Table 2 Socio-demographics by smoking status for men and women

Area

Greater Glasgow

612 (38)

992 (62)

866 (40)

1320 (60)

Rest of Scotland

3,020 (32)

6409 (68)

<0.001

3791 (32)

8026 (68)

<0.001

Age

16–24

438 (37)

753 (63)

550 (38)

898 (62)

25–34

802 (39)

1250 (61)

1090 (40)

1640 (60)

35–44

812 (34)

1555 (66)

990 (34)

1892 (66)

45–54

686 (34)

1327 (66)

865 (34)

1649 (66)

55–64

631 (31)

1374 (69)

759 (31)

1709 (69)

65–74

215 (20)

865 (80)

345 (23)

1124 (77)

75 and over

48 (15)

277 (85)

<0.001

58 (23)

434 (88)

<0.001

Year

1995

1256 (36)

2267 (64)

1665 (38)

2741 (62)

1998

1373 (35)

2555 (65)

1763 (35)

3320 (65)

2003

1003 (28)

2579 (72)

<0.001

1229 (27)

3285 (73)

<0.001

Carstairs quintile

Least deprived

551 (24)

1773 (76)

635 (22)

2198 (78)

2

604 (27)

1611 (73)

778 (28)

1995 (72)

3

758 (33)

1519 (67)

915 (33)

1891 (67)

4

775 (36)

1372 (64)

1072 (38)

1735 (62)

Most deprived

944 (46)

1126 (54)

<0.001

1257 (45)

1527 (55)

<0.001

Social class

I/II

767 (23)

2567 (77)

917 (23)

3145 (77)

III

1736 (35)

3223 (65)

2070 (34)

4080 (66)

IV/V

1008 (43)

1344 (57)

<0.001

1442 (44)

1806 (56)

<0.001

Unknown

121 (31)

267 (69)

0.459^a

228 (42)

1806 (56)

<0.001^a

Economic activity status

Employed

2068 (30)

4843 (70)

2183 (31)

4879 (69)

Unemployed

438 (59)

300 (41)

211 (52)

196 (48)

Retired

295 (19)

1249 (81)

513 (23)

1762 (77)

Other economically inactive

825 (45)

1001 (55)

<0.001

1738 (41)

2502 (59)

<0.001

Unknown

6 (43)

8 (57)

0.428^a

12 (63)

7 (37)

0.006^a

Education

No qualification

1767 (40)

2641 (60)

2379 (41)

3452 (59)

Below degree level

1536 (33)

3185 (67)

1958 (32)

4147 (68)

Degree level or above

324 (17)

1564 (83)

<0.001

308 (15)

1735 (85)

<0.001

Unknown

5 (31)

11 (69)

0.887^a

12 (50)

12 (50)

0.081^a