Social differences in smoking and snuff use among Norwegian adolescents: A population based survey

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Snuff use among 15–16 year olds in socio-demographic groups.

	Boys					Girls
	N	Daily (%)	Occasionally (%)	No snuff (%)	P*	N	Daily (%)	Occasionally (%)	No snuff (%)	P*
All participants	7762	5.8	15.6	78.6		7768	0.1	3.4	96.5
Age, years
14.5–15.6	1888	5.6	15.5	78.9	<0.849	1991	0.3	3.3	96.4	<0.058
15.6–15.9	1901	6.4	15.3	78.3		1974	0.1	3.5	96.4
15.9–16.1	1956	5.3	15.8	79.0		1915	0.0	3.6	96.4
16.1–18.4	1988	5.6	15.9	78.5		1872	0.0	3.2	96.9
Parents' marital status
Married/cohabiting	5135	5.0	14.2	80.8	<0.000	5152	0.1	2.9	97.0	<0.004
Divorced, separated, etc	2555	6.9	18.4	74.7		2587	0.1	4.3	95.6
Parents' country of birth
Norway	6737	6.3	16.7	77.0	<0.000	6786	0.1	3.7	96.2	<0.000
Country with majority of Muslims	583	0.3	6.5	93.1		550	0.0	0.9	99.1
Other foreign countries	330	1.5	9.4	89.1		380	0.3	1.1	98.7
Educational plans
Academic studies	3320	4.2	12.5	83.3	<0.000	3942	0.1	2.6	97.3	<0.001
Upper secondary school, general studies	436	5.7	14.2	80.1		390	0.0	3.9	96.2
Upper secondary school, vocat. studies	2420	7.9	19.6	72.6		1700	0.2	5.1	94.7
One year of upp. sec. school/other plans	408	7.8	20.3	71.8		303	0.3	4.0	95.7
Undecided	1053	4.2	15.3	80.5		1355	0.0	3.5	96.5
Family economy
Very well off	879	7.4	15.5	77.1	<0.164	603	0.2	3.5	96.4	<0.278
Well off	4186	5.7	15.6	78.7		4042	0.1	3.2	96.7
In between	2347	5.3	15.7	79.0		2736	0.1	3.6	96.4
Short of money	232	3.0	18.1	78.9		281	0.0	6.1	94.0
Urban – rural areas
Urban areas	4870	4.9	14.5	80.6	<0.000	4911	0.1	2.4	97.5	<0.000
Rural areas	2892	7.2	17.5	75.3		2857	0.1	5.1	94.8

Per cent 2000–2004
* p-value for differences between categories within each socio-demographic variable

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