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Table 2 Sample characteristics by country

From: Time perspective as a predictor of smoking status: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Surveys in Scotland, France, Germany, China, and Malaysia

Variables

Country

 

All countries

Scotland

France

Germany

China

Malaysia

 

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

Sex

            

% Male

77.9

38.6

40.3

36.8

48.2

34.5

47.8

41.9

94.9

47.1

95.7

30.2

Age group

            

18-24

8.0

8.0

6.5

4.0

13.4

8.0

14.9

7.6

1.0

3.4

15.0

13.4

25-39

24.7

24.7

27.1

21.7

37.2

24.4

25.1

22.4

16.1

18.2

33.1

33.1

40-54

42.1

34.6

38.6

31.2

36.6

32.4

40.2

31.4

49.1

39.6

32.6

33.8

55+

25.2

32.7

27.8

43.1

12.8

35.2

19.7

38.6

33.9

38.9

19.3

19.7

Ethnicity

            

Majority

88.5

83.7

97.8

95.5

87.0

87.6

96.3

97.5

94.8

93.8

66.9

60.7

Income

            

Low

25.3

24.3

54.7

42.3

28.9

26.3

26.0

22.0

16.5

14.2

35.3

30.2

Moderate

41.9

38.4

25.6

22.0

44.2

45.0

38.6

34.4

45.3

49.9

38.3

32.2

High

25.2

24.6

13.0

25.7

23.8

23.4

20.0

24.6

31.5

30.1

18.5

19.6

No answer

7.6

12.8

6.7

10.1

3.1

5.3

15.4

19.1

6.7

5.8

7.9

18.1

Education level

            

Low

20.8

21.0

55.4

49.5

44.9

50.3

22.2

18.1

11.8

13.2

11.5

13.3

Moderate

57.4

52.2

30.9

26.7

35.3

30.3

37.8

33.4

66.8

60.9

76.0

70.6

High

21.7

26.8

13.0

22.8

19.8

19.4

40.0

48.5

21.4

25.8

12.4

16.2

No answer

0.0

0.1

0.7

1.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

  1. Note: all estimates are unweighted.
  2. S, Smokers; NS, Non-smokers.