Table 1.
Demographic characteristics associated with cigarette smoking status: univariate analysis
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never N = 1,704 | Past N = 844 | Current N = 1,139 | P | Never N = 2,748 | Past N = 444 | Current N = 645 | P | |
| Age group, yrs. N, (%) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||
| 20-24 | 262 (59.3) | 30 (6.8) | 150 (33.9) | 336 (76.2) | 16 (3.6) | 90 (20.4) | ||
| 25-34 | 448 (50.3) | 117 (13.2) | 325 (36.5) | 591 (70.0) | 82 (9.7) | 171 (20.3) | ||
| 35-44 | 367 (51.9) | 110 (15.6) | 230 (32.5) | 499 (70.8) | 85 (12.1) | 121 (17.2) | ||
| 45-54 | 232 (38.9) | 147 (24.6) | 218 (36.5) | 402 (67.6) | 72 (12.1) | 121 (20.3) | ||
| 55-64 | 195 (36.5) | 199 (37.3) | 140 (26.2) | 402 (69.1) | 87 (15.0) | 93 (16.0) | ||
| 65-74 | 103 (36.9) | 123 (44.1) | 53 (19.0) | 254 (72.6) | 61 (17.4) | 35 (10.0) | ||
| 75+ | 96 (40.5) | 118 (49.8) | 23 (9.7) | 264 (82.8) | 41 (12.9) | 14 (4.4) | ||
| Population sub-group; N, (%) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Arabs | 279 (41.5) | 86 (12.8) | 307 (45.7) | 600 (88.5) | 20 (3.0) | 58 (8.6) | ||
| Jews and others: | 1,424 (47.3) | 758 (25.2) | 832 (27.6) | 2,147 (68.0) | 424 (13.4) | 587 (18.6) | ||
| Born in Israel | 957 (52.2) | 365 (19.9) | 511 (27.9) | 1176 (65.7) | 241 (13.5) | 372 (20.8) | ||
| Immigrants before 1990 | 245 (40.1) | 229 (37.5) | 137 (22.4) | 496 (71.7) | 110 (15.9) | 86 (12.4) | ||
| Immigrants between 1990 and 1995 | 149 (42.0) | 97 (27.3) | 109 (30.7) | 285 (69.3) | 47 (11.4) | 79 (19.2) | ||
| Immigrants after 1995 | 73 (34.0) | 67 (31.1) | 75 (34.9) | 190 (71.4) | 26 (9.8) | 50 (18.8) | ||
| Religiosity; N, (%) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Very religious | 165 (64.7) | 56 (22.0) | 34 (13.3) | 333 (94.9) | 13 (3.7) | 5 (1.4) | ||
| Observant | 483 (50.1) | 201 (20.9) | 280 (29.1) | 909 (83.6) | 69 (6.3) | 110 (10.1) | ||
| Traditional | 371 (42.6) | 191 (22.0) | 308 (35.4) | 561 (65.6) | 103 (12.1) | 191 (22.3) | ||
| Secular | 649 (42.8) | 381 (25.1) | 487 (32.1) | 895 (61.2) | 246 (16.8) | 321 (22.0) | ||
| Marital status; N, (%) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||
| Married | 1,155 (45.9) | 660 (26.2) | 702 (27.9) | 1,826 (75.6) | 282 (11.7) | 308 (12.8) | ||
| Divorced | 46 (26.6) | 47 (27.2) | 80 (46.2) | 182 (55.8) | 54 (16.6) | 90 (27.6) | ||
| Widowed | 29 (39.7) | 29 (39.7) | 15 (20.6) | 285 (76.0) | 49 (13.1) | 41 (11.0) | ||
| Unmarried | 473 (51.3) | 108 (11.7) | 341 (37.0) | 454 (63.2) | 59 (8.2) | 205 (28.6) | ||
| Number of people in household: (%) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||||||
| 1 | 142 (38.7) | 84 (22.9) | 141 (38.4) | 327 (66.6) | 75 (15.3) | 89 (18.1) | ||
| 2 | 328 (41.6) | 264 (33.5) | 197 (25.0) | 610 (68.3) | 133 (14.9) | 150 (16.8) | ||
| 3 | 302 (47.6) | 151 (23.8) | 181 (28.6) | 437 (67.1) | 76 (11.7) | 138 (21.2) | ||
| 4 | 352 (48.4) | 144 (19.8) | 232 (31.9) | 496 (69.6) | 84 (11.8) | 133 (18.7) | ||
| 5+ | 580 (49.6) | 201 (17.2) | 388 (33.2) | 878 (80.6) | 76 (7.0) | 135 (12.4) | ||