Socioeconomic patterning of vaping by smoking status among UK adults and youth

Green, Michael J.; Gray, Linsay; Sweeting, Helen; Benzeval, Michaela

doi:10.1186/s12889-020-8270-3

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Sociodemographic patterning of vaping among adults (aged 16+) by smoking status^a

From: Socioeconomic patterning of vaping by smoking status among UK adults and youth

	Sociodemographic Characteristics		Vaping Among Never Smokers			Vaping Among Ex-Smokers			Vaping Among Current Smokers			All Vaping
	N	%	Yes N	%	P-Value	Yes N	%	P-Value	Yes N	%	P-Value	Yes N	%	P-Value
Total	35,367	100.0	189	1.1	–	839	6.9	–	1597	27.1	–	2624	7.4	–
No Vaping	32,743	92.6
Vaping	2624	7.4
Never Smokers	17,238	48.7										189	1.1	< 0.001
Ex-Smokers	12,238	34.6										839	6.9
Current Smokers	5891	16.7										1597	27.1
Male	16,930	47.9	115	1.5	< 0.001	452	7.2	0.092	799	27.0	0.907	1366	8.1	< 0.001
Female	18,437	52.1	74	0.8		387	6.5		798	27.2		1258	6.8
16–24	4758	13.5	95	2.8	< 0.001	75	15.3	< 0.001	205	25.3	< 0.001	375	7.9	< 0.001
25–34	4801	13.6	32	1.3		156	12.5		275	24.3		463	9.6
35–54	11,696	33.1	36	0.6		387	9.7		640	28.8		1063	9.1
55–74	10,415	29.4	20	0.5		196	4.3		452	29.6		668	6.4
75+	3697	10.5	5	0.3		24	1.3		25	12.1		54	1.5
England	29,815	84.3	172	1.2	0.063	711	6.8	0.443	1311	27.1	0.322	2194	7.4	0.094
Wales	1681	4.8	7	0.9		42	7.9		90	25.9		139	8.2
Scotland	2911	8.2	6	0.4		72	7.4		157	29.3		235	8.1
Northern Ireland	960	2.7	4	0.8		15	5.2		39	22.5		58	6.0
White UK	30,781	87.0	151	1.1	0.322	772	6.9	0.766	1452	27.7	0.004	2376	7.7	< 0.001
Ethnic Minority	4586	13.0	38	1.3		66	6.8		144	22.4		248	5.4
Has Spouse/Partner	21,222	60.0	71	0.7	< 0.001	548	6.5	0.035	831	28.7	0.007	1450	6.8	< 0.001
Single	14,145	40.0	118	1.6		291	7.6		765	25.6		1174	8.3
No Children in Household	24,919	70.5	125	1.1	0.442	551	6.1	< 0.001	1095	27.7	0.179	1771	7.1	0.001
Children in Household	10,448	29.5	64	1.2		288	9.1		502	26.0		853	8.2
Degree	16,031	45.3	78	0.9	0.121	388	6.8	< 0.001	471	29.1	0.026	937	5.8	< 0.001
A-Level or equivalent	8012	22.7	48	1.2		212	8.5		421	26.9		680	8.5
GSCE or equivalent	8389	23.7	49	1.4		196	6.9		556	27.1		801	9.5
No Qualifications	2935	8.3	14	1.3		43	3.6		149	22.8		206	7.0
Managerial/Professional	11,536	32.6	63	1.0	0.018	307	7.6	< 0.001	368	29.8	< 0.001	739	6.4	< 0.001
Intermediate	4755	13.4	20	0.9		126	7.9		254	30.1		400	8.4
Routine	6350	18.0	50	1.7		183	10.4		463	27.9		696	11.0
Not employed	12,726	36.0	56	1.0		223	4.6		512	23.8		790	6.2
Highest Income Quartile	9429	26.7	59	1.1	0.481	186	5.5	0.002	249	28.4	0.016	495	5.2	< 0.001
2nd Quartile	9427	26.7	51	1.1		257	7.7		433	29.4		741	7.9
3rd Quartile	9004	25.5	50	1.2		223	7.3		482	27.1		755	8.4
Lowest Income Quartile	7507	21.2	29	0.9		173	7.1		432	24.5		634	8.4
Non-Smoker 1 year ago	29,290	82.8		–		550	4.8	< 0.001	164	24.1	0.068	902	3.1	< 0.001
Smoker 1 year ago	6077	17.2				289	33.3		1433	27.5		1722	28.3
Non-Smoker 2 years ago	28,940	81.8		–		419	3.8	< 0.001	182	24.3	0.081	790	2.7	< 0.001
Smoker 2 years ago	6427	18.2				419	32.6		1414	27.5		1834	28.5
Non-Smoker 5 years ago	28,036	79.3		–		225	2.2	< 0.001	143	19.3	< 0.001	556	2.0	< 0.001
Smoker 5 years ago	7331	20.7				614	28.2		1454	28.2		2068	28.2

^aData weighted for attrition and over-sampling, and results averaged across 25 imputed datasets

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