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Table 1 Smoking status (Current, Former, Never) of study participants, by levels of demographic variables
| Current Smoker % (N = 112) | Former Smoker % (N = 135) | Never Smoker % (N = 255) | Overall % (N = 502) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (N = 502) | 22.3 | 26.9 | 50.8 | |||
| Population Sector (N = 501) | Jewish (N = 417) | 21.8 | 28.5 | 49.6 | 83.2 | 0.202 |
| Arab (N = 84) | 25.0 | 19.0 | 56.0 | 16.8 | ||
| Gender (N = 502) | Male (N = 248) | 29.4 | 34.3 | 36.3 | 49.4 | < 0.001 |
| Female (N = 254) | 15.4 | 19.7 | 65.0 | 50.6 | ||
| Age group (N = 496) | 18–29 (N = 88) | 17.1 | 22.7 | 60.2 | 17.7 | < 0.001 |
| 30–49 (N = 185) | 31.4 | 16.2 | 52.4 | 37.3 | ||
| 50–65 (N = 148) | 19.6 | 37.2 | 43.2 | 29.8 | ||
| > 65 (N = 75) | 12.0 | 38.7 | 49.3 | 15.1 | ||
| Educational level (N = 498) | < 12 (N = 48) | 29.2 | 39.6 | 31.3 | 9.6 | 0.002 |
| 12 N = 189) | 28.0 | 21.7 | 50.3 | 38.0 | ||
| > 12 (N = 261) | 16.5 | 28.7 | 54.8 | 52.4 | ||
| Family financial status (N = 487) | Very low (N = 19) | 21.1 | 26.3 | 52.6 | 3.9 | 0.888 |
| Low (N = 59) | 23.7 | 32.2 | 44.1 | 12.1 | ||
| Moderate (N = 303) | 23.1 | 26.4 | 50.5 | 62.2 | ||
| High (N = 86) | 18.6 | 27.9 | 53.5 | 17.7 | ||
| Very high (N = 20) | 30.0 | 15.0 | 55.0 | 4.1 | ||
