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Table 1 Sociodemographic patterning of youth vaping and smoking

From: Youth vaping and smoking and parental vaping: a panel survey

 

Observed

N (%)

Missing

N (%)

Imputed

N (%)

Current Vaping

Ever Smoker

Current Smoker

Smoking Initiation

(N = 3075a)

 

Yes %

P-Value

Yes %

P-Value

Yes %

P-Value

Yes %

P-Value

All

3291 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

3291 (100.0)

3.4

–

7.4

–

2.3

–

0.9

–

No Vaping

3069 (96.5)

112 (3.4)

3179 (96.6)

  

5.5

< 0.001

1.2

< 0.001

0.5

< 0.001

Current Vaping

110 (3.5)

 

112 (3.4)

  

63.3

 

31.9

 

24.1

 

Never Smoker

3022 (92.6)

27 (0.8)

3047 (92.6)

1.4

< 0.001

      

Ever Smoker

242 (7.4)

 

244 (7.4)

29.0

       

Non Smoker

3190 (97.7)

27 (0.8)

3216 (97.7)

2.4

< 0.001

      

Current Smoker

74 (2.3)

 

75 (2.3)

47.5

       

Never Smokera

3022 (99.1)

27 (0.8)

3046 (99.1)

1.4

< 0.001

      

Initiating Smokera

28 (0.9)

 

29 (0.9)

45.8

       

Male

1629 (49.5)

0 (0.0)

1629 (49.5)

4.2

0.019

7.5

0.859

2.4

0.626

1.2

0.207

Female

1662 (50.5)

 

1662 (50.5)

2.7

 

7.3

 

2.2

 

0.7

 

Age 10

520 (15.8)

0 (0.0)

520 (15.8)

0.8

< 0.001

0.0

< 0.001

0.0

< 0.001

0.0

< 0.001

Age 11

596 (18.1)

 

596 (18.1)

0.0

 

1.8

 

0.2

 

0.2

 

Age 12

561 (17.0)

 

561 (17.0)

0.7

 

1.8

 

0.2

 

0.2

 

Age 13

493 (15.0)

 

493 (15.0)

2.7

 

5.7

 

0.8

 

0.7

 

Age 14

588 (17.9)

 

588 (17.9)

6.9

 

14.6

 

4.7

 

3.1

 

Age 15

533 (16.2)

 

533 (16.2)

9.2

 

20.6

 

7.7

 

1.7

 

England

2830 (86.0)

1 (0.0)

2831 (86.0)

3.4

0.618

7.4

0.892

2.1

0.311

0.8

0.080

Wales

111 (3.4)

 

111 (3.4)

2.7

 

6.4

 

1.8

 

1.0

 

Scotland

263 (8.0)

 

263 (8.0)

3.0

 

7.6

 

3.8

 

2.4

 

Northern Ireland

86 (2.6)

 

86 (2.6)

5.8

 

9.3

 

3.5

 

0.2

 

White UK

2269 (84.7)

612 (18.6)

2764 (84.0)

3.6

0.196

7.9

0.018

2.4

0.168

1.0

0.217

Ethnic Minority

410 (15.3)

 

527 (16.0)

2.4

 

4.7

 

1.4

 

0.4

 

Couple Parents

2437 (75.1)

45 (1.4)

2472 (75.1)

2.6

< 0.001

5.8

< 0.001

1.6

< 0.001

0.7

0.011

Single Parent

809 (24.9)

 

819 (24.9)

5.9

 

12.2

 

4.3

 

1.8

 

Parents Never Smokers

1154 (35.6)

53 (1.6)

1174 (35.7)

3.0

0.118

5.7

0.010

1.3

0.002

0.9

0.896

Ex-Smoking Parent(s)

1282 (39.6)

 

1300 (39.5)

3.0

 

7.9

 

2.2

 

1.0

 

Current Smoking Parent(s)

802 (24.8)

 

817 (24.8)

4.6

 

9.2

 

3.8

 

1.0

 

No Parental Vaping

2857 (88.2)

53 (1.6)

2903 (88.2)

3.1

0.014

6.8

< 0.001

2.0

0.019

0.8

0.004

Parental Vaping

381 (11.8)

 

388 (11.8)

5.6

 

12.3

 

4.0

 

2.4

 

Parental Education -Degree

1697 (53.0)

87 (2.7)

1741 (52.9)

3.0

0.386

6.3

0.017

1.4

< 0.001

0.6

0.137

A-Level or equivalent

658 (20.5)

 

674 (20.5)

3.5

 

7.3

 

2.3

 

1.3

 

GSCE or equivalent

759 (23.7)

 

783 (23.8)

4.3

 

9.3

 

3.9

 

1.4

 

No Qualifications

90 (2.8)

 

93 (2.8)

3.3

 

12.7

 

4.5

 

0.2

 

Managerial/Professional

1282 (41.1)

173 (5.3)

1345 (40.9)

1.8

< 0.001

6.2

0.118

1.4

0.006

0.5

0.117

Intermediate

461 (14.8)

 

490 (14.9)

4.4

 

7.3

 

2.5

 

1.0

 

Routine

510 (16.4)

 

536 (16.3)

5.7

 

8.2

 

2.0

 

1.7

 

Not employed

865 (27.7)

 

920 (28.0)

3.8

 

8.8

 

3.7

 

1.1

 

Highest Income Quartile

463 (14.3)

48 (1.5)

472 (14.3)

1.9

< 0.001

5.9

< 0.001

1.4

< 0.001

0.9

0.005

2nd Quartile

836 (25.8)

 

851 (25.9)

2.1

 

6.8

 

2.0

 

0.3

 

3rd Quartile

1079 (33.3)

 

1094 (33.2)

3.5

 

6.0

 

1.4

 

0.7

 

Lowest Income Quartile

865 (26.7)

 

874 (26.6)

5.5

 

10.7

 

4.2

 

1.9

 
  1. aAdolescents who had reported smoking in previous waves of the survey were excluded here (n = 216), so percentages indicate the proportion of those who had never smoked before who were current smokers in this wave of the survey
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