Table 3.

Prevalence of smoking among women from 12 European countries and differences between low and high educational levels (high educated group is reference category)

Country	Age group (20-44 years)						Age group (45-74 years)
	Ever smoking			Current smoking			Ever smoking			Current smoking
	%	Odds ratio (95% CI)		%	Odds ratio (95% CI)		%	Odds ratio (95% CI)		%	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Denmark	61.2	1.27 (0.85 to 1.90)		49.1	1.28 (0.87 to 1.89)		65.9	1.14 (0.84 to 1.48)		45.3	1.20 (0.89 to 1.60)
Finland	59.0	1.64 (1.29 to 2.09)		33.5	1.93 (1.53 to 2.44)		35.8	0.80 (0.63 to 1.02)		18.7	1.14 (0.85 to 1.52)
France	46.6	1.10 (0.96 to 1.26)		31.2	1.36 (1.18 to 1.58)		18.3	0.42 (0.34 to 0.52)		9.9	0.61 (0.46 to 0.81)
Italy	33.5	0.99 (0.91 to 1.08)		25.5	1.10 (1.01 to 1.21)		19.9	0.37 (0.32 to 0.43)		13.3	0.46 (0.39 to 0.54)
Netherlands	67.2	1.58 (1.33 to 1.87)		41.1	1.67 (1.43 to 1.94)		51.4	0.75 (0.62 to 0.90)		24.2	1.37 (1.10 to 1.70)
Norway	58.2	3.21 (2.53 to 4.11)		37.5	2.64 (2.09 to 3.34)		51.4	1.84 (1.37 to 2.48)		28.9	2.73 (1.90 to 3.93)
West Germany	60.4	1.25 (1.04 to 1.51)		39.0	1.52 (1.26 to 1.82)		34.1	0.63 (0.53 to 0.73)		18.5	0.98 (0.81 to 1.20)
Great Britain	49.4	2.04 (1.78 to 2.34)		34.6	2.50 (2.17 to 2.89)		51.4	1.58 (1.34 to 1.86)		27.6	2.07 (1.70 to 2.51)
Portugal	12.5	0.12 (0.10 to 0.15)		9.1	0.13 (0.11 to 0.17)		2.2	0.06 (0.04 to 0.08)		1.4	0.05 (0.04 to 0.09)
Spain	48.1	0.53 (0.47 to 0.60)		39.7	0.57 (0.50 to 0.64)		6.5	0.22 (0.16 to 0.29)		3.9	0.29 (0.20 to 0.42)
Sweden	55.3	2.37 (1.82 to 3.09)		33.2	2.34 (1.81 to 3.03)		45.9	1.22 (0.94 to 1.56)		26.7	1.41 (1.06 to 1.87)
Switzerland	50.8	1.24 (1.04 to 1.48)		32.5	1.50 (1.26 to 1.80)		35.5	0.89 (0.76 to 1.04)		18.7	1.16 (0.96 to 1.40)
Total	46.2	1.02 (0.98 to 1.07)		31.0	1.18 (1.13 to 1.24)		23.9	0.69 (0.65 to 0.73)		13.5	0.99 (0.92 to 1.06)
Education v country		P<0.001			P<0.001			P<0.001			P<0.001