Table 1.
Sample characteristics of Arab male current and former smokers, Israel
| Full sample (n=954) |
Subsample (n=721) |
|
|---|---|---|
|
| ||
| Variables | % or mean (SD) |
% or mean (SD) |
| Smoking status | ||
| Current smoker | 82.7 | 100.0 |
| Former smoker | 17.3 | |
| Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) (range 0–10) | 4.2 (2.6) | |
| Interpersonal ethnic discrimination (EOD) (range 0–27) | 1.75 (3.2) | 1.97 (3.4) |
| Institutional group discrimination (IGD) | ||
| Low | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| High | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| Age (range 18–64) | 37.3 (13.1) | 36.8 (13.2) |
| Marital status | ||
| Unmarried | 33.9 | 36.3 |
| Married | 66.1 | 63.7 |
| Education | ||
| Primary-middle school | 21.6 | 23.3 |
| Vocational\regular high school | 61.0 | 60.7 |
| Above high school education | 17.4 | 16.0 |
| Subjective economic position (SEP) | ||
| Worse\much worse | 41.0 | 40.2 |
| Similar | 51.4 | 52.0 |
| Better\much better | 7.6 | 7.8 |
| Employment status | ||
| Unemployed | 19.3 | 18.9 |
| Employed | 80.7 | 81.1 |
| National identity | ||
| Arab\Palestinian | 40.1 | 40.0 |
| Israeli | 59.9 | 60.0 |