Table 1 The distribution of the surveyed population (in column % of the total population) according to socioeconomic indicators, sex and age groups, GATS 2008, 2012 and 2016 Turkey
From: Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in smoking in Turkey from 2008 to 2016
2008 | 2012 | 2016 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women Y/O/T (%) N = 3854 | Men Y/O/T (%) N = 4324 | Total Y/O/T (%) N = 8178 | Women Y/O/T (%) N = 4951 | Men Y/O/T (%) N = 3964 | Total Y/O/T (%) N = 8915 | Women Y/O/T (%) N = 4118 | Men Y/O/T (%) N = 3997 | Total Y/O/T (%) N = 8115 | |
Wealth Groups | |||||||||
Highest | 16.1/14.6/15.3 | 17.0/19.1/18.2 | 16.5/16.8/16.7 | 12.0/12.4/12.2 | 12.8/15.9/14.6 | 12.3/14.0/13.3 | 13.3/13.7/13.5 | 14.1/14.8/14.4 | 13.7/14.2/14.0 |
Second highest | 25.2/25.1/25.2 | 25.4/25.3/25.4 | 25.3/23.8/24.3 | 24.7/22.6/23.4 | 23.9/27.2/25.9 | 24.3/24.6/24.5 | 30.1/31.6/30.9 | 32.2/31.2/31.7 | 31.2/31.4/31.3 |
Middle | 24.4/24.1/24.3 | 25.7/23.5/24.4 | 25.0/25.8/25.3 | 29.6/26.7/27.8 | 29.4/26.7/27.8 | 29.5/26.7/27.8 | 31.3/33.3/32.4 | 30.6/33.4/31.9 | 30.9/33.3/32.1 |
Second lowest | 19.1/16.5/17.7 | 18.9/15.8/17.1 | 19.0/16.2/17.4 | 25.5/21.8/23.3 | 24.9/18.4/21.0 | 25.2/20.3/22.2 | 22.8/17.8/20.0 | 20.3/18.2/19.3 | 21.4/17.9/19.7 |
Lowest | 15.1/19.6/17.6 | 13.0/16.3/14.9 | 14.2/18.0/16.3 | 8.3/16.5/13.2 | 9.1/11.9/10.8 | 8.6/14.5/12.1 | 2.5/3.6/3.1 | 2.8/2.5/2.7 | 2.7/3.1/2.9 |
Education Groups | |||||||||
High education | 26.5/8.6/16.8 | 41.9/18.6/28.3 | 33.4/13.5/22.2 | 37.5/10.5/21.3 | 51.2/22.8/34.2 | 43.6/16.0/27.0 | 54.8/18.9/35.1 | 68.7/29.2/50.6 | 62.3/23.5/42.7 |
Moderate education | 61.1/44.6/52.2 | 55.1/67.9/62.6 | 58.4/56.1/57.1 | 52.1/47.1/49.1 | 46.4/65.3/57.7 | 49.6/55.2/52.9 | 42.3/63.9/54.1 | 31.0/66.6/47.3 | 36.2/65.1/50.8 |
Low education | 12.4/46.7/31.0 | 3.0/13.5/9.1 | 8.2/30.4/20.7 | 10.3/42.4/29.6 | 2.3/12.0/8.1 | 6.8/28.9/20.0 | 2.9/17.2/10.7 | 0.3/4.2/2.1 | 1.5/11.4/6.5 |
Occupation Groups | |||||||||
Unemployed | 1.1/6.7/4.1 | 8.5/36.0/24.6 | 4.4/21.1/13.8 | 1.9/0.3/1.0 | 8.0/2.6/4.8 | 4.6/1.3/2.6 | 2.5/0.5/1.4 | 7.9/4.9/6.5 | 5.4/2.5/3.9 |
Nongovernment employee | 14.8/4.8/9.4 | 59.6/23.5/38.4 | 34.6/14.0/23.0 | 14.9/3.5/8.1 | 52.3/20.2/33.1 | 31.6/10.9/19.2 | 14.6/6.2/10.0 | 53.6/29.5/42.5 | 35.6/16.6/26.0 |
Self-employed | 2.4/2.7/2.6 | 26.4/35.8/31.9 | 13.0/18.9/16.3 | 4.0/4.6/4.4 | 18.3/22.3/20.7 | 10.4/12.5/11.6 | 1.6/1.6/1.6 | 12.9/13.9/13.3 | 7.7/7.1/7.4 |
Government employee | – | – | – | 6.0/1.8/3.5 | 14.0/9.3/11.2 | 9.6/5.1/6.9 | 6.0/2.0/3.8 | 10.4/7.7/9.2 | 8.3/4.6/6.5 |
Homemaker/retired/student | 81.7/85.7/83.9 | 5.5/4.6/5.0 | 48.0/46.0/46.9 | 73.2/89.7/83.1 | 7.4/45.6/30.3 | 43.8/70.2/59.6 | 75.4/89.7/83.2 | 15.2/44.0/28.4 | 43.0/69.2/56.2 |
Place of Residence | |||||||||
Urban | 43.5/55.2/49.8 | 41.4/55.9/49.9 | 42.5/55.6/49.9 | 59.5/42.8/49.4 | 58.8/43.7/49.7 | 59.2/43.2/49.6 | 92.0/87.6/89.6 | 91.4/85.7/88.8 | 91.7/86.8/89.2 |
Rural | 56.5/44.8/50.2 | 58.6/44.1/50.1 | 57.5/44.4/50.1 | 40.5/57.2/50.6 | 41.2/56.3/50.3 | 40.8/55.6/50.4 | 8.0/12.4/10.4 | 8.6/14.3/11.2 | 8.3/13.2/10.8 |