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Table 2 Sample characteristics of hardcore smokers and non-hardcore smokers in 2012

From: Prevalence of hardcore smoking in the Netherlands between 2001 and 2012: a test of the hardening hypothesis

 

Hardcore smokers (n = 1414)

Non-hardcore smokers (n = 2957)

Significance

Age (SD)a

49.2 (12.4)

47.9 (14.4)

p = .002

Sex (%)

   

 Male

48.2

51.5

p = .053

 Female

51.8

48.5

 

Education (%)

   

 Low

39.3

27.3

p < .001

 Medium

43.6

42.4

 

 High

16.5

30.3

 

Employment (%)

  

p < .001

 Employed

56.7

67.3

 

 Unemployed

9.7

5.3

 

 Unable to work

14.0

9.0

 

 Retired

9.9

13.5

 

 Student

0.5

1.9

 

 Other

9.3

7.0

 

Smokes RYO (%)b

  

p < .001

 Yes

67.8

36.8

 

 No

32.2

63.2

 
  1. aFor this analysis, we only included participants aged 25 years or older because hardcore smokers are by definition 25 years or older
  2. bRYO: Roll-your-own cigarettes
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