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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents according to education, income, and smoking status, by sex and survey year 1

From: Evolution of socioeconomic inequalities in smoking: results from the Portuguese national health interview surveys

 

Men

Women

 

1987

1995

1998/99

2005/06

1987

1995

1998/99

2005/06

Educational level

        

Tertiary education

2.9

5.2

6.1

8.7

1.8

5.6

7.2

10.8

Secondary education

12.8

6.3

8.0

10.7

10.6

5.3

6.7

9.6

Primary education

9.1

20.3

23.8

27.7

5.6

15.2

18.2

22.6

Pre-primary education

52.5

51.1

48.8

41.9

46.1

47.3

46.1

38.7

No education

22.8

17.1

13.3

11.0

35.8

26.6

21.7

18.3

Income level

        

1st quintile (+)

22.1

21.2

21.7

22.1

20.9

19.5

20.5

20.4

2nd quintile

19.7

18.7

20.3

20.1

18.4

17.3

19.0

18.9

3rd quintile

19.8

20.2

19.6

19.4

19.5

20.6

19.6

19.3

4th quintile

20.6

21.5

18.6

15.8

19.6

21.9

17.3

16.4

5th quintile (−)

17.9

18.3

19.9

22.7

21.6

20.9

23.7

25.1

Smoking status

        

Ever smokers

57.3

53.0

54.6

55.8

6.3

8.6

11.0

13.8

Current smokers

35.3

30.9

31.1

29.6

4.4

6.1

7.9

9.1

Former smokers

38.4

41.6

43.1

47.0

30.2

28.4

28.0

34.0

Age 2

50.3

50.6

50.5

50.6

51.3

51.6

51.7

51.9

N

12 113

15 412

15 463

13 426

13 816

17 427

17 476

15 007

Daily smokers 3

33.6

32.7

32.0

28.7

5.1

7.6

10.1

11.2

  1. 1Educational level, income level, and smoking status reported as percentage.
  2. 2Age reported as mean value for age in years.
  3. 3Percentage of daily smokers in Portugal aged 15 years or older according to OECD Health Data (2010) [28].