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. 2012 Jul 4;18(2):190–210. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2012.700917

Table 1.

Distribution of men and women by smoking status, education and demographic characteristics. Oslo 2000/2002. Percents and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).

Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Norway
Percent 95% CI Percent 95% CI Percent 95% CI Percent 95% CI Percent 95% CI Percent 95% CI
Men
Smoking status
   Current 55.7 50.4–61.0 41.6 37.1–46.1 33.7 29.1–38.2 36.3 31.1–41.6 18.8 15.7–21.8 26.6 25.4–27.9
   Former 21.6 17.1–26.0 23.6 19.7–27.5 18.5 14.8–22.3 33.5 28.4–38.7 14.9 12.1–17.6 28.3 27.0–29.6
   Never 22.8 18.3–27.3 34.8 30.5–39.2 47.8 43.0–52.6 30.1 25.1–35.1 66.4 62.7–70.0 45.1 43.7–46.5
Education
   Primary 41.3 36.0–46.6 3.0 1.5–4.6 15.9 12.3–19.4 30.4 25.4–35.5 6.5 4.6–8.4 10.4 9.6–11.3
   Secondary 33.2 28.2–38.3 32.3 28.0–36.5 48.0 43.2–52.9 33.5 28.4–38.7 58.4 54.6–62.3 22.5 21.3–23.7
   Tertiary 25.4 20.8–30.1 64.7 60.4–69.1 36.1 31.4–40.8 36.0 30.8–41.3 35.0 31.4–38.7 67.1 65.8–68.4
Grew up in Norway 7.8 4.9–10.7 4.8 2.8–6.7 15.1 11.6–18.6 14.9 11.0–18.8 5.9 4.1–7.7 100.0 -
Not married 8.1 5.2–11.0 26.4 22.4–30.4 5.6 3.4–7.8 25.5 20.7–30.2 10.9 8.5–13.3 40.6 39.2–42.0
Age (mean) 39.4 38.4–40.5 40.3 39.6–41.0 42.2 41.2–43.3 41.3 40.3–42.3 39.0 38.5–39.6 44.5 44.2–44.9
N 334 462 410 322 645 4,861
Women
Smoking status
   Current 27.6 22.6–32.7 23.3 18.8–27.8 3.7 1.7–5.7 4.9 2.8–7.1 0.2 −0.2–0.6 30.1 28.9–31.3
   Former 17.1 12.9–21.3 11.6 8.2–15.1 2.6 0.9–4.2 3.9 2.0–5.8 0.6 −0.1–1.3 26.5 25.4–27.7
   Never 55.3 49.7–60.9 65.1 60.0–70.2 93.8 91.2–96.3 91.2 88.3–94 99.2 98.5–100.0 43.4 42.1–44.7
Education
   Primary 59.5 54.0–65.1 14.3 10.6–18.1 33.5 28.6–38.5 42.9 37.9–47.8 8.8 6.3–11.3 9.6 8.8–10.3
   Secondary 23.7 18.9–28.5 31.0 26.1–36.0 42.0 36.9–47.2 28.6 24.1–33.1 61.3 57.0–65.5 25.1 24.0–26.2
   Tertiary 16.8 12.6–21.0 54.6 49.3–60.0 24.4 19.9–28.9 28.6 24.1–33.1 29.9 26.0–33.9 65.3 64.1–66.5
Grew up in Norway 10.5 7.1–14 5.7 3.2–8.2 13.4 9.8–16.9 17.1 13.4–20.9 8.6 6.2–11.0 100.0 -
Not married 5.3 2.7–7.8 9.9 6.7–13.0 4.8 2.6–7.1 26.0 21.6–30.4 6.8 4.7–9.0 37.4 36.1–38.6
Age (mean) 36.7 35.7–37.8 38.6 37.6–39.6 39.4 38.4–40.4 39.8 38.8–40.8 35.9 35.2–36.6 44.2 43.9–44.5
N 304 335 352 385 511 5,847