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Table 2 Age-adjusted inequality measures, per sex, smoking status and survey year

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

 

1987

1995

1998/99

2005/06

Current smokers - men

 RII for education

0.84

[0.76;0.93]

0.95

[0.86;1.05]

0.96

[0.88;1.06]

1.49

[1.34;1.65]

 RII for income

0.97

[0.90;1.04]

0.87

[0.82;0.93]

0.97

[0.94;1.01]

1.15

[1.07;1.24]

 CI for income

0.10

 

0.09

 

0.07

 

−0.04

 

Current smokers - women

 RII for education

0.01

[0.00;0.01]

0.02

[0.02;0.03]

0.07

[0.06;0.10]

0.21

[0.16;0.27]

 RII for income

0.11

[0.08;0.15]

0.24

[0.19;0.30]

0.36

[0.30;0.44]

0.51

[0.42;0.61]

 CI for income

0.54

 

0.38

 

0.32

 

0.19

 

Former smokers - men

 RII for education

0.82

[0.75;0.90]

0.90

[0.84;0.96]

0.97

[0.91;1.03]

0.89

[0.84;0.95]

 RII for income

0.85

[0.78;0.93]

0.92

[0.87;0.98]

0.95

[0.93;0.98]

0.88

[0.83;0.92]

 CI for income

−0.05

 

−0.03

 

−0.03

 

0.07

 

Former smokers - women

 RII for education

1.17

[0.78;1.77]

0.78

[0.51;1.17]

0.60

[0.43;0.85]

0.41

[0.30;0.55]

 RII for income

0.89

[0.63;1.27]

0.71

[0.53;0.96]

0.62

[0.48;0.82]

0.60

[0.48;0.76]

 CI for income

−0.01

 

0.08

 

0.11

 

0.18

 

Ever smokers - men

 RII for education

0.72

[0.67;0.77]

0.73

[0.69;0.78]

0.77

[0.72;0.81]

1.04

[0.97;1.11]

 RII for income

0.92

[0.88;0.97]

0.83

[0.79;0.86]

0.93

[0.91;0.96]

0.93

[0.89;0.98]

 CI for income

0.11

 

0.11

 

0.08

 

0.02

 

Ever smokers -women

 RII for education

0.01

[0.00;0.01]

0.02

[0.01;0.02]

0.05

[0.04;0.06]

0.11

[0.09;0.13]

 RII for income

0.10

[0.07;0.13]

0.20

[0.16;0.24]

0.28

[0.24;0.33]

0.36

[0.31;0.41]

 CI for income

0.56

 

0.42

 

0.36

 

0.27

 
  1. Legend: 95% confidence intervals in parenthesis.