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Table 1 Data characteristics – included variables

From: School-related mediators in social inequalities in smoking: a comparative cross-sectional study of 20,399 adolescents

 

No. of students

% daily smokers

Mean FAS (SD)

Academic achievement (%)

Liking school (%)

    

Very good/good

Average/below average

Like a lot/like a bit

Don't like very much/don't like at all

13-year olds

       

Denmark

1.519

2.8

7.29 (1.37)

64.9

35.1

76.1

23.9

Finland

1.641

6.5

5.87 (1.98)

56.8

43.2

58.8

41.2

Norway

1.699

3.6

7.14 (1.53)

63.5

36.5

89.9

10.1

Sweden

1.139

3.4

7.24 (1.45)

67.4

32.6

77.4

22.6

United Kingdom

4.651

6.7

6.56 (1.74)

67.0

33.0

70.6

29.4

15-year olds

       

Denmark

1.344

14.4

7.42 (1.39)

55.4

44.6

72.7

27.3

Finland

1.699

22.8

5.84 (1.94)

49.6

50.4

50.2

49.8

Norway

1.604

17.6

7.18 (1.60)

58.5

41.5

83.0

17.0

Sweden

1.200

9.6

7.24 (1.41)

58.5

41.5

71.2

28.8

United Kingdom

3.903

16.5

6.59 (1.69)

63.9

36.1

61.9

38.1