Table 2

Distribution of sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics according to smoking status of baseline intermittent smokers at one year follow up. The Malmö shoulder-neck study

Intermittent/ daily (n=95) (%)Intermittent/ intermittent (n=358) (%)Intermittent/ stopped (n=145) (%)Reference population (n=11909) (%)
Age
45–49 years12.615.620.012.3
50–54 years23.231.830.324.2
55–59 years26.623.215.922.9
60–64 years31.617.920.725.0
65–69 years6.311.513.115.6
(Missing)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)
Sex
Men47.448.646.944.0
Women52.651.453.156.0
(Missing)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)
Country of origin
Sweden88.387.285.488.4
Other country11.612.814.611.6
(Missing)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)(n=5)
Marital status
Married60.063.759.367.8
Unmarried15.88.412.49.0
Divorced18.923.523.416.6
Widow/widower5.34.54.86.6
(Missing)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)(n=7)
Education
University degree15.814.017.412.6
Medium16.819.320.817.4
Basal level67.466.761.870.0
(Missing)(n=0)(n=1)(n=1)(n=20)
Social participation
High56.876.576.670.2
Low43.223.523.429.8
(Missing)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)(n=0)
Social anchorage  
High78.074.576.175.4
Low22.025.523.924.6
(Missing)(n=4)(n=9)(n=3)(n=269)
Emotional support
High63.264.669.270.2
Low36.835.430.829.8
(Missing)(n=0)(n=2)(n=2)(n=53)
Instrumental support
High63.269.775.069.1
Low36.830.325.030.9
(Missing)(n=0)(n=1)(n=1)(n=24)
Snuff consumption
Yes9.511.59.03.0
No90.588.591.097.0
(Missing)(n=0)(n=1)(n=0)(n=17)
Total100.0100.0100.0100.0