Multi-level, cross-sectional study of workplace social capital and smoking among Japanese employees

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and smoking status of the study subjects

Characteristics	No.	%	Current smokers
			No.	%
All	1171	100.0	390	33.3
Social capital (trust)
Trust	537	45.9	172	32.0
Mistrust	199	17.0	69	34.7
Other	168	14.3	62	36.9
Don't know	267	22.8	87	32.6
Social capital (reciprocity)
Reciprocity	292	24.9	101	34.6
Lack of reciprocity	328	28.0	113	34.5
Other	185	15.8	66	35.7
Don't know	366	31.3	110	30.1
Sex
Men	834	71.2	359	43.0
Women	337	28.8	31	9.2
Age
Younger than 20	15	1.3	3	20.0
20 to 29	207	17.7	72	34.8
30 to 39	348	29.7	112	32.2
40 to 49	317	27.1	112	35.3
50 to 59	250	21.3	82	32.8
60 to 69	33	2.8	9	27.3
70 or older	1	0.1	0	0.0
Occupational status
Non-manual	1014	86.6	330	32.5
Manual	142	12.1	52	36.6
Missing	15	1.3
Education^a
Higher	668	57.0	207	31.0
Basic	502	42.9	182	36.3
Missing	1	0.1
Alcohol consumption^b
Lower	593	50.6	143	24.1
Higher	575	49.1	245	42.6
Missing	3	0.3
Physical activity
Yes	395	33.7	140	35.4
No	758	64.7	243	32.1
Missing	18	1.5
Body mass index (kg/m²)
Less than 25	886	75.7	301	34.0
25 or larger	233	19.9	83	35.6
Missing	52	4.4
High blood sugar
No	1074	91.7	354	33.0
Yes	81	6.9	31	38.3
Missing	16	1.4
High blood pressure
No	997	85.1	336	33.7
Yes	158	13.5	49	31.0
Missing	16	1.4
Low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and/or high triglyceride
No	863	73.7	289	33.5
Yes	292	24.9	96	32.9
Missing	16	1.4

^a Basic education is defined as less than senior high school education, and higher education is defined as more advanced educational attainment.
^b Lower alcohol consumption category includes none, rarely, and 1-3 days a month. Higher category includes 1-2 days a week, 3-4 days a week, 5-6 days a week, and every day.

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