Smoking behaviors in Kosova: Results of steps survey

	N	%
Gender
Male	3028	49.5
Female	3089	50.5
Age - group (year)
15-24	1270	20.8
25-34	1210	19.8
35-44	1204	19.7
45-54	1231	20.1
55-64	1202	19.7
Education
Primary or less	2438	39.9
Secondary	2345	38.3
Tertiary	1334	21.8
Marital status
Never married	1912	31.3
Currently married	3960	64.7
Separated	14	0.2
Divorced	19	0.3
Widowed	163	2.7
Cohabitating	19	0.3
No answer	30	0.5
Nr. of family member more than 18 years except you
Mean±SD	4.7±2.4

	Percentage of current smokers
	Men			Women			Both Sexes
		Current smoker			Current smoker			Current smoker

Age Group (years)	n	n	% (95% CI)	n	n	% (95% CI)	n	n	% (95% CI)	P-value Chi-square test or Fisher exact test
15-24	633	127	20.7	637	76	11.6	1270	203	16.0	0.000
			(17.7 - 24.1)			(9.3 - 14.6)			(14.1 -18.1)
25-34	603	255	42.3	607	131	21.6	1210	386	31.9	0.000
			(38.4 - 46.3)			(18.5 - 20.5)			(29.3 -34.6
35-44	594	290	48.8	610	154	25.2	1204	444	36.9	0.000
			(44.8 - 52.8)			(22.0 - 28.8)			(34.2 - 39.6)
45-54	624	254	40.7	607	139	22.9	1231	393	31.9	0.000
			(36.8 - 44.6)			(19.7 - 26.1)			(29.4 - 34.6)
55-64	594	205	34.5	608	109	17.9	1202	314	26.1	0.000
			(30.7 - 38.3)			(15.1 - 21.2)			(23.7 - 28.7)
15-64	3028	1131	37.4	3089	609	19.7	6117	1740	28.4	0.000
			(35.6 - 39.1)			(18.4 - 21.2)			(27.3 - 29.6)
25-64	2415	1004	41.6	2432	533	21.9	4847	1537	31.7	0.000
			(39.6 - 43.6%)			(20.3 - 23.6%)			(30.4 - 33.0%)

Age Group (Year)	Men			Women			Both Sexes
	Eligible	Responded		Eligible	Responded		Eligible	Responded

	n	n	%	N	n	%	N	n	%

15-24	640	633	98.9	640	637	99.5	1280	1270	99.2
25-34	640	603	94.2	640	607	94.8	1280	1210	94.5
35-44	640	594	92.8	640	610	95.3	1280	1204	94.1
45-54	640	624	97.5	640	607	94.8	1280	1231	96.2
55-64	640	594	92.8	640	608	95.0	1280	1202	93.9
15-64	3200	3028	94.6	3200	3089	96.5	6400	6117	95.6
25-64	2560	2415	94.3	2560	2432	95.0	5120	4847	94.7

	Percentage of current smokers
	Men		Women		Both Sexes

Age Group (years)	n	Mean age (95% CI)	n	Mean age (95% CI)	n	Mean age (95% CI)	P-value
15-24	114	16.2	54	17.4	168	16.6	0.003
		(15.7 - 16.7)		(16.8 - 18.0)		(16.2 - 17.0)
25-34	243	18.2	115	19.4	358	18.6	0.002
		(17.7 - 18.7)		(18.5 - 20.3)		(18.1 - 19.0)
35-44	273	19.6	130	22.3	403	20.5	0.000
		(19.0 - 20.3)		(21.1 - 23.5)		(19.9 - 21.1)
45-54	240	21.0	113	25.5	353	22.4	0.000
		(20.0 - 21.9)		(23.8 - 27.1)		(21.5 - 23.3)
55-64	195	22.1	90	31.2	285	25.0	0.000
		(20.9 - 23.4)		(28.8 - 33.6)		(23.8 - 26.2)
15-64	1065	19.7	502	23.4	1567	20.9	0.000
		(19.3 - 20.1)		(22.6 - 24.2)		(20.5 - 21.3)
25-64	951	20.1	448	24.1	1399	21.4	0.000
		(19.7 - 20.5)		(23.3 - 24.9)		(21.0 - 21.8)

	Mean amount of manufactures cigaretes used by daily smokers
	Men		Women		Both Sexes

Age Group (years)	n	Mean age (95% CI)	n	Mean age (95% CI)	n	Mean age (95% CI)	P-value Mann Whitney U test or Student t-test
15-24	108	18.4	53	12.9	161	16.6	0.000
		(16.9 - 19.9)		(10.8 - 14.9)		(15.3 - 17.8)
25-34	224	21.6	107	11.9	331	18.4	0.000
		(20.3 - 22.8)		(10.6 - 13.2)		(17.4 - 19.5)
35-44	255	24.2	124	14.0	379	20.8	0.000
		(22.9 - 25.4)		(12.6 - 15.3)		(19.8 - 21.9)
45-54	222	26.8	110	16.1	332	23.2	0.000
		(25.0 - 28.5)		(14.2 - 18.0)		(21.8 - 24.7)
55-64	178	26.0	86	18.5	264	23.6	0.000
		(24.3 - 27.8)		(16.6 - 20.5)		(22.2 - 25.0)
15-64	987	23.9	480	14.7	1467	20.9	0.000
		(23.2 - 24.6)		(13.9 - 15.5)		(20.3 - 21.4)
25-64	879	24.5	427	14.9	1306	21.4	0.000
		(23.8 - 25.2)		(14.1 - 15.7)		(20.8 - 22.0)

	Manufactured cigarette smokers among daily smokers
	Men			Women			Both Sexes
	Daily smokers	Manufactured cigarette smokers		Daily smokers	Manufactured cigarette smokers		Daily smokers	Manufactured cigarette smokers

Age Group (years)	(n)	n	% (95% CI)	(n)	n	% (95% CI)	(n)	n	% (95% CI)	P-value Chi-square test or Fisher exact test
15-24	114	108	94.7	54	53	98.1	168	161	95.8	0.431
			(89.0 -97.6)			(90.2 - 98.1)			(91.7 - 98.0)
25-34	243	224	92.2	115	107	93.0	358	331	92.5	0.833
			(88.1 - 94.9)			(86.9 - 96.4)			(89.2 - 94.8)
35-44	273	255	93.4	130	124	95.4	403	379	94.0	0.506
			(89.8 - 95.8)			(90.3 - 97.9)			(91.3 - 96.0)
45-54	240	222	92.5	113	110	97.3	353	332	94.1	0.090
			(88.5 - 95.2)			(92.5 - 99.1)			(91.1 - 96.1)
55-64	195	178	91.3	90	86	95.6	285	264	92.5	0.232
			(86.5 - 94.5)			(89.1 - 98.3)			(89.0 - 95.1)
15-64	1065	987	92.7	502	480	95.6	1567	1467	93.6	0.026
			(91.0 -94.1)			(93.5 - 97.1)			(92.3 - 94.7)
25-64	951	879	92.4	448	427	95.3	1399	1306	93.4	0.050
			(90.6 - 93.9)			(92.9 -96.9)			(91.9 - 94.5)

	Percentage of current smokers
	Men			Women			Both Sexes
	Current	Current daily smokers		Current	Current daily smokers		Current	Current daily smokers

Age Group (years)	smoker (n)	n	% (95% CI)	smoker (n)	n	% (95% CI)	smoker (n)	n	% (95% CI)	P-value Chi-square test or Fisher exact test
15-24	127	114	89.8	76	54	71.1	203	168	82.8	0.001
			(83.3 - 93.9)			(60.0 - 80.0)			(77.0 - 87.3)
25-34	255	243	95.3	131	115	87.8	386	358	92.7	0.013
			(92.0 - 97.3)			(81.1 - 92.3)			(89.7 - 94.9)
35-44	290	273	94.1	154	130	84.4	444	403	90.8	0.001
			(90.8 - 96.3)			(77.9 -89.3)			(87.7 - 93.1)
45-54	254	240	94.5	139	113	81.3	393	353	89.8	0.000
			(91.0 - 96.7)			(74.0 - 86.9)			(86.4 - 92.4)
55-64	205	195	95.1	109	90	82.6	314	285	90.8	0.001
			(91.3 - 97.3)			(74.4 - 88.5)			(87.1 - 93.5)
15-64	1131	1065	94.2	609	502	82.4	1740	1567	90.1	0.000
			(92.6 - 95.4)			(79.2 - 85.2)			(88.6 - 91.4)
25-64	1004	951	94.7	533	448	84.1	1537	1399	91.0	0.000
			(93.2 - 95.9)			(80.7 - 86.9)			(89.5 -92.4)

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Journal Subjects:: Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Hygiene and Environmental Medicine