Great inclination to smoke among younger adults coming from low-socioeconomic class in Thailand

Mekrungrongwong, Sunsanee; Nakamura, Keiko; Kizuki, Masashi; Morita, Ayako; Somkotra, Tewarit; Seino, Kaoruko; Takano, Takehito

doi:10.1186/1755-7682-4-29

Table 2 Smoking status in men age more than 21 years old by each socio-demographic factor (n = 12,200)

From: Great inclination to smoke among younger adults coming from low-socioeconomic class in Thailand

Socioeconomic		Smoking status
Status	Total	Non smoker		Ex smoker		< = 10 cigarettes/d		11-20 cigarettes/d		> = 21 cigarettes/d
	n	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Ages
21-30	1702	868	51.0	133	7.8	589	34.6	104	6.1	8	0.5
31-40	2678	1135	42.4	309	11.5	906	33.8	311	11.6	17	0.6
41-50	3054	1231	40.3	436	14.3	980	32.1	371	12.1	36	1.2
51-60	2297	976	42.5	391	17.0	648	28.2	250	10.9	32	1.4
61 and older	2469	1047	42.4	608	24.6	630	25.5	162	6.6	22	0.9
Education*
Lower Education	6591	2374	36.0	1086	16.5	2302	34.9	753	11.4	76	1.2
Middle Education	3187	1454	45.6	463	14.5	941	29.5	305	9.6	24	0.8
High Education	1910	1249	65.4	246	12.9	305	16.0	100	5.2	10	0.5
Region*
Bangkok	649	337	51.9	97	14.9	163	25.1	46	7.1	6	0.9
Central	3548	1755	49.5	415	11.7	968	27.3	371	10.5	39	1.1
North	3281	1292	39.4	701	21.4	993	30.3	271	8.3	24	0.7
Northeast	3141	1242	39.5	494	15.7	1071	34.1	304	9.7	30	1.0
South	1581	631	39.9	170	10.8	558	35.3	206	13.0	16	1.0
Marital status*
Single	1589	821	51.7	141	8.9	506	31.8	111	7.0	10	0.6
Married	9558	4043	42.3	1561	16.3	2884	30.2	979	10.2	91	1.0
Other **	1053	393	37.3	175	16.6	363	34.5	108	10.3	14	1.3
Household income quintile*
1 (lowest)	2440	795	32.6	359	14.7	1019	41.8	241	9.9	26	1.1
2	2440	853	35.0	392	16.1	893	36.6	271	11.1	31	1.3
3	2440	1060	43.4	362	14.8	755	30.9	240	9.8	23	0.9
4	2440	1176	48.2	398	16.3	624	25.6	227	9.3	15	0.6
5 (highest)	2440	1373	56.3	366	15.0	462	18.9	219	9.0	20	0.8

* Significant at p < 0.05
** "Other" includes divorced, widowed, separated and unknown

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