Table 13.15

Current frequency of cigarette smoking, by age within minority ethnic group

 

Aged 8-15						1999
Current frequency of cigarettes smoking	Age group
	Boys			Girls
	8-10	11-15	All boys	8-10	11-15	All girls
Observed %
Black Caribbean
Don't smoke cigarettes	99	96	98	100	93	96
Smoke cigarettes less than once a week	1	2	2	0	2	1
Smoke cigarettes once a week or more	0	1	1	0	5	3
Indian
Don't smoke cigarettes	[100]	95	97	[100]	100	100
Smoke cigarettes less than once a week	[0]	1	0	[0]	0	0
Smoke cigarettes once a week or more	[0]	4	3	[0]	0	0
Pakistani
Don't smoke cigarettes	100	99	99	100	99	100
Smoke cigarettes less than once a week	0	1	1	0	1	0
Smoke cigarettes once a week or more	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bangladeshi
Don't smoke cigarettes	[100]	99	100	[100]	100	100
Smoke cigarettes less than once a week	[0]	1	0	[0]	0	0
Smoke cigarettes once a week or more	[0]	0	0	[0]	0	0
Chinese
Don't smoke cigarettes	a	[96]	97	a	[100]	100
Smoke cigarettes less than once a week	a	[4]	3	a	[0]	0
Smoke cigarettes once a week or more	a	[0]	0	a	[0]	0
Irish
Don't smoke cigarettes	100	91	94	100	93	96
Smoke cigarettes less than once a week	0	2	1	0	4	2
Smoke cigarettes once a week or more	0	7	4	0	3	2
General population (1997)
Don't smoke cigarettes	100	94	96	100	93	96
Smoke cigarettes less than once a week	0	2	1	0	3	2
Smoke cigarettes once a week or more	0	4	2	0	4	3
Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean	45	63	108	51	63	115
Indian	47	90	137	43	72	115
Pakistani	35	52	87	40	76	115
Bangladeshi	14	27	41	13	26	39
Chinese	7	14	21	6	16	22
Irish	161	275	436	165	281	445
General population (1997)	b	b	b	b	b	b
Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean	65	86	151	68	95	163
Indian	44	89	133	47	60	107
Pakistani	57	86	143	62	122	184
Bangladeshi	49	107	156	42	90	132
Chinese	22	48	70	16	47	63
Irish	50	83	133	54	76	130
General population (1997)	740	1119	1859	760	1097	1857

^a The sample base for these categories is too small for the results to be shown.

^b 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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