ref. 10 years)
<10 years	1.27 (1.24; 1.31)	1.27 (1.21; 1.32)	1.32 (1.26; 1.38)
>10 years	0.54 (0.52; 0.56)	0.54 (0.51; 0.57)	0.53 (0.50; 0.56)
Income (ref. <1000 DM)
1000 DM – <2500 DM	1.21 (1.17; 1.26)	1.04 (0.98; 1.10)	1.21 (1.16; 1.26)
2500 DM – <4000 DM	1.07 (1.02; 1.11)	0.87 (0.81; 0.93)	1.18 (1.10; 1.26)
≥4000 DM	0.86 (0.81; 0.91)	0.69 (0.64; 0.75)	1.12 (1.00; 1.26)
Residency in East Germany (ref. West Germany)	1.02 (0.99; 1.05	1.05 (1.01; 1.10)	0.97 (0.93; 1.02)
Size of community (ref. <20,000 inhabitants)
20,000 – 500,000 inhabitants	1.17 (1.14; 1.20)	1.11 (1.07; 1.15)	1.25 (1.20; 1.30)
>500,000 inhabitants	1.56 (1.51; 1.62)	1.41 (1.34; 1.48)	1.76 (1.67; 1.86)

Logistic regression, data are odds ratios (95% confidence intervals). All variables included as main factors.

100 DM = 51.13 Euro