Table 2.
Socio-demographics by smoking status for men and women
| Variable | Men | Women | |||||
| n (%) | Current Smokers n = 3632 (33%) |
Non/Ex-smokers n = 7401 (67%) | p-value | Current Smokers n = 4657 (33%) | Non/Ex-smokers n = 9346 (67%) | p-value | |
| Area | Greater Glasgow | 612 (38) | 992 (62) | 866 (40) | 1320 (60) | ||
| Rest of Scotland | 3,020 (32) | 6409 (68) | <0.001 | 3791 (32) | 8026 (68) | <0.001 | |
| Age | 16–24 | 438 (37) | 753 (63) | 550 (38) | 898 (62) | ||
| 25–34 | 802 (39) | 1250 (61) | 1090 (40) | 1640 (60) | |||
| 35–44 | 812 (34) | 1555 (66) | 990 (34) | 1892 (66) | |||
| 45–54 | 686 (34) | 1327 (66) | 865 (34) | 1649 (66) | |||
| 55–64 | 631 (31) | 1374 (69) | 759 (31) | 1709 (69) | |||
| 65–74 | 215 (20) | 865 (80) | 345 (23) | 1124 (77) | |||
| 75 and over | 48 (15) | 277 (85) | <0.001 | 58 (23) | 434 (88) | <0.001 | |
| Year | 1995 | 1256 (36) | 2267 (64) | 1665 (38) | 2741 (62) | ||
| 1998 | 1373 (35) | 2555 (65) | 1763 (35) | 3320 (65) | |||
| 2003 | 1003 (28) | 2579 (72) | <0.001 | 1229 (27) | 3285 (73) | <0.001 | |
| Carstairs quintile | Least deprived | 551 (24) | 1773 (76) | 635 (22) | 2198 (78) | ||
| 2 | 604 (27) | 1611 (73) | 778 (28) | 1995 (72) | |||
| 3 | 758 (33) | 1519 (67) | 915 (33) | 1891 (67) | |||
| 4 | 775 (36) | 1372 (64) | 1072 (38) | 1735 (62) | |||
| Most deprived | 944 (46) | 1126 (54) | <0.001 | 1257 (45) | 1527 (55) | <0.001 | |
| Social class | I/II | 767 (23) | 2567 (77) | 917 (23) | 3145 (77) | ||
| III | 1736 (35) | 3223 (65) | 2070 (34) | 4080 (66) | |||
| IV/V | 1008 (43) | 1344 (57) | <0.001 | 1442 (44) | 1806 (56) | <0.001 | |
| Unknown | 121 (31) | 267 (69) | 0.459a | 228 (42) | 1806 (56) | <0.001a | |
| Economic activity status | Employed | 2068 (30) | 4843 (70) | 2183 (31) | 4879 (69) | ||
| Unemployed | 438 (59) | 300 (41) | 211 (52) | 196 (48) | |||
| Retired | 295 (19) | 1249 (81) | 513 (23) | 1762 (77) | |||
| Other economically inactive | 825 (45) | 1001 (55) | <0.001 | 1738 (41) | 2502 (59) | <0.001 | |
| Unknown | 6 (43) | 8 (57) | 0.428a | 12 (63) | 7 (37) | 0.006a | |
| Education | No qualification | 1767 (40) | 2641 (60) | 2379 (41) | 3452 (59) | ||
| Below degree level | 1536 (33) | 3185 (67) | 1958 (32) | 4147 (68) | |||
| Degree level or above | 324 (17) | 1564 (83) | <0.001 | 308 (15) | 1735 (85) | <0.001 | |
| Unknown | 5 (31) | 11 (69) | 0.887a | 12 (50) | 12 (50) | 0.081a | |
a: p-values for χ2 test of difference in smoking rates between individuals with complete and those with unknown values