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. 2016 Jan 5;26(1):14–21. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20140183

Table 1. Basic characteristics of current smokers in June, comparison between 2007 and 2010 (baseline).

Characteristics Men Women


2007
n = 1080
2010
n = 961
P for
differencea
2007
n = 355
2010
n = 306
P for
differencea
Cigarettes per day     0.009     0.257
 1–10 205 (19.0) 219 (22.8)   121 (34.1) 125 (40.9)  
 11–20 523 (48.4) 490 (51.0)   186 (52.4) 150 (49.0)  
 >20 348 (32.2) 249 (25.9)   45 (12.7) 29 (9.5)  
 Missing 4 (0.4) 3 (0.3)   3 (0.9) 2 (0.7)  
Other household smoker(s)     0.509     0.813
 None 733 (67.9) 639 (66.5)   147 (41.4) 130 (42.5)  
 One or more 347 (32.1) 322 (33.5)   208 (58.6) 176 (57.5)  
Household expenditure     0.369     0.434
 1st (lowest) tertile 335 (31.0) 293 (30.5)   115 (32.4) 98 (32.0)  
 2nd tertile 338 (31.3) 316 (32.9)   104 (29.3) 99 (32.4)  
 3rd (highest) tertile 338 (31.3) 307 (32.0)   108 (30.4) 94 (30.7)  
 Missing 69 (6.4) 45 (4.7)   28 (7.9) 15 (4.9)  
Age group, years     0.230     0.727
 20–39 378 (35.0) 317 (33.0)   149 (42.0) 122 (39.9)  
 40–59 459 (42.5) 397 (41.3)   151 (42.5) 130 (42.5)  
 60–79 243 (22.5) 247 (25.7)   55 (15.5) 54 (17.7)  
Home owner     0.165     0.678
 No 226 (20.9) 226 (23.5)   118 (33.2) 97 (31.7)  
 Yes 854 (79.1) 735 (76.5)   237 (66.8) 209 (68.3)  
Employment status     0.621     0.662
 Working 926 (85.7) 811 (84.4)   239 (67.3) 197 (64.4)  
 Not working 142 (13.2) 136 (14.2)   113 (31.8) 107 (35.0)  
 Missing 12 (1.1) 14 (1.5)   3 (0.9) 2 (0.7)  
Marital status     0.174     0.967
 Married 834 (77.2) 710 (73.9)   226 (63.7) 198 (64.7)  
 Never married 191 (17.7) 201 (20.9)   69 (19.4) 57 (18.6)  
 Widowed/Divorced 55 (5.1) 50 (5.2)   60 (16.9) 51 (16.7)  
Poor self-rated health     0.354     0.466
 No 914 (84.6) 826 (86.0)   281 (79.2) 254 (83.0)  
 Yes 129 (11.9) 97 (10.1)   62 (17.5) 44 (14.4)  
 Missing 37 (3.4) 38 (4.0)   12 (3.4) 8 (2.6)  

aP for difference was calculated by Fisher’s exact test.