Table 1.
Distribution of sociodemographic, socioeconomic and smoking-related characteristics by country
|
Germany |
Greece |
Hungary |
Poland |
Romania |
Spain |
England |
Netherlands |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=1003 | N=1000 | N=1000 | N=1006 | N=1001 | N=1001 | N=3503 | N=1213 | |
| Sex % (n) | ||||||||
| female | 39.1 (392) | 46.8 (468) | 40.9 (409) | 44.5 (448) | 41.6 (416) | 42.7 (427) | 45.9 (1607) | 50.8 (617) |
| male | 60.9 (611) | 53.2 (532) | 59.1 (591) | 55.5 (558) | 58.4 (585) | 57.3 (574) | 54.1 (1895) | 49.2 (596) |
| frequency missing (n) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (1) | (0) |
| Age group % (n) | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 8.4 (84) | 8.4 (84) | 9.2 (92) | 8.0 (80) | 14.3 (143) | 12.1 (122) | 16.8 (589) | 10.8 (131) |
| 25–39 | 25.6 (256) | 28.9 (289) | 33.9 (339) | 33.5 (337) | 38.3 (383) | 29.0 (290) | 32.3 (1133) | 22.8 (277) |
| 40–54 | 36.5 (366) | 35.6 (356) | 33.5 (335) | 29.5 (297) | 30.9 (309) | 38.5 (385) | 26.2 (919) | 27.2 (330) |
| 55+ | 29.5 (296) | 27.2 (272) | 23.4 (233) | 29.0 (292) | 16.6 (166) | 20.4 (204) | 24.6 (862) | 39.2 (475) |
| frequency missing (n) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (1) | (0) |
| Education % (n) | ||||||||
| low | 49.6 (497) | 30.2 (301) | 64.7 (646) | 11.8 (117) | 24.8 (245) | 44.2 (442) | 20.3 (686) | 22.9 (273) |
| moderate | 42.4 (425) | 49.0 (489) | 29.2 (292) | 77.5 (767) | 63.0 (623) | 47.9 (479) | 66.0 (2237) | 44.9 (535) |
| high | 7.9 (79) | 20.8 (208) | 6.1 (60) | 10.8 (106) | 12.2 (121) | 7.9 (79) | 13.7 (464) | 32.2 (384) |
| frequency missing (n) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (16) | (12) | (1) | (115) | (20) |
| Marital status % (n) | ||||||||
| not married | 37.3 (375) | 33.6 (336) | 33.5 (334) | 33.9 (337) | 32.5 (325) | 41.1 (411) | 50.4 (1751) | 42.1 (503) |
| living with partner/ married | 62.7 (628) | 66.4 (663) | 66.6 (664) | 66.1 (656) | 67.5 (675) | 58.9 (590) | 49.6 (1720) | 57.9 (690) |
| frequency missing (n) | (0) | (1) | (2) | (13) | (1) | (0) | (32) | (20) |
| Level of urbanization % (n) | ||||||||
| rural | 19.4 (195) | 22.2 (222) | 33.5 (335) | 37.2 (374) | 37.6 (377) | 26.4 (264) | † | † |
| intermediate | 38.7 (388) | 51.8 (518) | 37.4 (374) | 23.0 (231) | 19.3 (193) | 23.6 (237) | † | † |
| urban | 41.9 (420) | 26.0 (260) | 29.1 (291) | 39.8 (400) | 43.1 (431) | 50.0 (500) | † | † |
| frequency missing (n) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | ||
| Smoking status % (n) | ||||||||
| less than daily | 11.7 (117) | 3.1 (31) | 1.1 (11) | 3.6 (37) | 5.2 (52) | 2.8 (28) | 16.7 (586) | 8.5 (103) |
| daily | 88.4 (886) | 96.9 (969) | 98.9 (989) | 96.4 (969) | 94.8 (949) | 97.2 (973) | 83.3 (2916) | 91.5 (1110) |
| frequency missing (n) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (1) | (0) |
| HSI1) mean (SD) | 2.4 (1.5) | 3.0 (1.6) | 2.9 (1.3) | 2.7 (1.4) | 2.9 (1.4) | 2.3 (1.6) | 2.1 (1.5) | 2.1 (1.5) |
| frequency missing (n) | (121) | (30) | (12) | (68) | (54) | (32) | (386) | (42) |
1)
HSI: Heaviness of smoking index; ranges from 0 to 6; calculated by summing the value of the categorical cigarettes per day and categorical time to first cigarette, both having category values from 0 to 3. 2) The Netherlandish survey asked for serious quit attempt(s).
†
Not captured in survey.