Table 1.
Selected Sociodemographic Information of Samples in Men and Women
| |
Men |
Women |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (% who smoke) | n (% who smoke) | p valuea | ||
| Overall | 1808 (45.7) | 1865 (4.8) | ||
| Age group | <0.0001** | <0.0001** | ||
| 18–24 | 186 (44.6) | 154 (11.7) | ||
| 25–34 | 327 (48.6) | 378 (6.1) | ||
| 35–44 | 381 (56.7) | 399 (6.3) | ||
| 45–54 | 351 (49.0) | 385 (3.9) | ||
| ≥55 | 502 (34.5) | 435 (1.8) | ||
| Education | <0.0001** | <0.0001** | ||
| Primary school and below | 465 (48.0) | 676 (3.4) | ||
| High school | 807 (54.2) | 716 (8.1) | ||
| College/university and above | 529 (31.2) | 471 (1.9) | ||
| Employment | <0.0001** | <0.4318** | ||
| Employed | 1278 (49.61) | 1047 (4.49) | ||
| Unemployed | 528 (36.36) | 818 (5.26) | ||
| Monthly income (NT dollars)b | 0.0004** | 0.3675 | ||
| None | 137 (33.6) | 343 (6.1) | ||
| ≤20,000 (US$606) | 462 (43.9) | 676 (4.4) | ||
| ≤40,000 (US$1,212) | 555 (51.4) | 542 (4.6) | ||
| ≤60,000 (US$1,818) | 320 (50.3) | 161 (3.7) | ||
| >60,000 (US$1,818) | 223 (39.0) | 74 (8.1) | ||
| Marital status | <0.0001** | <0.0001** | ||
| Currently married | 1287 (45.1) | 1285 (3.5) | ||
| Currently not married | 520 (47.3) | 577 (7.8) | ||
a
Chi-square test.
b
The exchange rate: NT$32.9 per U.S. dollar or NT$44.8 per Euro.
**
<0.001.