Table 2

Percentages, age-adjusted odds ratios (OR), and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for current smoking among Bulgarian adults by a range of socioeconomic variables

Variable		Category		Men (unadjusted rates)			Men (age adjusted)			Men (fully adjusted^2-150)			Women (unadjusted rates)			Women (age adjusted)			Women (fully adjusted^2-150)
Variable		Category		%	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI		%	95% CI		OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
Age	<30	48.4	39.8–57.1		1			1			37.1	29.8–44.5		1			1
	30–39	58.2	49.0–67.4		1.48	0.89–2.48		1.59	0.85–2.99		30.2	22.1–38.2		0.74	0.45–1.2		0. 73	0.37–1.17
	40–49	52.4	43.6–61.2		1.17	0.72–1.92		0.99	0.52–1.91		20.6	14.3–27.0		0.44	0.27–0.73		0.44	0.2–0.69
	50–59	40.8	31.1–50.5		0.73	0.43–1.25		0.62	0.3–1.24		9.1	4.6–13.6		0.17	0.09–0.32		0.17	0.07–0.31
	60–69	15.5	8.5–22.5		0.20	0.10–0.37		0.17	0.07–0.39		1.5	−0.5–3.5		0.03	0.01–0.1		0.03	0–0.07
	⩾70	6.2	1.4–11.0		0.07	0.03–0.17		0.06	0.02–0.16		0.0			0.00			0.00
Settlement	Sofia	55.7	44.1–67.4		1			1			25.0	17.7–32.3		1			1
	Other city	41.8	35.0–48.6		0.43	0.24–0.79		0.49	0.26–0.94		22.8	17.5–28.0		1.04	0.9–2.59		1.04	0.58–1.86
	Town	39.6	32.5–46.7		0.43	0.23–0.79		0.43	0.22–0.85		16.9	12.1–21.6		0.65	0.37–1.13		0.68	0.37–1.26
	Village	28.5	22.4–34.7		0.43	0.23–0.81		0.44	0.21–0.9		6.8	3.7–9.8		0.38	0.2–0.73		0.41	0.19–0.9
Education	Primary	27.8	22.1–33.4		1			1			6.8	4.3–9.4		1			1
	Secondary	45.1	39.7–50.5		0.92	0.6–1.4		0.85	0.52–1.39		23.9	19.4–28.3		1.62	0.97–2.73		1.57	0.78–3.18
	Higher	43.2	32.8–53.5		0.89	0.5–1.56		0.67	0.34–1.31		23.3	16.9–29.6		1.62	0.9–2.91		1.34	0.6–2.96
Marital status	Married	35.9	31.7–40.2		1			1			14.7	11.8–17.6		1			1
	Single	49.1	39.6–58.5		0.94	0.3–0.95		0.85	0.46–1.56		37.1	27.5–46.7		1.44	0.84–2.47		1.26	0.69–2.28
	Divorced/ widowed	40.0	28.1–51.9		1.97	1.04–3.73		2.21	1.09–4.48		13.0	8.5–17.5		3.63	2.04–6.45		4.38	2.33–8.23
Income quartile	Lowest	27.5	20.6–34.4		1			1			9.1	5.6–12.6		1			1
	2	33.1	25.8–40.4		1.24	0.73–2.12		1.47	0.82–2.64		17.3	12.2–22.4		1.2	0.65–2.21		1.07	0.54–2.13
	3	43.5	35.0–52.0		1.19	0.69–2.05		1.31	0.7–2.44		16.9	11.2–22.6		0.87	0.46–1.64		0.74	0.36–1.53
	Highest	47.6	40.9–54.4		1.19	0.72–1.94		1.43	0.78–2.62		24.2	18.9–29.5		1.25	0.71–2.19		1.14	0.58–2.24
Home ownership	Yes	37.4	33.5–41.2		1			1			15.4	12.9–17.9		1			1
	No	53.6	40.5–66.6		2.06	1.16–3.67		1.81	0.96–3.42		32.4	21.8–43.1		2.05	1.19–3.51		2.34	1.27–4.31
Financial situation	Good	40.0	27.1–52.9		1			1			27.6	16.1–39.1		1			1
	Average	43.2	36.1–50.4		1.2	0.63–2.31		1.29	0.66–2.54		17.5	12.8–22.1		0.54	0.27–1.11		0.53	0.25–1.12
	Rather poor	40.8	34.2–47.4		1.32	0.69–2.52		1.39	0.7–2.79		15.3	11.2–19.3		0.7	0.34–1.42		0.7	0.32–1.51
	Poor	30.8	24.3–37.2		0.94	0.49–1.84		0.96	0.46–2.03		15.1	10.6–19.6		0.66	0.32–1.36		0.64	0.28–1.44
Religion	Orthodox	38.0	34.1–42.0		1			1			16.8	14.2–19.5		1			1
	Muslim	45.8	31.7–59.9		1.12	0.59–2.11		1.54	0.74–3.19		15.2	7.3–23.1		0.6	0.3–1.19		0.99	0.42–2.35
	Other	36.8	15.2–58.5		0.72	0.27–1.93		0.55	0.19–1.59		23.5	3.4–43.7		1.69	0.46–6.17		2.02	0.47–8.58
Believer	Yes	36.3	31.1–41.5		1			1			14.8	12.1–17.6		1			1
	No	40.2	34.9–45.5		0.89	0.63–1.27		0.94	0.65–1.36		21.4	16.3–26.5		1.2	0.8–1.79		1.25	0.8–1.94

↵2-150 Fully adjusted odds ratios are adjusted for all variables in the table.