From: Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking habits are still increasing in Italy
 | ISAYA | GEIRD | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
 | (n = 8931) | (n = 5162) |  |
Centres | Â | Â | <0.001 |
  Verona | 2166 (24.3%) | 1746 (33.8%) |  |
  Pavia | 2444 (27.4%) | 966 (18.7%) |  |
  Turin | 2266 (25.4%) | 1205 (23.3%) |  |
  Sassari | 2055 (23.0%) | 1245 (24.1%) |  |
Sex | Â | Â | <0.001 |
  Men | 4439 (49.7%) | 2397 (46.4%) |  |
  Women | 4492 (50.3%) | 2765 (53.6%) |  |
Occupation | Â | Â | <0.001 |
  Clerk | 3444 (38.7%) | 2114 (41.3%) |  |
  Housewife | 786 (8.8%) | 352 (6.9%) |  |
  Manager | 151 (1.7%) | 90 (1.8%) |  |
  Businessman | 268 (3.0%) | 153 (3.0%) |  |
  Free-lancer | 901 (10.1%) | 570 (11.1%) |  |
  Workman | 1381 (15.5%) | 777 (15.2%) |  |
  Unemployed | 564 (6.3%) | 316 (6.2%) |  |
  Student | 864 (9.7%) | 549 (10.7%) |  |
  Retired | 42 (0.5%) | 20 (0.4%) |  |
  Other job | 498 (5.6%) | 175 (3.4%) |  |
Smoking habits | Â | Â | <0.001 |
 Never smokers | 4356 (49.0%) | 2809 (55.4%) |  |
 Ex-smokers | 1404 (15.8%) | 915 (18.0%) |  |
 Current smokers | 3138 (35.3%) | 1347 (26.6%) |  |
Age (mean ± SD) | 33.4 ± 6.8 | 34.8 ± 7.1 | <0.001 |