Table 7 School characteristics and leavers' questionnaire response – smoking rates for 'stayers on' and leavers (by whether they returned a postal questionnaire at age 16)
From: What explains between-school differences in rates of smoking?
School characteristics and leavers' questionnaire response | Smokers (%) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stayed on at school after age 16 | School leavers who returned age 16 postal questionnaires | Leavers who did NOT returned age 16 postal questionnaires1 | |||||||||||
age 14 | age 16 | age 14 | age 16 | age 14 | |||||||||
School | Eligible sample N | % that left school early | % of early school leavers returning questionnaire age 16 data | boys | girls | boys | girls | boys | girls | boys | girls | boys | girls |
1 | 321 | 20.9 | 38.8 | 16.7 | 24.8 | 30.1 | 48.3 | 40.0 | 26.7 | 71.4 | 45.5 | 35.7 | 22.2 |
2 | 115 | 18.3 | 33.3 | 14.0 | 20.5 | 11.1 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
3 | 209 | 36.4 | 43.3 | 5.1 | 22.2 | 8.1 | 25.0 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 21.1 | 26.7 |
4 | 380 | 18.4 | 47.1 | N/A* | N/A* | 29.2 | 45.5 | N/A* | N/A* | 40.0 | 52.9 | N/A* | N/A* |
5 | 401 | 36.4 | 39.0 | 15.6 | 29.8 | 11.2 | 37.0 | 43.8 | 58.3 | 45.4 | 58.3 | 31.1 | 38.5 |
6 | 327 | 31.2 | 28.4 | 12.9 | 27.8 | 23.1 | 40.7 | 15.4 | 23.1 | 33.3 | 41.7 | 30.6 | 45.5 |
7 | 306 | 25.2 | 33.3 | 12.6 | 21.9 | 30.1 | 41.0 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 61.5 | 54.5 | 57.1 |
8 | 292 | 48.6 | 31.7 | 4.8 | 19.0 | 19.2 | 35.3 | 14.3 | 35.7 | 12.5 | 60.9 | 11.3 | 38.2 |
9 | 301 | 34.2 | 40.7 | 13.8 | 21.6 | 16.4 | 21.1 | 47.1 | 52.4 | 46.2 | 47.1 | 47.1 | 41.7 |
10 | 392 | 17.3 | 36.8 | 11.3 | 16.0 | 25.2 | 28.0 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 33.3 | 38.5 | 16.7 | 23.1 |
11 | 272 | 16.5 | 35.5 | 12.1 | 27.9 | 25.3 | 37.5 | 14.3 | 71.4 | 66.7 | 75.0 | 46.7 | 58.3 |
12 | 371 | 29.9 | 36.0 | 11.0 | 27.9 | 13.8 | 36.5 | 36.4 | 42.1 | 85.7 | 62.5 | 22.5 | 44.4 |
13 | 510 | 21.0 | 39.2 | 13.3 | 18.8 | 33.1 | 40.1 | 22.2 | 61.9 | 50.0 | 55.6 | 28.9 | 30.0 |
14 | 316 | 16.8 | 52.8 | 21.0 | 11.9 | 28.1 | 31.5 | 23.1 | 46.7 | 12.5 | 33.3 | 36.4 | 30.0 |
15 | 380 | 15.8 | 43.3 | 15.7 | 31.0 | 26.6 | 33.6 | 28.6 | 58.3 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 35.3 | 58.3 |
16 | 376 | 34.0 | 41.4 | 5.6 | 15.1 | 11.5 | 38.5 | 50.0 | 30.3 | 28.6 | 48.1 | 7.7 | 36.8 |
17 | 264 | 28.4 | 29.3 | 15.3 | 25.9 | 16.9 | 37.8 | 0.0 | 27.3 | 50.0 | 77.8 | 41.7 | 71.4 |
18 | 397 | 23.7 | 37.2 | 21.3 | 28.2 | 33.1 | 34.9 | 16.7 | 52.4 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 27.6 | 40.9 |
19 | 303 | 36.0 | 41.3 | 19.8 | 35.2 | 20.0 | 33.8 | 46.2 | 57.1 | 37.5 | 57.9 | 20.8 | 43.3 |
20 | 370 | 39.5 | 42.5 | 4.6 | 25.7 | 12.9 | 26.7 | 12.5 | 36.6 | 16.7 | 40.7 | 26.7 | 46.9 |
21 | 559 | 21.6 | 46.3 | 13.0 | 27.7 | 25.5 | 40.9 | 20.8 | 57.1 | 37.5 | 60.0 | 34.2 | 36.8 |
22 | 306 | 25.8 | 35.4 | 16.8 | 29.4 | 13.6 | 41.2 | 35.7 | 63.6 | 28.6 | 66.7 | 30.0 | 52.6 |
23 | 293 | 15.7 | 30.4 | 19.5 | 16.3 | 39.2 | 34.3 | 40.0 | 44.4 | 50.0 | 71.4 | 33.3 | 53.3 |
24 | 397 | 32.5 | 49.6 | 8.1 | 26.2 | 17.9 | 36.4 | 26.7 | 38.1 | 40.0 | 82.4 | 18.2 | 54.2 |
25 | 272 | 50.7 | 48.6 | 10.0 | 33.3 | 25.9 | 50.0 | 24.0 | 36.8 | 41.2 | 46.7 | 23.7 | 40.9 |
All schools | 8430 | 27.4 | 39.2 | 13.6 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 36.8 | 27.2 | 43.5 | 38.8 | 53.9 | 27.3 | 43.2 |