Health Survey for England - The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups '99

Table 13.12

Ever smoked cigarettes, by minority ethnic group

Aged 8-15             1999

Ever smoked cigarettes

Minority ethnic group
    General
population
(1997)
  Black          
  Caribbean Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Irish  
Boys              

Observed % 21 10 10 8 6 25 19
Risk ratios 1.12 0.53 0.53 0.43 0.31 1.29 1
Standard error of ratio 0.18 0.14 0.13 0.12 0.14 0.20  

Girls              

Observed % 21 7 5 1 3 30 21
Risk ratios 1.00 0.35 0.24 0.04 0.14 1.43 1
Standard error of ratio 0.16 0.12 0.08 0.04 0.10 0.20  


Bases (weighted):
Boys 114 144 89 43 23 450 a
Girls 119 116 119 41 23 445 a

Bases (unweighted):
Boys 159 138 145 161 76 136 1869
Girls 170 108 190 144 66 130 1867


a
The 1997 general population data are weighted according to the weighting scheme for that year's survey. Weighted bases are not shown because they do not follow the 1999 weighting scheme.

 


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