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

Table 4.3

Self-reported cigarette smoking status, by social class of head of household within minority ethnic group



Aged 16 and over
      1999

Current cigarette smoker
Social class of head of household
   
Men
   
Women
 
Non-
   
Non-
 
 
manual
Manual  
manual
Manual

Black Caribbean
Observed % 25 38 25 25
Standardised risk ratio 0.84 1.45 0.81 0.99
Standard error of risk ratio 0.12 0.11 0.08 0.09

Indian
Observed % 22 23 9 3
Standardised risk ratio 0.77 0.79 0.32 0.10
Standard error of risk ratio 0.09 0.09 0.05 0.04

Pakistani
Observed % 23 29 8 3
Standardised risk ratio 0.76 1.02 0.29 0.08
Standard error of risk ratio 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.03

Bangladeshi
Observed % 33 47 - 2
Standardised risk ratio 1.12 1.64 0.00 0.09
Standard error of risk ratio 0.20 0.10 - 0.04

Chinese
Observed % 17 17 10 9
Standardised risk ratio 0.58 0.58 0.41 0.31
Standard error of risk ratio 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.08

Irish
Observed % 31 44 27 39
Standardised risk ratio 1.14 1.61 0.94 1.35
Standard error of risk ratio 0.12 0.12 0.09 0.10

General population
Observed % 19 34 21 32
Standardised risk ratio 0.74 1.25 0.81 1.21
Standard error of risk ratio 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.05


Bases (weighted):
Black Caribbean 108 239 217 250
Indian 259 306 281 299
Pakistani 115 206 109 195
Bangladeshi 23 98 19 91
Chinese 46 45 59 46
Irish 670 853 989 948
General population 20791 21675 26346 23810

Bases (unweighted):
Black Caribbean 167 351 322 373
Indian 291 303 321 295
Pakistani 190 368 182 351
Bangladeshi 70 389 61 377
Chinese 140 143 188 145
Irish 225 303 329 363
General population 1700 1785 2141 1953




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