Table 1

Sociodemographic profile of the sample by smoking status

Sociodemographic characteristics		N	Smoking status			Total
			Smoker	Ex-smoker	Non-smoker	Total
			(n=1176)	(n=750)	(n=4181)	(n=6107)
			Weighted percentage
Age group (years)	18–34	1707	35.1	23.7	30.5	30.4
(Mean=45.2)	35–49	1496	30.8	29.9	29.2	29.6
	50–64	1626	27.1	28.4	26.6	26.9
	65+	1297	7.0	18.0	13.7	13.1
Gender	Female	3058	16.5	24.3	61.7	50.4
	Male	3068	83.5	75.7	38.3	49.6
Ethnicity	Chinese	1782	63.7	71.1	79.0	75.7
	Malay	1990	23.9	16.3	9.4	12.5
	Indian	1844	9.8	8.3	8.5	8.7
	Others	510	2.6	4.3	3.1	3.1
Marital status	Never married	1544	35.5	22.6	31.3	31
	Married	3843	54.7	66.8	59.8	59.8
	Divorced/separated	343	7.9	7.8	4.2	5.2
	Widowed	396	2.0	2.8	4.7	4.1
Education	Primary and below	1187	21.8	20.8	14.4	16.3
	Secondary	1648	29.6	25.3	21.2	23
	Pre-U/JC	304	3.2	4.6	6.8	6
	Vocational/ITE	508	15.9	8.8	3.8	6.3
	Diploma	1024	18.8	18.2	19.2	19
	University	1455	10.7	22.3	34.6	29.4
Employment	Employed	4055	83.4	73.5	69.3	72
	Economically inactive*	1716	9.3	22.0	25.8	22.7
	Unemployed	354	7.3	4.5	4.8	5.3
Household income (SGD/month)	Below 2000	1147	21.0	20.8	14.8	16.5
Household income (SGD/month)	2000–3999	1331	27.2	18.1	18.7	20
	4000–5999	1113	23.0	21.2	21.0	21.4
	6000–9999	1003	19.4	20.0	22.7	21.8
	10 000 and above	861	9.5	19.9	22.8	20.3

*Includes homemakers, students and retirees/pensioners.
ITE, Institute of Technical Education; JC, Junior College; Pre-U, Pre-University; SGD, Singapore dollars.