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Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics (%) among participants in the Västerbotten Intervention Programme, northern Sweden, 1990-2006.

From: Who is using snus? - Time trends, socioeconomic and geographic characteristics of snus users in the ageing Swedish population

 

Men

Women

 

Not snus user N = 33 122

Snus user N = 11 843

Not snus user N = 45 068

Snus user N = 2530

Age group

    

   40-years

10,017 (67.1)

4907 (32.9)

14,325 (90.5

1499 (9.5)

   50-years

11,930 (73.5)

4300 (26.5)

16,264 (95.4)

782 (4.6)

   60-years

11,175 (80.9)

2636 (19.1)

14,479 (98.3)

249 (1.7)

Income, 100 SEK/year

2600 (1653, 3270)

2540 (1655, 3121)

1857 (1020, 2402)

1924 (1059, 2441)

Married/cohabiting

    

   Yes

24,698 (74.4)

8490 (25.6)

33,751 (95.3)

1656 (4.7)

   No

8424 (71.5)

3353 (28.5)

11,317 (92.8)

874 (7.2)

Retired

    

   No

31,071 (73.4)

11,280 (26.6)

41,846 (94.5)

2445 (5.5)

   Yes

2051 (78.5)

563 (21.5)

3222 (97.4)

85 (2.6)

Education

    

   Basic

7923 (75.0)

2641 (25.0)

8105 (97.3)

221 (2.7)

   Mid-level

18,327 (71.5)

7306 (28.5)

24,086 (94.2)

1480 (5.8)

   High

6857 (78.4)

1888 (21.6)

12,864 (93.9)

829 (6.1)

Unemployed

    

   No

29,431 (74.2)

10,239 (25.8)

40,444 (94.9)

2166 (5.1)

   Yes

3691 (69.7)

1604 (30.3)

4624 (92.7)

364 (7.3)

Smoking *

    

   Never smoked

17,311 (84.2)

3260 (15.8)

22,100 (98.2)

405 (1.8)

   Previous smoker

9579 (62.5)

5750 (37.5)

12,628 (89.0)

1556 (11.0)

   Current smoker

6008 (71.5)

2393 (28.5)

9901 (95.1)

506 (4.9)

Place of residence

    

   Umeå

8826 (75.1)

2930 (24.9)

12,447 (93.6)

848 (6.4)

   Skellefteå

5768 (75.4)

1884 (24.6)

8242 (95.3)

406 (4.7)

   Lycksele

1856 (72.7)

696 (27.3)

2482 (94.4)

148 (5.6)

   Rural east

9305 (73.8)

3303 (26.2)

12,231 (94.9)

654 (5.1)

   Rural middle

3973 (71.9)

1551 (28.1)

5171 (95.2)

258 (4.8)

   Rural west

3198 (69.2)

1425 (30.8)

4211 (95.2)

211 (4.8)

Periods

    

   1990-1994

8892 (78.5)

2438 (21.5)

12,485 (98.4)

203 (1.6)

   1995-1998

7815 (74.7)

2648 (25.3)

10,870 (96.1)

442 (3.9)

   1999-2002

7740 (71.6)

3072 (28.4)

10,316 (93.4)

730 (6.6)

   2003-2006

8675 (70.2)

3685 (29.8)

11,397 (90.8)

1155 (9.2)

  1. For income, the median and the first and the third quartiles are given in 100 Swedish crowns (SEK)/year. Numbers and row percents are given for all other variables
  2. * Missing values among non-users and users of snus were 0.7% and 3.7% among men, and 1.0% and 2.5% among women