Table 1.
Socioeconomic characteristics (%) among participants in the Västerbotten Intervention Programme, northern Sweden, 1990-2006.
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not snus user N = 33 122 | Snus user N = 11 843 | Not snus user N = 45 068 | Snus user N = 2530 | |
| Age group | ||||
| 40-years | 10,017 (67.1) | 4907 (32.9) | 14,325 (90.5 | 1499 (9.5) |
| 50-years | 11,930 (73.5) | 4300 (26.5) | 16,264 (95.4) | 782 (4.6) |
| 60-years | 11,175 (80.9) | 2636 (19.1) | 14,479 (98.3) | 249 (1.7) |
| Income, 100 SEK/year | 2600 (1653, 3270) | 2540 (1655, 3121) | 1857 (1020, 2402) | 1924 (1059, 2441) |
| Married/cohabiting | ||||
| Yes | 24,698 (74.4) | 8490 (25.6) | 33,751 (95.3) | 1656 (4.7) |
| No | 8424 (71.5) | 3353 (28.5) | 11,317 (92.8) | 874 (7.2) |
| Retired | ||||
| No | 31,071 (73.4) | 11,280 (26.6) | 41,846 (94.5) | 2445 (5.5) |
| Yes | 2051 (78.5) | 563 (21.5) | 3222 (97.4) | 85 (2.6) |
| Education | ||||
| Basic | 7923 (75.0) | 2641 (25.0) | 8105 (97.3) | 221 (2.7) |
| Mid-level | 18,327 (71.5) | 7306 (28.5) | 24,086 (94.2) | 1480 (5.8) |
| High | 6857 (78.4) | 1888 (21.6) | 12,864 (93.9) | 829 (6.1) |
| Unemployed | ||||
| No | 29,431 (74.2) | 10,239 (25.8) | 40,444 (94.9) | 2166 (5.1) |
| Yes | 3691 (69.7) | 1604 (30.3) | 4624 (92.7) | 364 (7.3) |
| Smoking * | ||||
| Never smoked | 17,311 (84.2) | 3260 (15.8) | 22,100 (98.2) | 405 (1.8) |
| Previous smoker | 9579 (62.5) | 5750 (37.5) | 12,628 (89.0) | 1556 (11.0) |
| Current smoker | 6008 (71.5) | 2393 (28.5) | 9901 (95.1) | 506 (4.9) |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Umeå | 8826 (75.1) | 2930 (24.9) | 12,447 (93.6) | 848 (6.4) |
| Skellefteå | 5768 (75.4) | 1884 (24.6) | 8242 (95.3) | 406 (4.7) |
| Lycksele | 1856 (72.7) | 696 (27.3) | 2482 (94.4) | 148 (5.6) |
| Rural east | 9305 (73.8) | 3303 (26.2) | 12,231 (94.9) | 654 (5.1) |
| Rural middle | 3973 (71.9) | 1551 (28.1) | 5171 (95.2) | 258 (4.8) |
| Rural west | 3198 (69.2) | 1425 (30.8) | 4211 (95.2) | 211 (4.8) |
| Periods | ||||
| 1990-1994 | 8892 (78.5) | 2438 (21.5) | 12,485 (98.4) | 203 (1.6) |
| 1995-1998 | 7815 (74.7) | 2648 (25.3) | 10,870 (96.1) | 442 (3.9) |
| 1999-2002 | 7740 (71.6) | 3072 (28.4) | 10,316 (93.4) | 730 (6.6) |
| 2003-2006 | 8675 (70.2) | 3685 (29.8) | 11,397 (90.8) | 1155 (9.2) |
For income, the median and the first and the third quartiles are given in 100 Swedish crowns (SEK)/year. Numbers and row percents are given for all other variables
* Missing values among non-users and users of snus were 0.7% and 3.7% among men, and 1.0% and 2.5% among women