Table 2

Smoking prevalence and number of smokers among male resettlers and men from the reference population

Resettlers

Age in years

All resettlers

Short duration of stay

Medium duration of stay

Long duration of stay

Reference population

p-values¹

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

High level of education

18-24

32.0

123

40.4

19

31.2

58

30.0

36

35.1

3848

0.52

25-44

38.3

425

44.2

42

41.6

200

34.7

149

35.5

12239

0.02

45-64

30.8

239

37.9

22

36.0

105

25.0

100

28.7

7520

<0.01

≥ 65

12.8

22

-

-*

-

-*

12.8

17

10.6

1111

0.86

total

33.1

809

41.0

84

37.1

366

27.9

302

30.1

24718

<0.01

Low level of education

18-24

52.1

174

50.0

23

53.8

121

48.9

23

58.2

2645

0.22

25-44

52.6

478

63.0

63

53.4

241

46.3

133

51.8

8725

0.04

45-64

41.8

391

50.0

33

44.2

168

39.6

180

35.7

8923

<0.01

≥ 65

13.2

88

-

-*

12.0

22

13.5

60

14.3

3478

0.89

total

39.7

1131

50.8

123

44.6

552

32.1

396

33.6

23771

<0.01

Both educational levels combined

18-24

41.4

298

44.7

42

43.6

179

35.7

60

41.9

6518

0.40

25-44

44.7

906

54.0

107

47.1

442

39.3

282

40.9

21024

<0.01

45-64

36.9

636

44.0

55

40.9

277

32.8

282

32.1

16510

<0.01

≥ 65

13.2

111

14.3

5

11.8

25

13.5

78

13.2

4619

0.95

total

36.7

1951

46.2

209

41.3

923

30.2

702

31.7

48671

<0.01

-* = number 1 to 4

¹p-values are results of chi-square testing for differences between resettlers with different durations of stay and the reference population in each row

Reiss et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2010 9:15   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-9-15