Table 2.
Characteristics of female smokers in the CVRFO and SUNSET samples
| Suriname (CVFRO study) | Netherlands (SUNSET study) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 85 (%) | N = 196 (%) | ||
| Religion | |||
| Hinduism | 16 (18.8) | 16 (8.4) * | |
| Islam | 7 (8.2) | 6 (3.1) | |
| Christian | 62 (72.9) | 169 (86.2) | |
| Missing | 0 (0) | 5 (2.6) | |
| Education | |||
| Max. primary education | 28 (32.9) | 21 (10.7) ** | |
| Low vocational training/lower secondary education | 36 (42.4) | 86 (43.9) | |
| Intermediate vocational training/higher secondary education | 10 (11.8) | 57 (29.1) | |
| Higher vocational training and University degree | 7 (8.2) | 26 (13.3) | |
| Unknown | 4 (4.7) | 6 (3.1) | |
| Mean age | Mean (sd) | 39.6 (9.7) | 44.9 (5.9) * |
| Mean age at uptake of smoking |
Mean (sd) | 20.8 (6.5) | 22.4 (8.6) |
| Number of years in Netherlands | Less than26 years | n.a. | 98 (50.3) |
| More than 26 years | n.a. | 97 (49.7) | |
| Contacts in leisure time | Most Dutch | n.a. | 12 (6.1) |
| Both | n.a. | 60 (30.6) | |
| Most Surinamese | n.a. | 67 (34.2) | |
| Only Surinamese | n.a. | 56 (28.6) | |
*p < 0.01 **p < 0.001