Adult smoking rates by age, education, profession and income† in Taiwan, 2001
| n | Non-smoker | Ex-smoker | Current smoker | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Someday | Daily | ||||
| *Estimates having an RSE (relative standard error) of more than 30% are indicated. | ||||||
| †Standard error (SE) of per cent in parentheses, for test of significance. | ||||||
| ‡Age adjusted to the 2001 Taiwan population. | ||||||
| Male | ||||||
| Ages 18 years and over (crude) | 7967 | 46.4 (0.56) | 7.1 (0.29) | 46.5 (0.56) | 3.0 (0.19) | 43.5 (0.56) |
| Ages 18 years and over (age adjusted)‡ | 46.4 (0.56) | 6.8 (0.28) | 46.8 (0.56) | 3.1 (0.19) | 43.7 (0.56) | |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–19 | 381 | 75.3 (2.21) | *0.3 (0.28) | 24.1 (2.19) | 3.1 (0.89) | 21.3 (2.10) |
| 20–29 | 1750 | 53.8 (1.19) | 1.7 (0.31) | 44.5 (1.19) | 4.2 (0.48) | 40.3 (1.17) |
| 30–39 | 1731 | 38.4 (1.17) | 4.5 (0.50) | 57.1 (1.19) | 3.4 (0.44) | 53.7 (1.20) |
| 40–49 | 1648 | 41.5 (1.21) | 6.9 (0.62) | 51.6 (1.23) | 2.9 (0.41) | 48.7 (1.23) |
| 50–59 | 1010 | 44.9 (1.57) | 8.0 (0.85) | 47.1 (1.57) | 2.7 (0.51) | 44.4 (1.56) |
| 60–69 | 743 | 45.8 (1.83) | 13.3 (1.25) | 40.9 (1.80) | 2.4 (0.56) | 38.5 (1.79) |
| 70 or above | 704 | 46.6 (1.88) | 22.9 (1.58) | 30.5 (1.74) | *0.7 (0.31) | 29.8 (1.72) |
| Education (25–64 years old) | ||||||
| Elementary (grade 6 or below) | 1123 | 39.8 (1.46) | 7.8 (0.80) | 52.4 (1.49) | 2.0 (0.42) | 50.4 (1.49) |
| Middle school (grade 7–9) | 1081 | 27.8 (1.36) | 4.4 (0.62) | 67.8 (1.42) | 2.8 (0.50) | 65.0 (1.45) |
| High school (grade 10–12) | 1795 | 36.7 (1.14) | 6.1 (0.56) | 57.2 (1.17) | 3.7 (0.45) | 53.5 (1.18) |
| College or above | 1616 | 60.3 (1.22) | 5.7 (0.58) | 34.0 (1.18) | 4.0 (0.49) | 30.0 (1.14) |
| Profession (25–64 years old) | ||||||
| White collar | 2529 | 49.2 (0.99) | 6.0 (0.47) | 44.8 (0.99) | 4.2 (0.40) | 40.6 (0.98) |
| Blue collar | 1368 | 33.4 (1.28) | 5.4 (0.61) | 61.2 (1.32) | 2.8 (0.45) | 58.4 (1.33) |
| Service industry | 467 | 39.6 (2.26) | 3.9 (0.90) | 56.5 (2.29) | *2.1 (0.66) | 54.4 (2.30) |
| Annual income (NT) (25–64 years old) | ||||||
| ⩽240000 (US$6857) | 1523 | 37.4 (1.24) | 6.6 (0.64) | 56.0 (1.27) | 2.4 (0.39) | 53.6 (1.28) |
| ⩽480000 (US$13714) | 1971 | 39.3 (1.10) | 4.8 (0.48) | 55.9 (1.12) | 3.2 (0.40) | 52.7 (1.12) |
| ⩽960000 (US$ 27428) | 1804 | 47.1 (1.18) | 7.2 (0.61) | 45.7 (1.17) | 3.6 (0.44) | 42.1 (1.16) |
| >960000 (US$27428) | 287 | 60.6 (2.88) | 4.2 (1.18) | 35.2 (2.82) | 6.3 (1.43) | 28.9 (2.68) |
| Female | ||||||
| Ages 18 years and over (crude) | 8154 | 95.3 (0.23) | 0.5 (0.08) | 4.2 (0.22) | 0.6 (0.09) | 3.6 (0.21) |
| Ages 18 years and over (age adjusted)‡ | 95.9 (0.22) | 0.5 (0.08) | 4.3 (0.22) | 0.6 (0.09) | 3.6 (0.21) | |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–19 | 342 | 95.9 (1.07) | *0.3 (0.30) | 3.8 (1.03) | *1.2 (0.59) | *2.6 (0.86) |
| 20–29 | 1798 | 95.3 (0.50) | *0.2 (0.11) | 4.5 (0.49) | 0.7 (0.20) | 3.7 (0.45) |
| 30–39 | 1743 | 96.7 (0.43) | *0.6 (0.18) | 5.7 (0.56) | 1.0 (0.24) | 4.7 (0.51) |
| 40–49 | 1721 | 95.9 (0.48) | *0.2 (0.11) | 3.8 (0.46) | *0.4 (0.15) | 3.4 (0.44) |
| 50–59 | 1093 | 95.7 (0.61) | *0.4 (0.19) | 3.9 (0.59) | *0.5 (0.21) | 3.5 (0.56) |
| 60–69 | 822 | 95.6 (0.72) | *1.2 (0.38) | 3.2 (0.61) | *0.3 (0.19) | 2.9 (0.59) |
| 70 or above | 635 | 96.4 (0.74) | *1.1 (0.41) | 2.5 (0.62) | *0.3 (0.22) | 2.2 (0.58) |
| Education (25–64 years old) | ||||||
| Elementary (grade 6 or below) | 1922 | 95.3 (0.48) | *0.4 (0.15) | 4.3 (0.46) | *0.4 (0.14) | 4.0 (0.44) |
| Middle school (grade 7–9) | 921 | 92.9 (0.84) | *0.2 (0.15) | 6.8 (0.83) | *0.9 (0.31) | 6.0 (0.78) |
| High school (grade 10–12) | 1785 | 93.8 (0.57) | *0.6 (0.19) | 5.6 (0.54) | 1.1 (0.24) | 4.5 (0.49) |
| College or above | 1249 | 98.1 (0.39) | *0.4 (0.18) | 1.5 (0.35) | *0.2 (0.14) | 1.3 (0.32) |
| Profession (25–64 years old) | ||||||
| White collar | 1935 | 95.6 (0.47) | *0.5 (0.16) | 3.9 (0.44) | 0.7 (0.19) | 3.2 (0.40) |
| Blue collar | 704 | 97.9 (0.54) | - | 2.1 (0.54) | *0.1 (0.14) | 2.0 (0.53) |
| Service industry | 607 | 91.8 (1.12) | *0.8 (0.37) | 7.4 (1.06) | *1.3 (0.46) | 6.1 (0.97) |
| Annual income (NT) (25–64 years old) | ||||||
| ⩽240000 (US$6857) | 3544 | 95.1 (0.36) | 0.5 (0.11) | 4.4 (0.34) | 0.6 (0.13) | 3.8 (0.32) |
| ⩽480000 (US$13714) | 1549 | 94.5 (0.58) | *0.5 (0.18) | 5.0 (0.55) | *0.5 (0.17) | 4.5 (0.53) |
| ⩽960000 (US$27428) | 675 | 95.4 (0.81) | *0.3 (0.21) | 4.3 (0.78) | *1.2 (0.42) | 3.1 (0.67) |
| >960000 (US$27428) | 71 | 98.6 (1.40) | - | *1.4 (1.40) | - | *1.4 (1.40) |