Background information on participants in the purified sample and among the respondents (%)
| Variable | China | Finland | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Respondents | Sample | Respondents | |||||||||||
| Men (n=2789) | Women (n=330) | Men (n=2556) | Women (n=285) | Men (n=818) | Women (n=630) | Men (n=506) | Women (n=438) | |||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||||||||||
| 18–29 | 14.8 | 5.8 | 14.5 | 6.0 | 34.1 | 38.4 | 28.5 | 36.5 | ||||||
| 30–39 | 26.8 | 15.2 | 26.8 | 14.7 | 29.2 | 29.1 | 29.6 | 36.5 | ||||||
| 40–49 | 34.1 | 27.3 | 34.7 | 28.8 | 24.5 | 21.4 | 26.3 | 21.2 | ||||||
| 50+ | 24.4 | 51.9 | 24.0 | 50.3 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 15.6 | 12.8 | ||||||
| Tobacco consumption/day | ||||||||||||||
| 1–14 | 44.0 | 73.0 | 44.1 | 72.6 | 26.6 | 42.2 | 26.7 | 41.6 | ||||||
| 15+ | 56.0 | 27.0 | 55.9 | 27.3 | 73.4 | 57.8 | 73.3 | 58.4 | ||||||
| Previous quit attempts | ||||||||||||||
| None | 58.3 | 66.6 | 58.6 | 66.6 | 10.2 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 5.5 | ||||||
| 1–2 | 31.2 | 23.1 | 30.9 | 22.5 | 36.7 | 35.7 | 37.0 | 35.3 | ||||||
| 3+ | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 53.1 | 58.1 | 54.5 | 59.4 | ||||||
| Years of smoking | ||||||||||||||
| 1–9 | 19.4 | 39.2 | 19.2 | 39.1 | 29.1 | 33.8 | 24.2 | 32.4 | ||||||
| 10–19 | 29.4 | 19.8 | 29.6 | 19.0 | 33.2 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 32.4 | ||||||
| 20+ | 51.2 | 41.3 | 51.2 | 41.9 | 37.7 | 32.4 | 42.7 | 34.2 | ||||||
| Marital status | ||||||||||||||
| Living together | – | – | 90.4 | 91.6 | – | – | 69.9 | 54.9 | ||||||
| Living alone | – | – | 9.6 | 8.4 | – | – | 30.1 | 45.1 | ||||||
| Years of education | ||||||||||||||
| 0–12 | – | – | 62.1 | 81.4 | – | – | 49.8 | 41.1 | ||||||
| 13+ | – | – | 37.9 | 18.6 | – | – | 50.2 | 58.9 | ||||||