The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on adult health


Table 4.2 Self-reported cigarette smoking status, 2011, (age-standardised), by NS-SEC of household reference person and sex

Aged 16 and over
2011

Cigarette smoking status NS-SEC of household reference person
Managerial & professional Intermediate Small employers & own account workers Lower supervisory & technical Semi-routine & routine
% % % % %
Men
Current cigarette smokera 16 20 17 28 37
Ex-regular cigarette smoker 23 17 24 28 23
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all 61 63 58 45 39
Mean per current smoker per day 13.0 14.4 16.0 14.0 15.7
Standard error of the mean 0.73 1.10 1.76 0.91 0.48
Women
Current cigarette smokera 13 22 17 26 35
Ex-regular cigarette smoker 20 23 18 20 21
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all 67 54 65 55 45
Mean per current smoker per day 11.7 11.1 13.6 12.3 14.6
Standard error of the mean 0.59 0.83 1.19 0.84 0.46
All adults
Current cigarette smokera 15 21 17 27 36
Ex-regular cigarette smoker 21 21 21 24 22
Never regular cigarette smoker/never smoked at all 64 58 62 49 42
Mean per current smoker per day 12.4 12.4 14.8 13.2 15.1
Standard error of the mean 0.49 0.72 1.22 0.65 0.35
Bases (weighted):
Men 1388 280 365 472 966
Women 1461 394 343 412 1175
All adults 2849 674 708 884 2141
Bases (unweighted):
Men 1207 243 362 440 925
Women 1508 425 393 463 1323
All adults 2715 668 755 903 2248

a Current cigarette smoker excludes those who reported only smoking cigars or pipes.

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