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Table 4 Number of smokers and non-smokers (n) and smoking prevalence (%) (females)

From: Changes in smoking prevalence among first- and second-generation Turkish migrants in Germany – an analysis of the 2005 Microcensus

 

Age in years

1st generation

(total)

2nd generation

native-born Germans

p-values1

1st generation by duration of residence

         

0–15

16–31

≥ 32

p-values2

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

High level of education

               
 

18–24

75

24.0

208

26.9

11086

31.4

0.15

39

12.8

31

32.3

-

-

0.05

 

25–44

275

32.7

204

39.7

34282

28.7

<0.01

90

36.7

130

34.6

30

20.0

0.23

 

45–64

66

36.4

0

0.0

24966

22.2

0.01

-*

-*

20

55.0

35

25.7

0.09

 

65+

5

20.0

0

0.0

9784

8.0

0.32

0

0.0

-*

-*

-*

-*

0.51

 

total

421

31.6

412

33.3

80118

24.5

<0.01

132

29.5

182

36.3

68

23.5

0.13

Low level of education

               
 

18–24

163

21.5

165

33.9

2258

53.4

<0.01

113

16.8

28

32.1

-

-

0.07

 

25–44

1162

32.4

215

48.8

10195

46.0

<0.01

377

28.6

569

33.9

81

44.4

0.02

 

45–64

778

16.6

21

19.0

24318

26.6

<0.01

63

14.3

311

15.1

312

18.3

0.50

 

65+

134

6.0

-*

-*

37469

5.8

0.94

9

0.0

34

0.0

75

8.0

0.16

 

total

2237

24.5

403

40.9

74240

19.6

<0.01

562

24.2

942

26.4

468

21.2

0.09

  1. -* = number smaller than 5
  2. 1p-values are the results of chi-square testing for differences between 1st (total), 2nd generation Turkish migrants, and native-born Germans
  3. 2p-values are the results of chi-square testing for differences between first generation migrants with different durations of residence