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Table 2 Distribution of determinants

From: Determinants of daily smoking in Turkish young adults in the Netherlands

 

N

(%)

 

N

(%)

Demographic factors

Psychosocial factors

Sex

  

Feel bored

  

   Women

189

49

   Sometimes/never

316

82

   Men

198

51

   Often

71

18

Age

  

Life events

  

   18–23 y

257

66

   0

139

36

   24–28 y

130

34

   1–2

201

52

Living with partner

  

   ≥ 3

47

12

   No

265

68

Locus of control

  

   Yes

122

32

   Internal

93

24

Living with children

  

   Neutral

203

52

   No

321

83

   External

91

24

   Yes

66

17

Self-esteem

  

Socioeconomic factors

   High

102

26

Education

  

   Medium

196

51

   High

93

24

   Low

89

23

   Middle

169

44

Cultural factors

   Low

125

32

Discrimination

  

Unemployment

  

   Sometimes/never

318

84

   No spells

281

73

   Often

61

16

   1 spell

81

21

   Missing

8

 

   ≥ 2 spells

25

6

Dutch friends

  

Emotional and behavioral problems

   No

69

18

Alcohol use

  

   Yes

318

82

   No

295

76

Dutch identity

  

   Yes

92

24

   No

313

81

Externalizing problems

  

   Yes

74

19

   No

312

81

Turkish identity

  

   Yes

75

19

   No

49

13

Internalizing problems

  

   Yes

338

87

   No

317

82

Muslim identity

  

   Yes

70

18

   No

128

33

   

   Yes

259

67

   

Generation

  
   

   Second

300

78

   

   First

87

22

  1. N = 387, 50 former smokers were excluded