Social differences in smoking and snuff use among Norwegian adolescents: A population based survey

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Smoking among 15–16 year olds in socio-demographic groups.

	Boys					Girls
	N	Daily (%)	Occasionally (%)	No smoke (%)	P*	N	Daily (%)	Occasionally (%)	No smoke (%)	P*
All participants	7762	13.8	12.6	73.6		7768	16.8	17.0	66.2
Age, years
14.5–15.6	1888	11.8	12.5	75.7	<0.037	1991	16.3	18.4	65.2	<0.579
15.6–15.9	1901	13.4	12.2	74.5		1974	17.2	16.5	66.3
15.9–16.1	1956	14.3	13.1	72.6		1915	16.4	16.3	67.3
16.1–18.4	1988	15.5	12.7	71.8		1872	17.2	16.8	66.1
Parents' marital status
Married/cohabiting	5135	10.7	12.4	76.9	<0.000	5152	12.2	16.4	71.4	<0.000
Divorced, separated, etc	2555	19.8	13.1	67.2		2587	25.7	18.4	55.9
Parents' country of birth
Norway	6737	13.9	12.7	73.5	<0.210	6786	17.9	17.8	64.3	<0.000
Country with majority of Muslims	583	13.6	10.1	76.3		550	6.4	8.4	85.3
Other foreign countries	330	10.9	13.6	75.5		380	11.8	14.7	73.4
Educational plans
Academic studies	3320	8.3	12.7	79.0	<0.000	3942	11.5	18.0	70.8	<0.000
Upper secondary school, general studies	436	10.8	12.6	76.6		390	19.7	17.5	62.3
Upper secondary school, vocat. studies	2420	21.7	13.0	65.3		1700	29.5	15.5	54.9
One year of upp sec school/other plans	408	20.3	13.2	66.4		303	22.1	21.8	56.1
Undecided	1053	10.3	11.2	78.5		1355	13.7	15.9	70.5
Family economy
Very well off	879	13.1	12.7	74.2	<0.000	603	18.6	18.1	63.4	<0.000
Well off	4186	12.2	12.3	75.5		4042	14.1	16.6	69.3
In between	2347	15.9	12.9	71.2		2736	19.0	17.3	63.7
Short of money	232	22.0	16.4	61.6		281	28.8	19.9	51.3
Urban – rural areas
Urban areas	4870	13.0	12.6	74.5	<0.035	4911	16.4	17.5	66.2	<0.244
Rural areas	2892	15.0	12.7	72.3		2857	17.4	16.2	66.3

Per cent 2000–2004
* p-value for difference between categories within each socio-demographic variable

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