Table 2 Prevalence of adolescents’ smoking by gender and by Family Affluence Scale (FAS) group in China (N = 2005) and Finland (n = 1685)
From: Socioeconomic differences in adolescents’ smoking: a comparison between Finland and Beijing, China
Ever smoked | Weekly smoker | Early onset of smoking | |
|---|---|---|---|
% (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
China | |||
Total | 17.8 (356) | 4.6 (92) | 11.6 (233) |
pa | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Gender | |||
Boys | 29.7 (265) | 9.7 (86) | 19.6 (175) |
Girls | 8.2 (91) | 0.5 (6) | 5.2 (58) |
pb | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
FAS | |||
Low | 21.5 (135) | 4.0 (25) | 14.2 (88) |
Middle | 16.1 (107) | 4.2 (28) | 11.1 (72) |
High | 16.0 (112) | 5.5 (38) | 10.4 (72) |
pc | 0.014 | 0.385 | 0.085 |
Finland | |||
Total | 59.3 (1000) | 21.9 (369) | 33.6 (566) |
Gender | |||
Boys | 60.9 (481) | 23.0 (181) | 36.3 (287) |
Girls | 58.0 (519) | 21.0 (188) | 31.2 (279) |
pb | 0.213 | 0.337 | 0.009 |
FAS | |||
Low | 61.8 (320) | 25.1 (130) | 38.2 (192) |
Middle | 59.7 (410) | 21.4 (147) | 32.4 (218) |
High | 57.4 (252) | 19.6 (86) | 33.6 (145) |
pc | 0.389 | 0.106 | 0.108 |