Percentages of smoking according to educational level*† by age and sex
| Age | Educational level | OR (95% CI)‡ highest two levels are reference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 % (n) | 2 % (n) | 3 % (n) | 4 % (n) | 5 % (n) | |||
| *Educational level among Turkish and Moroccan immigrants: 1, no education, 2, primary education; 3, at least low vocational education. | |||||||
| †Educational level among Surinamese immigrants: 2, max primary education; 3, low vocational training and lower secondary education; 4, intermediate vocational training and higher secondary education; 5, higher vocational training and university. | |||||||
| ‡OR for Surinamese lowest two educational levels were compared to highest two levels. | |||||||
| §Persons born in the Netherlands were excluded from analyses. | |||||||
| CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio. | |||||||
| Men | |||||||
| Turkish men* | 35–44 | 80 (32) | 65 (26) | 40 (4) | 2.67 (1.02 to 6.96) | ||
| 45–54 | 46.2 (12) | 44.4 (28) | 66.7 (8) | 0.93 (0.38 to 2.27) | |||
| Moroccan men* | 35–44 | 41.7 (15) | 33.3 (5) | 21.4 (6) | 2.08 (0.80 to 5.39) | ||
| 45–54 | 17.7 (14) | 57.1 (4) | 70 (7) | 0.12 (0.04 to 0.37) | |||
| Surinamese men†§ | 35–44 | 80 (28) | 55.3 (57) | 48.9 (23) | 24.1 (7) | 2.46 (1.39 to 4.37) | |
| 45–54 | 60.7 (17) | 53.4 (39) | 46.9 (15) | 42.9 (9) | 1.50 (0.77 to 2.93) | ||
| Women | |||||||
| Turkish women* | 35–44 | 25 (4) | 30.8 (12) | 50 (9) | 0.57 (0.16 to 2.00) | ||
| 45–54 | 25 (17) | 26.7 (12) | 100 (3) | 0.73 (0.32 to 1.67) | |||
| Surinamese women†§ | 35–44 | 33.3 (10) | 29.6 (45) | 33.6 (41) | 17.3 (9) | 1.07 (0.68 to 1.69) | |
| 45–60 | 15.1 (8) | 25 (24) | 30.2 (16) | 24.6 (15) | 0.73 (0.42 to 1.29) | ||