Differences in smokers’ characteristics between different groups including those using the licit and illicit packs
| Pack collected | Pack not collected | |||||||
| Overall (%) n=2416 | Licit (%) n=1962 | Illicit (%) n=454 | P | Overall (%) n=3598 | Bought loose (%) n=1844 | Bought not loose (%) n=1754 | P | |
| Age | 0.000 | 0.003 | ||||||
| 15–30 | 384 (15.9) | 328 (16.7) | 56 (12.3) | 824 (22.9) | 499 (27.1) | 325 (18.5) | ||
| 31–50 | 1162 (48.1) | 982 (50.1) | 180 (39.6) | 1696 (47.1) | 808 (43.8) | 888 (50.6) | ||
| 51–65 | 666 (27.6) | 496 (25.3) | 170 (37.4) | 796 (22.1) | 377 (20.4) | 419 (23.9) | ||
| >65 | 204 (8.4) | 156 (8.0) | 48 (10.6) | 282 (7.8) | 160 (8.7) | 122 (7.0) | ||
| Male | 2379 (98.5) | 1933 (98.5) | 446 (98.2) | 0.657 | 3547 (98.6) | 1815 (98.4) | 1732 (98.7) | 0.419 |
| Female | 37 (1.5) | 29 (1.5) | 8 (1.8) | 51 (1.4) | 29 (1.6) | 22 (1.3) | ||
| Marital status | 0.62 | 0.002 | ||||||
| Single | 191 (7.9) | 160 (8.2) | 31 (6.8) | 479 (13.3) | 304 (16.5) | 175 (10.0) | ||
| Engaged | 23 (1.0) | 15 (0.8) | 8 (1.8) | 89 (2.5) | 48 (2.6) | 41 (2.3) | ||
| Married | 2136 (88.5) | 1741 (88.8) | 395 (87.0) | 2895 (80.6) | 1408 (76.5) | 1487 (84.8) | ||
| Separated | 6 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | 3 (0.7) | 10 (0.3) | 5 (0.3) | 5 (0.3) | ||
| Divorced | 4 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 10 (0.3) | 6 (0.3) | 4 (0.2) | ||
| Widowed | 54 (2.2) | 38 (1.9) | 16 (3.5) | 111 (3.1) | 69 (3.8) | 42 (2.4) | ||
| Education | 0.078 | 0.000 | ||||||
| None | 841 (34.8) | 657 (33.5) | 184 (40.5) | 1193 (33.2) | 669 (36.4) | 524 (29.9) | ||
| <Primary | 289 (12.0) | 238 (12.1) | 51 (11.2) | 432 (12.0) | 222 (12.1) | 210 (12.0) | ||
| Primary | 284 (11.8) | 236 (12.0) | 48 (10.6) | 373 (10.4) | 182 (9.9) | 191 (10.9) | ||
| <Secondary | 309 (12.8) | 263 (13.4) | 46 (10.1) | 458 (12.7) | 247 (13.4) | 211 (12.0) | ||
| Secondary | 274 (11.3) | 232 (11.8) | 42 (9.3) | 496 (13.8) | 242 (13.2) | 254 (14.5) | ||
| High school | 195 (8.1) | 164 (8.4) | 31 (6.8) | 322 (9.0) | 146 (7.9) | 176 (10.0) | ||
| Graduate | 171 (7.1) | 141 (7.2) | 30 (606) | 255 (7.1) | 114 (6.2) | 141 (8.0) | ||
| Postgraduate | 52 (2.2) | 30 (1.5) | 22 (4.8) | 65 (1.8) | 18 (1.0) | 47 (2.7) | ||
| HSI | 0.101 | 0.000 | ||||||
| Low | 1259 (53.8) | 1008 (53.1) | 251 (56.8) | 2582 (79.3) | 1473 (92.3) | 1109 (66.9) | ||
| Moderate | 895 (38.2) | 733 (38.6) | 162 (36.7) | 587 (18.0) | 119 (7.5) | 468 (28.2) | ||
| High | 188 (8.0) | 159 (8.4) | 29 (636) | 85 (2.6) | 4 (0.3) | 81 (4.9) | ||
HSI, heaviness of smoking index.