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. 2013 Apr 15;13:346. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-346

Table 2.

Sample characteristics by country

Variables
Country
 
All countries
Scotland
France
Germany
China
Malaysia
  S NS S NS S NS S NS S NS S NS
Sex
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
% Male
77.9
38.6
40.3
36.8
48.2
34.5
47.8
41.9
94.9
47.1
95.7
30.2
Age group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18-24
8.0
8.0
6.5
4.0
13.4
8.0
14.9
7.6
1.0
3.4
15.0
13.4
25-39
24.7
24.7
27.1
21.7
37.2
24.4
25.1
22.4
16.1
18.2
33.1
33.1
40-54
42.1
34.6
38.6
31.2
36.6
32.4
40.2
31.4
49.1
39.6
32.6
33.8
55+
25.2
32.7
27.8
43.1
12.8
35.2
19.7
38.6
33.9
38.9
19.3
19.7
Ethnicity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Majority
88.5
83.7
97.8
95.5
87.0
87.6
96.3
97.5
94.8
93.8
66.9
60.7
Income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Low
25.3
24.3
54.7
42.3
28.9
26.3
26.0
22.0
16.5
14.2
35.3
30.2
Moderate
41.9
38.4
25.6
22.0
44.2
45.0
38.6
34.4
45.3
49.9
38.3
32.2
High
25.2
24.6
13.0
25.7
23.8
23.4
20.0
24.6
31.5
30.1
18.5
19.6
No answer
7.6
12.8
6.7
10.1
3.1
5.3
15.4
19.1
6.7
5.8
7.9
18.1
Education level
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Low
20.8
21.0
55.4
49.5
44.9
50.3
22.2
18.1
11.8
13.2
11.5
13.3
Moderate
57.4
52.2
30.9
26.7
35.3
30.3
37.8
33.4
66.8
60.9
76.0
70.6
High
21.7
26.8
13.0
22.8
19.8
19.4
40.0
48.5
21.4
25.8
12.4
16.2
No answer 0.0 0.1 0.7 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Note: all estimates are unweighted.

S, Smokers; NS, Non-smokers.