Table 13.13
Current frequency of cigarette smoking, by minority
ethnic group
| Aged 8-15 |
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|
1999 |
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| Current frequency of
cigarette smoking |
Minority ethnic group
|
|
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|
General
population
(1997) |
| |
Black |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Caribbean |
Indian |
Pakistani |
Bangladeshi |
Chinese |
Irish |
|
| Boys |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Observed % |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Don't smoke cigarettes |
98 |
97 |
99 |
100 |
97 |
94 |
96 |
| Smoke cigarettes less than
once a week |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| Smoke cigarettes once a
week or more |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
|
| Risk ratios |
| Any current smoking |
0.66 |
0.81 |
0.15 |
0.12 |
0.70 |
1.50 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.34 |
0.41 |
0.17 |
0.14 |
0.51 |
0.56 |
|
|
| Girls |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Observed % |
| Don't smoke cigarettes |
96 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
96 |
96 |
| Smoke cigarettes less than
once a week |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Smoke cigarettes once a
week or more |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
| Risk ratios |
| Any current smoking |
0.92 |
0.00 |
0.10 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.98 |
1 |
| Standard error |
0.37 |
- |
0.11 |
- |
- |
0.43 |
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| Bases (weighted): |
| Boys |
108 |
137 |
87 |
41 |
21 |
436 |
a |
| Girls |
115 |
115 |
115 |
39 |
22 |
445 |
a |
|
| Bases (unweighted): |
| Boys |
151 |
133 |
143 |
156 |
70 |
133 |
1859 |
| Girls |
163 |
107 |
184 |
132 |
63 |
130 |
1857 |
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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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Prepared 10 January 2001 |
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