Table 1

 Characteristics of International Tobacco Four Country Survey (ITC-4) sample by country (n = 9058)

UnweightedWeighted
CANAUSUSAUKCANAUSUSAUK
*CPD, cigarettes per day.
Sex
Female54.3%52.7%55.2%56.6%45.8%44.5%46.4%49.8%
Male45.7%47.3%44.8%43.4%54.2%55.5%53.6%50.2%
Age
18–2415.6%16.8%15.7%8.5%14.3%17.2%15.3%14.2%
25–3931.8%36.8%30.9%32.4%33.7%35.5%31.3%33.2%
40–5434.5%32.8%33.9%33.9%34.7%32.2%35.8%28.7%
55+18.1%13.5%19.6%25.2%17.3%15.1%17.6%24.0%
Education
12 years or less46.9%66.8%44.1%64.5%47.7%67.8%45.2%63.4%
More than 12 years53.1%33.2%55.9%35.5%52.3%32.2%54.8%36.6%
Ethnicity/language
White/English only87.5%86.2%76.4%94.7%88.1%86.5%74.7%94.6%
Other/mixed12.5%13.8%23.6%5.3%11.9%13.5%25.3%5.4%
CPD* (SD)16.0 (9.6)17.9 (12.7)17.9 (11.7)16.7 (10.6)16.6 (9.7)18.7 (13.6)18.6 (11.8)17.0 (11.0)