Demographics of respondents in Taiwan Adult Smoking Behavior Survey, 2015, overall and by smoking status
| Smoking status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entire population (n=26 021) | Current smokers (n=2573) | Former smokers (n=2817) | Never smokers (n=20 621) | ||
| Variable | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p Value |
| Age (years) | <0.001 | ||||
| 15–17 | 958 (3.7) | 13 (0.4) | 3 (0.1) | 942 (4.7) | |
| 18–24 | 1894 (12.0) | 107 (6.2) | 24 (1.9) | 1763 (14.2) | |
| 25–44 | 6376 (33.4) | 799 (44.5) | 337 (20.3) | 5239 (33.3) | |
| 45–64 | 10 792 (34.3) | 1218 (39.4) | 1406 (50.3) | 8166 (31.5) | |
| ≥65 | 5235 (13.6) | 404 (8.3) | 988 (24.9) | 3839 (13.0) | |
| Missing | 766 (2.9) | 32 (1.2) | 59 (2.5) | 672 (3.3) | |
| Sex | <0.001 | ||||
| Female | 14 398 (50.9) | 281 (10.1) | 204 (8.4) | 13 907 (63.0) | |
| Male | 11 623 (49.2) | 2292 (89.9) | 2613 (91.6) | 6714 (37.0) | |
| Residing in municipal area | <0.001 | ||||
| No | 16 369 (57.5) | 1698 (61.6) | 1830 (59.9) | 12 834 (56.5) | |
| Yes | 9652 (42.5) | 875 (38.4) | 987 (40.1) | 7787 (43.5) | |
| Married | <0.001 | ||||
| No | 9238 (42.0) | 955 (41.6) | 593 (24.2) | 7685 (44.3) | |
| Yes | 16 624 (57.4) | 1609 (58.2) | 2206 (75.2) | 12 805 (55.0) | |
| Missing | 159 (0.6) | 9 (0.2) | 18 (0.6) | 131 (0.7) | |
| Education level | <0.001 | ||||
| Middle school or below | 7468 (27.0) | 808 (32.5) | 980 (35.1) | 5674 (25.0) | |
| High school | 7728 (30.5) | 976 (40.8) | 833 (32.5) | 5914 (28.6) | |
| College or above | 10 719 (42.1) | 785 (26.6) | 989 (31.7) | 8944 (46.0) | |
| Missing | 106 (0.4) | 4 (0.1) | 15 (0.6) | 86 (0.4) | |
| Employed | <0.001 | ||||
| No | 12 947 (44.4) | 837 (26.0) | 1405 (41.4) | 10 700 (47.8) | |
| Yes | 13 074 (55.6) | 1736 (74.0) | 1412 (58.6) | 9921 (52.2) | |
| Monthly household income (NTD) | <0.001 | ||||
| ≤20 000 | 3882 (11.9) | 385 (11.1) | 540 (15.9) | 2954 (11.6) | |
| 20 001–60 000 | 8785 (33.7) | 951 (38.7) | 905 (33.4) | 6926 (33.0) | |
| 60 001–100 000 | 4899 (19.9) | 475 (18.8) | 515 (19.2) | 3909 (20.2) | |
| ≥100 001 | 3584 (13.8) | 382 (15.7) | 431 (15.4) | 2771 (13.3) | |
| Unknown | 4871 (20.7) | 380 (15.8) | 426 (16.1) | 4061 (22.0) | |