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Table 1 Demographic characteristics associated with cigarette smoking status: univariate analysis

From: Social characteristics associated with disparities in smoking rates in Israel

 

Men

Women

Never N = 1,704

Past N = 844

Current N = 1,139

P

Never N = 2,748

Past N = 444

Current N = 645

P

Age group, yrs. N, (%)

   

<0.0001

   

<0.0001

 20-24

262 (59.3)

30 (6.8)

150 (33.9)

 

336 (76.2)

16 (3.6)

90 (20.4)

 

 25-34

448 (50.3)

117 (13.2)

325 (36.5)

 

591 (70.0)

82 (9.7)

171 (20.3)

 

 35-44

367 (51.9)

110 (15.6)

230 (32.5)

 

499 (70.8)

85 (12.1)

121 (17.2)

 

 45-54

232 (38.9)

147 (24.6)

218 (36.5)

 

402 (67.6)

72 (12.1)

121 (20.3)

 

 55-64

195 (36.5)

199 (37.3)

140 (26.2)

 

402 (69.1)

87 (15.0)

93 (16.0)

 

 65-74

103 (36.9)

123 (44.1)

53 (19.0)

 

254 (72.6)

61 (17.4)

35 (10.0)

 

 75+

96 (40.5)

118 (49.8)

23 (9.7)

 

264 (82.8)

41 (12.9)

14 (4.4)

 

Population sub-group; N, (%)

   

<0.0001

   

<0.0001

 Arabs

279 (41.5)

86 (12.8)

307 (45.7)

 

600 (88.5)

20 (3.0)

58 (8.6)

 

 Jews and others:

1,424 (47.3)

758 (25.2)

832 (27.6)

 

2,147 (68.0)

424 (13.4)

587 (18.6)

 

  Born in Israel

957 (52.2)

365 (19.9)

511 (27.9)

 

1176 (65.7)

241 (13.5)

372 (20.8)

 

  Immigrants before 1990

245 (40.1)

229 (37.5)

137 (22.4)

 

496 (71.7)

110 (15.9)

86 (12.4)

 

  Immigrants between 1990 and 1995

149 (42.0)

97 (27.3)

109 (30.7)

 

285 (69.3)

47 (11.4)

79 (19.2)

 

  Immigrants after 1995

73 (34.0)

67 (31.1)

75 (34.9)

 

190 (71.4)

26 (9.8)

50 (18.8)

 

Religiosity; N, (%)

   

<0.0001

   

<0.0001

 Very religious

165 (64.7)

56 (22.0)

34 (13.3)

 

333 (94.9)

13 (3.7)

5 (1.4)

 

 Observant

483 (50.1)

201 (20.9)

280 (29.1)

 

909 (83.6)

69 (6.3)

110 (10.1)

 

 Traditional

371 (42.6)

191 (22.0)

308 (35.4)

 

561 (65.6)

103 (12.1)

191 (22.3)

 

 Secular

649 (42.8)

381 (25.1)

487 (32.1)

 

895 (61.2)

246 (16.8)

321 (22.0)

 

Marital status; N, (%)

   

<0.0001

   

<0.0001

 Married

1,155 (45.9)

660 (26.2)

702 (27.9)

 

1,826 (75.6)

282 (11.7)

308 (12.8)

 

 Divorced

46 (26.6)

47 (27.2)

80 (46.2)

 

182 (55.8)

54 (16.6)

90 (27.6)

 

 Widowed

29 (39.7)

29 (39.7)

15 (20.6)

 

285 (76.0)

49 (13.1)

41 (11.0)

 

 Unmarried

473 (51.3)

108 (11.7)

341 (37.0)

 

454 (63.2)

59 (8.2)

205 (28.6)

 

Number of people in household: (%)

   

<0.0001

   

<0.0001

 1

142 (38.7)

84 (22.9)

141 (38.4)

 

327 (66.6)

75 (15.3)

89 (18.1)

 

 2

328 (41.6)

264 (33.5)

197 (25.0)

 

610 (68.3)

133 (14.9)

150 (16.8)

 

 3

302 (47.6)

151 (23.8)

181 (28.6)

 

437 (67.1)

76 (11.7)

138 (21.2)

 

 4

352 (48.4)

144 (19.8)

232 (31.9)

 

496 (69.6)

84 (11.8)

133 (18.7)

 

 5+

580 (49.6)

201 (17.2)

388 (33.2)

 

878 (80.6)

76 (7.0)

135 (12.4)

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