Prevalence of “current daily” smoking and educational inequalities in “current daily” smoking; women and men aged 16–24 years
| Country | Women | Men | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | OR | 95% CI | Low | High | OR | 95% CI | |
| OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; the prevalence estimates for all countries are adjusted for the size of the samples of the individual countries. | ||||||||
| Finland | 0.30 | 0.16 | 1.87 | 1.09 to 3.22 | 0.37 | 0.28 | 1.32 | 0.84 to 2.07 |
| Denmark | 0.31 | 0.30 | 1.33 | 0.64 to 2.74 | 0.31 | 0.20 | 1.77 | 0.91 to 3.44 |
| UK | 0.41 | 0.27 | 1.91 | 1.29 to 2.82 | 0.48 | 0.30 | 2.16 | 1.45 to 3.22 |
| Ireland | 0.35 | 0.24 | 1.43 | 0.91 to 2.23 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 1.20 | 0.79 to 1.83 |
| Germany | 0.27 | 0.29 | 1.20 | 0.80 to 1.81 | 0.35 | 0.52 | 1.18 | 0.80 to 1.74 |
| Belgium | 0.29 | 0.22 | 1.41 | 0.74 to 2.67 | 0.48 | 0.20 | 3.05 | 1.65 to 5.63 |
| Austria | 0.25 | 0.20 | 1.49 | 0.87 to 2.54 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 1.06 | 0.67 to 1.68 |
| Italy | 0.12 | 0.09 | 1.39 | 0.92 to 2.12 | 0.34 | 0.21 | 2.35 | 1.76 to 3.15 |
| Spain | 0.32 | 0.27 | 1.26 | 0.95 to 1.67 | 0.40 | 0.25 | 2.32 | 1.77 to 3.04 |
| Greece | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.76 | 0.46 to 1.26 | 0.39 | 0.29 | 1.72 | 1.15 to 2.58 |
| Portugal | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.80 | 0.48 to 1.33 | 0.29 | 0.19 | 2.00 | 1.39 to 2.87 |
| All countries | 0.27 | 0.23 | 1.36 | 1.19 to 1.55 | 0.37 | 0.32 | 1.85 | 1.65 to 2.08 |
| Interaction country* education | p = 0.04 | p = 0.01 | ||||||