Table 1 Frequency distributions of childhood predictors: Total and smoker samples
From: A cross-national analysis of childhood predictors of daily smoking in adulthood
Variable | Total sample | Smoker sample |
|---|---|---|
(N = 202,898) | (N = 38,290) | |
Relationship with mother | ||
Very good | 127,836 (63%) | 22,455 (59%) |
Somewhat good | 52,439 (26%) | 10,699 (28%) |
Somewhat bad | 11,060 (5.5%) | 2453 (6.4%) |
Very bad | 4642 (2.3%) | 1033 (2.7%) |
Does not apply | 5965 (2.9%) | 1433 (3.7%) |
(Missing) | 956 (0.5%) | 217 (0.6%) |
Relationship with father | ||
Very good | 107,742 (53%) | 18,859 (49%) |
Somewhat good | 55,714 (27%) | 10,979 (29%) |
Somewhat bad | 15,807 (7.8%) | 3301 (8.6%) |
Very bad | 8278 (4.1%) | 1816 (4.7%) |
Does not apply | 13,985 (6.9%) | 3042 (7.9%) |
(Missing) | 1372 (0.7%) | 294 (0.8%) |
Parental marital status | ||
Parents married | 152,001 (75%) | 27,665 (72%) |
Divorced | 17,726 (8.7%) | 3755 (9.8%) |
Parents were never married | 15,534 (7.7%) | 3232 (8.4%) |
One or both parents had died | 7794 (3.8%) | 1586 (4.1%) |
(Missing) | 9843 (4.9%) | 2052 (5.4%) |
Subjective financial status of family growing up | ||
Lived comfortably | 70,861 (35%) | 12,694 (33%) |
Got by | 82,905 (41%) | 16,507 (43%) |
Found it difficult | 35,852 (18%) | 6518 (17%) |
Found it very difficult | 12,606 (6.2%) | 2413 (6.3%) |
(Missing) | 674 (0.3%) | 160 (0.4%) |
Abuse | ||
Yes | 29,139 (14%) | 6334 (17%) |
No | 167,279 (82%) | 30,385 (79%) |
(Missing) | 6479 (3.2%) | 1571 (4.1%) |
Outsider growing up | ||
Yes | 28,732 (14%) | 6285 (16%) |
No | 170,577 (84%) | 31,062 (81%) |
(Missing) | 3589 (1.8%) | 943 (2.5%) |
Self-rated health growing up | ||
Excellent | 67,121 (33%) | 12,041 (31%) |
Very good | 63,086 (31%) | 11,901 (31%) |
Good | 47,378 (23%) | 9485 (25%) |
Fair | 19,877 (9.8%) | 3795 (9.9%) |
Poor | 4906 (2.4%) | 951 (2.5%) |
(Missing) | 530 (0.3%) | 118 (0.3%) |
Immigration status | ||
Born in this country | 190,998 (94%) | 36,281 (95%) |
Born in another country | 9791 (4.8%) | 1493 (3.9%) |
(Missing) | 2110 (1.0%) | 517 (1.3%) |
Age 12 religious service attendance | ||
At least 1/week | 83,237 (41%) | 14,021 (37%) |
1–3/month | 33,308 (16%) | 6766 (18%) |
<1/month | 36,928 (18%) | 7567 (20%) |
Never | 47,445 (23%) | 9511 (25%) |
(Missing) | 1980 (1.0%) | 425 (1.1%) |
