Table 1 Characteristics of 3279 adult participants, aged 18 years or older, by smoking status
From: Public opinion regarding earmarked cigarette tax in Taiwan
All adults (n = 3279) | Male adults (n = 1636) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Never-smokers (n = 2193) | Former smokers (n = 215) | Current smokers (n = 871) | P value * | Never-smokers (n = 639) | Former smokers (n = 194) | Current smokers (n = 803) | P value * |
Male | 29.1 | 90.2 | 92.2 | <0.0001 | ||||
Age | ||||||||
   18–24 | 15.0 | 4.2 | 11.1 | <0.0001 | 20.8 | 4.6 | 10.8 | <0.0001 |
   25–34 | 25.4 | 17.7 | 28.1 | 25.4 | 14.4 | 27.9 | ||
   35–44 | 27.0 | 39.5 | 34.0 | 25.7 | 39.7 | 34.3 | ||
   45–54 | 18.4 | 17.2 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 18.6 | 15.9 | ||
   ≧ 55 | 14.3 | 21.4 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 22.7 | 11.1 | ||
Education | ||||||||
   Preliminary or lower | 25.0 | 19.1 | 18.5 | <0.0001 | 16.6 | 20.1 | 18.1 | <0.0001 |
   Junior high school | 12.5 | 16.3 | 24.6 | 10.8 | 17.5 | 24.5 | ||
   Higher school | 30.0 | 32.1 | 36.2 | 28.5 | 28.9 | 36.6 | ||
   Undergraduate or graduate | 32.5 | 32.6 | 20.7 | 44.1 | 33.5 | 20.7 | ||
   Missing | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||
Living area | ||||||||
   Northern area | 41.7 | 48.1 | 43.5 | 0.4392 | 39.7 | 47.2 | 42.0 | 0.4063 |
   Central and eastern area | 29.1 | 25.2 | 27.8 | 30.9 | 26.4 | 28.3 | ||
   Southern area | 29.2 | 26.6 | 28.7 | 29.5 | 26.4 | 29.8 | ||
Married | 68.8 | 72.0 | 66.6 | 0.2547 | 58.0 | 73.2 | 67.4 | <0.0001 |
Employed | 64.8 | 83.3 | 81.3 | <0.0001 | 76.2 | 83.5 | 83.7 | <0.001 |
Monthly income | ||||||||
   <NT $10,000 | 34.2 | 17.2 | 18.6 | <0.0001 | 21.7 | 17.0 | 16.6 | <0.0001 |
   NT $10,000–19,999 | 15.2 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 6.9 | 8.0 | ||
   NT $20,000–29,999 | 17.0 | 13.9 | 18.0 | 15.5 | 13.3 | 17.4 | ||
   NT $30,000–39,999 | 13.6 | 17.7 | 21.7 | 18.7 | 17.0 | 22.9 | ||
   ≧ NT $40,000 | 20.0 | 44.0 | 33.5 | 34.4 | 45.7 | 35.1 | ||