Table 1.
Adult tobacco smoking in Colombia, 2003: Selected personal characteristics by smoking status.
| Total sample (n=4426) | Ever smokersa (n=2171) Estimated prevalenced | Regular smokersb (n=1323) Estimated prevalenced | Persistent smokersc (n=782) Estimated prevalenced | Estimated prevalenced of persistent smokersc among regular smokersb | Estimates of persistance of smoking amongst regular smokers
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| Unadjustede Odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted e,f Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value | ||||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 2726 | 38.7 (35.9-41.5) | 21.0 (19.0-23.1) | 11.5 (10.0-13.2) | 54.8 (49.2-60.3) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Male | 1700 | 62.1 (58.7-65.4) | 42.8 (39.8-45.8) | 24.0 (21.4-26.9) | 56.2 (50.8-61.5) | 1.1 (0.8-1.4) | 0.8 (0.5-1.2) | 0.211 |
| Age at interview | ||||||||
| 18-24 years | 872 | 43.8 (39.7-48.1) | 22.7 (19.5-26.2) | 15.3 (12.6-18.4) | 67.3 (58.1-75.3) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| 25-34 years | 1128 | 42.5 (39.2-45.9) | 21.5 (18.7-24.7) | 14.0 (11.6-16.8) | 65.0 (54.8-74.0) | 0.9 (0.6-1.5) | 1.0 (0.7-1.8) | 0.655 |
| 35-44 years | 1166 | 47.9 (42.8-53.1) | 31.1 (27.0-35.5) | 18.9 (15.5-22.8) | 60.8 (54.0-67.2) | 0.8 (0.5-1.2) | 1.0 (0.6-1.6) | 0.930 |
| 45-54 years | 730 | 60.0 (54.7-65.1) | 43.4 (38.6-48.2) | 23.1 (19.9-26.7) | 53.3 (46.4-60.0) | 0.6 (0.3-0.9) | 0.7 (0.4-1.3) | 0.213 |
| 55-65 years | 530 | 61.6 (56.3-66.7) | 47.5 (42.0-53.0) | 15.9 (12.3-20.3) | 33.5 (26.1-41.7) | 0.2 (0.2-0.4) | 0.3 (0.2-0.7) | 0.002 |
| Marital Statusg | ||||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 2521 | 50.3 (47.3-53.2) | 33.4 (30.8-36.2) | 17.6 (15.7-19.8) | 52.7 (47.6-57.7) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| No longer married | 614 | 51.6 (46.4-56.7) | 35.6 (30.1-41.6) | 18.3 (14.0-23.6) | 51.4 (40.6-62.1) | 1.0 (0.6-1.5) | 1.2 (0.7-2.0) | 0.555 |
| Never married | 1291 | 47.0 (43.3-50.5) | 24.6 (22.1-27.2) | 16.1 (13.8-18.6) | 65.4 (57.6-72.4) | 1.7 (1.1-2.6) | 1.2 (0.8-1.9) | 0.338 |
| Incomeg,h | ||||||||
| Low income | 742 | 43.1 (37.6-48.1) | 25.1 (21.4-29.2) | 15.3 (12.0-19.2) | 60.8 (51.0-69.8) | 1.5 (0.9-2.6) | 1.2 (0.6-2.2) | 0.619 |
| Low-average | 562 | 53.0 (48.0-58.0) | 35.8 (30.2-41.7) | 20.0 (15.9-24.9) | 56.0 (45.9-65.6) | 1.3 (0.8-1.9) | 1.0 (0.6-1.5) | 0.893 |
| High-average | 476 | 58.1 (52.6-63.4) | 40.2 (35.2-45.4) | 22.2 (18.3-26.7) | 55.2 (45.9-64.2) | 1.2 (0.7-2.1) | 1.2 (0.7-2.2) | 0.499 |
| High income | 601 | 49.7 (44.9-54.5) | 33.7 (28.7-39.0) | 16.9 (13.2-21.4) | 50.2 (41.1-59.2) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Missing | 2045 | 48.6 (45.3-51.8) | 28.4 (25.6-31.4) | 16.0 (13.6-18.7) | 56.3 (50.1-62.4) | 1.3 (0.8-2.0) | 1.1 (0.7-1.9) | 0.592 |
| Educationg | ||||||||
| None/some primary | 778 | 55.2 (50.2-60.1) | 41.0 (36.5-45.6) | 23.8 (20.2-27.8) | 58.2 (50.6-65.4) | 1.4 (0.8-2.7) | 1.9 (1.0-3.9) | 0.059 |
| Finished primary | 1735 | 51.4 (47.5-55.3) | 32.1 (29.0-35.5) | 16.8 (14.6-19.3) | 52.3 (45.7-58.8) | 1.1 (0.6-2.1) | 1.2 (0.6-2.4) | 0.569 |
| Finished secondary | 948 | 45.8 (41.1-50.3) | 25.3 (21.5-29.5) | 14.7 (11.7-18.2) | 58.0 (49.4-66.1) | 1.4 (0.8-2.6) | 1.2 (0.6-2.4) | 0.588 |
| Some college | 563 | 45.6 (40.1-51.3) | 27.9 (23.6-32.7) | 17.5 (14.2-21.4) | 62.7 (53.3-71.2) | 1.7 (0.8-3.6) | 1.4 (0.6-3.2) | 0.374 |
| College graduate | 402 | 45.0 (38.5-51.8) | 26.0 (20.5-32.3) | 12.8 (9.4-17.2) | 49.3 (35.8-62.9) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Employmentg | ||||||||
| Working | 2524 | 54.4 (51.5-57.3) | 34.1 (31.2-37.1) | 19.9 (17.8-22.2) | 58.2 (53.1-63.3) | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Student | 194 | 42.2 (32.9-52.2) | 19.6 (12.4-29.6) | 14.9 (9.1-23.5) | 76.0 (56.288.4) | 2.3 (0.9-5.7) | 1.6 (0.6-4.1) | 0.302 |
| Homemaker | 1136 | 36.4 (32.4-40.7) | 22.2 (18.9-25.8) | 9.4 (7.5-11.7) | 42.5 (34.5-51.0) | 0.5 (0.4-0.8) | 0.5 (0.3-0.8) | 0.006 |
| Retired | 98 | 61.2 (47.3-73.5) | 54.0 (40.7-66.9) | 14.7 (7.9-25.8) | 27.3 (15.7-43.1) | 0.3 (0.1-0.6) | 0.6 (0.2-1.3) | 0.191 |
| Other | 474 | 50.9 (43.8-58.0) | 32.5 (26.8-38.9) | 21.5 (16.7-27.1) | 66.0 (56.4-74.3) | 1.4 (0.9-2.1) | 1.3 (0.8-2.0) | 0.299 |
Note:
a
Ever smokers include anyone who initiated smoking, including just a puff.
b
Regular smokers are individuals currently smoking, as well as self-identified former smokers.
c
Persistent smokers were currently actively smoking in the year prior to assessment.
d
Prevalence estimate and 95% confidence interval.
e
These odds ratios convey the strength of association linking each sociodemographic variable with the odds of continuing to smoke (i.e., not quitting), once regular smoking occurred.
f
Adjusted for all other sociodemographic variables listed in this table.
g
Reflect current status at the time of interview.
h
Estimate based on the subsample for which income was assessed.