Table 2.
Association between current smoking status and educational attainment, stratified by gender.
| Educational attainment, years |
P-value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤12 | >12 | ||||
| Men (n = 1077) | (n = 307) | (n = 770) | |||
| Current smoker, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 97 (31.6) | 93 (12.1) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 210 (68.4) | 677 (87.9) | |||
| Women (n = 1021) | (n = 260) | (n = 761) | |||
| Current smoker, n (%) | |||||
| Yes | 22 (8.5) | 17 (2.2) | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 238 (91.5) | 744 (97.8) | |||
* Chi-squared test.
Note: Study conducted 2014–2017 among young adults (19–20 years) in Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.