Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of covariates of regular smoking, percent (PrivMort retrospective cohort study conducted in Russia and Belarus, 2014–2015)
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Belarus | Russia | Belarus | |
| Father’s education | ||||
| Primary | 59.5 | 50.5 | 64.3 | 55.1 |
| Secondary | 34.8 | 23.2 | 30.7 | 20.5 |
| Tertiary | 5.7 | 26.2 | 5.0 | 24.4 |
| Mother’s education | ||||
| Primary | 60.8 | 51.7 | 66.1 | 59.0 |
| Secondary | 32.4 | 18.8 | 29.4 | 16.0 |
| Tertiary | 6.8 | 29.5 | 4.5 | 25.0 |
| Childhood deprivation | ||||
| Never | 87.9 | 91.5 | 87.9 | 92.2 |
| Occasionally went to bed hungry | 9.9 | 7.6 | 10.0 | 6.7 |
| Often went to bed hungry | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
| Constantly hungry | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Age group | ||||
| 42–45 | 24.6 | 14.6 | 18.5 | 9.9 |
| 46–50 | 18.4 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 14.1 |
| 51–55 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 15.2 | 16.7 |
| 56–60 | 19.3 | 23.3 | 21.3 | 26.0 |
| 61–65 | 21.7 | 27.9 | 29.2 | 33.3 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 8.7 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 2.9 |
| Married | 69.9 | 68.6 | 59.5 | 59.7 |
| Separated/divorced | 16.1 | 20.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Widow/widower | 5.3 | 4.7 | 20.0 | 21.9 |
| Education | ||||
| Primary | 29.0 | 25.3 | 25.6 | 20.9 |
| Secondary | 53.1 | 57.4 | 54.6 | 61.4 |
| Tertiary | 17.9 | 17.4 | 19.8 | 17.8 |
| Employment | ||||
| Not working | 38.2 | 38.5 | 46.7 | 53.9 |
| Working | 61.8 | 61.5 | 53.3 | 46.1 |
| Long-term unemployment | ||||
| No | 77.4 | 85.8 | 82.1 | 90.7 |
| Yes | 22.6 | 14.2 | 17.9 | 9.3 |
| Supervisory status | ||||
| No | 77.5 | 78.8 | 80.0 | 80.2 |
| Yes | 22.5 | 21.2 | 20.0 | 19.8 |
| Religion | ||||
| Orthodox | 89.1 | 83.6 | 94.3 | 85.8 |
| Other Christian | 1.2 | 9.9 | 1.3 | 12.6 |
| Muslim | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| Other | 8.5 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| Observations | 4517 | 3029 | 10,581 | 7341 |