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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2018 Apr 17;112:130–137. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.04.022

Table 1:

Unweighted sample characteristics by country (Aug 2013-Mar 2015), n=7746.

RESPONDENTS IN ALL FOUR COUNTRIES (n=7746) RESPONDENTS INCLUDED IN THE ANALYZES (n=3460)

Canada % (n=1592) US % (n=3208) UK % (n=1470) Australia % (n=1476) Canada % (n=475) US % (n=1799) UK % (n=734) Australia % (n=452)
Sex
    Female 53.0 51.7 52.6 53.7 53.5 54.3 54.0 56.9
    Male 47.0 48.3 47.4 46.3 46.5 45.7 46.0 43.1
Age
    18–24 1.2 5.2 2.4 2.8 1.9 7.1 3.5 5.1
    25–39 12.8 20.0 19.0 15.7 21.3 24.1 22.1 19.0
    40–54 34.7 26.6 32.2 36.9 35.8 27.6 35.3 38.3
    55+ 51.3 48.2 46.5 44.6 41.1 41.2 39.1 37.6
Ethnicity
    White 92.5 77.6 92.7 91.7 92.2 78.2 93.2 92.9
    Non- white 7.5 22.4 6.7 7.7 7.8 21.8 6.8 7.1
Education
    Low 38.3 39.8 47.1 46.3 34.9 38.1 43.6 42.0
    Medium 39.5 39.2 27.9 31.9 44.2 42.1 28.9 37.2
    High 21.6 21.0 23.7 21.1 20.8 19.8 27.5 20.8
Income
    Low 22.4 37.3 30.3 26.4 17.5 36.6 25.3 25.7
    Medium 34.2 29.2 29.8 26.4 36.8 28.9 30.9 27.0
    High 34.2 31.3 31.6 38.1 36.8 32.6 36.1 38.5
    No answer 9.2 2.2 8.3 9.1 8.8 1.8 7.6 8.8
E-cigarette status
    Not at all 21.7 29.8 9.4 19.8 72.8 53.0 46.2 63.5
    Daily 1.8 6.8 6.0 2.4 6.1 12.2 18.3 7.7
    Weekly 1.9 6.5 12.1 1.5 6.5 11.7 11.6 4.6
    Monthly 4.3 13.0 23.3 7.4 14.5 23.1 24.0 24.1
Smoking status
    Quitter 24.1 18.6 23.1 26.2 12.0 14.6 16.1 11.7
    Daily 70.9 68.5 70.7 68.1 81.9 72.2 77.1 80.5
    Non-daily 5.1 12.8 6.2 5.8 6.1 13.2 6.8 7.7
Survey mode
    Telephone 42.1 19.5 35.6 25.8 39.2 14.6 32.7 25.9
    Internet 57.9 80.5 64.4 74.2 60.8 85.4 67.3 74.1