Table 3: Working occupation according to cigarette smoking pattern in adults. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Non-Smoker (A) | Smoker (B) | Former smoker (C) | Subtotal (B+C) | Total | χ2 (p)* | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Occupation | 138.25 (< 0.01) | ||||||||||
Workmen | 163 | 54.9 | 75 | 25.3 | 59 | 19.9 | 134 | 45.1 | 297 | 100.0 | |
Transportation | 39 | 49.4 | 18 | 22.8 | 22 | 27.8 | 40 | 50.6 | 79 | 100.0 | |
Traders | 95 | 58.3 | 31 | 19.0 | 37 | 22.7 | 68 | 41.7 | 163 | 100.0 | |
Craftmen | 40 | 63.5 | 12 | 19.0 | 11 | 17.5 | 23 | 36.5 | 63 | 100.0 | |
Engineers/Architects | 28 | 66.7 | 8 | 19.0 | 6 | 14.3 | 14 | 33.3 | 42 | 100.0 | |
Office work | 197 | 66.6 | 53 | 17.9 | 46 | 15.5 | 99 | 33.4 | 296 | 100.0 | |
Police/Military | 114 | 66.7 | 25 | 14.6 | 32 | 18.7 | 57 | 33.3 | 171 | 100.0 | |
Household activities | 289 | 73.2 | 45 | 11.4 | 61 | 15.4 | 106 | 26.8 | 395 | 100.0 | |
Teacher | 74 | 74.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 100 | 100.0 | |
Not specified | 47 | 77.0 | 6 | 9.8 | 8 | 13.1 | 14 | 23.0 | 61 | 100.0 | |
Health personnel | 58 | 73.4 | 7 | 8.9 | 14 | 17.7 | 21 | 26.6 | 79 | 100.0 | |
Student | 363 | 86.6 | 35 | 8.4 | 21 | 5.0 | 56 | 13.4 | 419 | 100.0 | |
Retired/Incapacitated | 37 | 78.7 | 3 | 6.4 | 7 | 14.9 | 10 | 21.3 | 47 | 100.0 | |
Total | 1544 | 69.8 | 328 | 14.8 | 340 | 15.4 | 668 | 30.2 | 2212 | 100.0 |
*Chi square test.