Prevalence (%) of current smoking by educational groups: mean at mid-point of the two surveys and mean five-year trend (age standardised for 35–64 years) in percentage points
| Educational group | p7-150 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Middle | High | |||
| Men | |||||
| Prevalence at the mid-point of the two surveys | 46 | 42 | 33 | 0.0001 | |
| 5-year trend compared with low-education group | — | −0.3 | −0.1 | 0.71 | |
| Women | |||||
| Prevalence at the mid-point of the two surveys | 22 | 22 | 20 | 0.12 | |
| 5-year compared with low-education group | — | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.16 | |
↵7-150 p-value obtained from regression models with terms for educational group, population, birth cohort, and, for analysis of trends, prevalence of smoking at the mid-point between the two surveys.