France | Ireland | Italy | Czech Republic | Sweden | All | |
Subjects n | 993 | 994 | 995 | 998 | 997 | 4977 |
Age yrs | ||||||
18–24 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.5 |
25–34 | 17.2 | 22.0 | 19.5 | 20.1 | 15.2 | 18.8 |
35–44 | 18.6 | 19.9 | 18.9 | 16.0 | 18.3 | 18.3 |
45–54 | 18.2 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 17.9 | 18.7 | 17.7 |
≥55 | 37.8 | 29.8 | 38.3 | 37.7 | 39.7 | 36.7 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 46.4 | 36.9 | 51.9 | 38.0 | 31.8 | 41.0 |
Divorced/separated | 20.5 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 16.9 | 17.6 | 14.2 |
Widowed | 3.4 | 18.2 | 11.6 | 22.1 | 8.8 | 12.8 |
Single, never married | 11.2 | 33.0 | 25.5 | 21.6 | 16.6 | 21.6 |
Living with a partner | 18.6 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 25.2 | 10.4 |
Age at completing education yrs | ||||||
≤19 | 38.3 | 63.8 | 59.3 | 55.0 | 49.3 | 53.1 |
20–25 | 49.5 | 28.4 | 29.8 | 35.0 | 26.7 | 33.9 |
≥26 | 12.2 | 7.8 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 24.1 | 13.0 |
Job category (ISCO-88)# | ||||||
Professionals (ISCO 1, 2) | 15.5 | 28.8 | 22.4 | 42.6 | 19.9 | 25.9 |
Technical positions (ISCO 3) | 3.1 | 8.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 7.4 | 4.5 |
Skilled workers (ISCO 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10) | 34.3 | 27.3 | 45.3 | 35.6 | 59.4 | 40.4 |
Unskilled workers (ISCO 9) | 30.7 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 9.4 |
Homemaker | 12.5 | 28.4 | 24.2 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 14.5 |
Full-time student | 4.0 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
City population | ||||||
<5000 persons | 28.2 | 28.1 | 13.1 | 29.1 | 36.4 | 27.0 |
5000–100000 persons | 31.6 | 35.7 | 33.8 | 37.4 | 32.9 | 34.3 |
>100000 persons | 40.2 | 36.2 | 53.1 | 33.5 | 30.7 | 38.7 |
Smoking status | ||||||
Smokes every day or almost | 17.7 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 15.8 |
Smokes some days or occasionally | 2.8 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
Former smoker | 17.3 | 25.7 | 22.2 | 15.1 | 27.2 | 21.5 |
Never-smoker | 62.2 | 50.8 | 60.2 | 65.7 | 54.3 | 58.6 |
One or both parents smoked | ||||||
Yes | 58.6 | 63.8 | 56.9 | 49.1 | 56.2 | 56.9 |
Family history of lung cancer | ||||||
Yes | 24.1 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 22.8 | 16.3 | 19.7 |
Perceived risk of lung cancer | ||||||
Low | 40.3 | 51.1 | 40.1 | 44.6 | 59.9 | 47.2 |
Medium | 36.4 | 20.0 | 28.7 | 23.8 | 20.8 | 26.0 |
High | 15.2 | 10.5 | 18.2 | 5.2 | 13.7 | 12.6 |
Don't know | 8.0 | 18.4 | 13.1 | 26.4 | 5.6 | 14.2 |
Time to first cigarette in the morning¶ min | ||||||
<5 | 19.2 | 26.4 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 22.9 | 19.8 |
6–30 | 30.3 | 19.5 | 28.5 | 19.2 | 33.8 | 25.9 |
31–60 | 6.3 | 9.0 | 11.7 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 9.3 |
>60 | 44.2 | 45.1 | 45.1 | 57.7 | 32.6 | 45.0 |
Cigarettes per day¶ | ||||||
1–10 | 55.7 | 48.3 | 55.8 | 64.9 | 63.7 | 57.2 |
11–20 | 37.9 | 43.1 | 38.5 | 31.0 | 33.6 | 37.1 |
≥21 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 5.6 |
Data are presented as weighted percentages, unless otherwise stated. ISCO-88: International Standard Classification of Occupation, 1988 version. #: occupation of current job; females not currently working were asked to identify their most recent job. ¶: current smokers only.