Social demographic and clinical characteristics of cigarette smoking patterns in adults. Maracaibo, Venezuela

Table 2: Social demographic and clinical characteristics of cigarette smoking patterns in adults. Maracaibo, Venezuela.

	Non-Smoker (n = 1544)		Smoker (n = 328)		Former smoker (n = 340)		Total (n = 2212)		χ² (p)^*
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ² (p)^*
Ethnic groups									9.65 (0.29)
Mixed race	1166	75.5	261	79.6	253	74.4	1680	75.9
Hispanic white	245	15.9	39	11.9	64	18.8	348	15.7
Afro-Venezuelan	43	2.8	12	3.7	11	3.2	66	3.0
Amerindians	80	5.2	14	4.3	11	3.2	105	4.7
Others	10	0.6	2	0.6	1	0.3	13	0.6
Marital status									45.67 (< 0.01)
Single	710	46.3	139	42.0	101	29.4	950	43.0
Married	569	37.1	125	37.8	179	52.2	873	39.6
Coinhabiting	146	9.5	38	11.5	31	9.0	215	9.7
Divorced	52	3.4	21	6.3	20	5.8	93	4.2
Widowed	56	3.7	8	2.4	12	3.5	76	3.4
Educational status									17.07 (0.01)
Illiterate/Incomplete primary school	110	7.1	31	9.4	39	11.3	180	8.1
Primary school	352	22.8	78	23.6	85	24.6	515	23.2
High school	538	34.8	118	35.6	89	25.7	745	33.5
Grad school	544	35.2	104	31.4	133	38.4	781	35.2
Socioeconomic status									12.63 (0.13)
Strata I: Upper class	23	1.5	6	1.8	7	2.1	36	1.6
Strata II: Upper-Middle class	306	19.8	47	14.3	57	16.8	410	18.5
Strata III: Middle class	603	39.1	128	39.0	141	41.5	872	39.4
Strata VI: Working class	544	35.2	123	37.5	123	36.2	790	35.7
Strata V: Extreme poverty	68	4.4	24	7.3	12	3.5	104	4.7
Working condition									32.04 (< 0.01)
Unemployed	703	45.5	96	29.3	129	37.9	928	42.0
Employed	841	54.5	232	70.7	221	62.1	1284	58.0
Alcohol consumption^§									99.15 (< 0.01)
No	1131	73.3	151	46.0	206	60.6	724	32.7
Yes	413	26.7	177	54.0	134	39.4	1488	67.3
Physical activity. Leisure time									4.973 (0.89)
Inactive	938	60.8	207	63.1	201	59.1	1346	60.8
Very low	116	7.5	24	7.3	26	7.6	166	7.5
Low	126	8.2	25	7.6	28	8.2	179	8.1
Moderate	113	7.3	31	9.5	28	8.2	172	7.8
High	118	7.6	20	6.1	27	7.9	165	7.5
Very high	133	8.6	21	6.4	30	8.8	184	8.3

^*Chi Square test; ^§Alcohol consumption: ≥ 1gr/day.