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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of survey participants (university staff and students)

From: Smoking behaviours and attitudes towards campus-wide tobacco control policies among staff and students: a cross-sectional survey at the University of Birmingham

Demographic Characteristics

Staff

N = 545

n (%)

Students

N = 235

n (%)

Total

N = 780

Age

 17–24 years

25 (4.8)

198 (85.7)

223 (29.7)

 25–34 years

131 (25.2)

22 (9.5)

153 (20.4)

 35–44 years

150 (28.9)

9 (3.9)

159 (21.2)

 45–54 years

123 (23.7)

2 (0.9)

125 (16.6)

 ≥ 55 years

91 (17.5)

0 (0.0)

91 (12.1)

Gender

 Male

222 (41.1)

86 (36.9)

308 (39.8)

 Female

318 (58.9)

147 (63.1)

465 (60.2)

Ethnic Group

 White British/Irish

493 (92.5)

164 (71.0)

657 (86.0)

 Mixed/Multiple

12 (2.3)

14 (6.1)

26 (3.4)

 Asian/Asian British

15 (2.8)

27 (11.7)

42 (5.5)

 Black African/Caribbean

6 (1.1)

11 (4.8)

17 (2.2)

 Other ethnic group

7 (1.3)

15 (6.5)

22 (2.9)

University Role (Staff only)

 Academic Staff

112 (20.6)

 

 Professional Services Staff

394 (72.4)

 

 Other Staff

38 (7.0)

 

Degree Status (students only)

   

 Undergraduate Student

198 (84.3)

 

 Postgraduate Student

37 (15.7)

 

Fee Status (students only)

 Home

186 (80.2)

 

 EU

24 (10.3)

 

 International

22 (9.5)

 

Smoking Status

 Never Smoker

337 (62.1)

171 (73.7)

511 (65.7)

 Previous Smoker

133 (24.5)

25 (10.8)

158 (20.3)

 Intermittent Smoker

15 (2.8)

16 (6.9)

31 (4.0)

 Daily Smoker

58 (10.7)

25 (10.8)

78 (10.1)

  1. Missing data: age (29), gender (7), ethnic group (16), university role (1), fee status (3), smoking status (2)