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Table 1 Prevalence of tobacco smoking among teachers (N = 1044) and non-teaching staff (N = 500) in Piotrkowski district

From: Tobacco use patterns, knowledge, attitudes towards tobacco and availability of tobacco control training among school personnel from a rural area in Poland

Characteristics

Teachers

Non-teaching staff

Current smoker

N = 221 (21.2%)

Ex-smoker

N = 69 (6.6%)

Never smoker

N = 754 (72.2%)

Current smoker

N = 149 (29.8%)

Ex-smoker

N = 64 (12.8%)

Never smoker

N = 287 (57.4%)

n (%)

95% CI

n (%)

95% CI

Gender

 Male (N = 223)

33 (25.0)

13 (9.9)

86 (65.2)

28 (30.8)

24 (26.4)a

39 (42.9)a

17.6–32.4

4.8–15.0

57.1–73.3

21.3–40.3

17.3–35.5

32.7–53.1

 Female (N = 1321)

188 (20.6)

56 (6.1)

668 (73.2)

121 (29.6)

40 (9.8)

248 (60.4)

13.7–27.5

2.0–10.2

65.6–80.8

25.2–34.0

6.9–12.7

55.7–65.1

Age range (years)

  < 35 (N = 285)

36 (16.3)b

12 (5.4)

173 (78.3)

14 (21.9)

1 (1.6)b,c

49 (76.6)b

11.4–21.2

2.4–8.4

72.9–83.7

11.8–32.0

0.1–4.7

66.2–87.0

 35–44 (N = 498)

66 (18.2)

15 (4.1)d

281 (77.6)d

28 (20.6)d

22 (16.2)

86 (63.4)

14.2–22.2

2.1–6.1

73.3–81.9

13.8–27.4

10.0–22.4

55.3–71.5

  > 44 (N = 761)

119 (25.8)

42 (9.1)

300 (65.1)

107 (35.7)

41 (13.7)

152 (50.7)

21.8–29.8

6.5–11.7

60.7–69.4

30.3–41.2

9.8–17.6

45.0–56.4

Duration of working experience

  < 2 years (N = 195)

18 (16.7)

8 (7.4)

82 (75.9)

18 (20.7)e

8 (9.2)

61 (70.1)e

9.7–23.7

2.5–12.3

67.8–84.0

12.2–29.2

3.1–15.3

60.5–79.7

 2 years to 10 years (N = 542)

75 (21.3)

19 (6.0)

262 (72.8)

51 (27.4)

29 (15.6)

106 (57.0)

17.1–25.5

3.5–8.5

68.2–77.4

21.0–33.8

10.4–20.8

49.9–64.1

 over 10 years (N = 807)

128 (22.1)

42 (7.2)

410 (70.7)

80 (35.2)

27 (11.9)

120 (52.9)

18.7–25.5

5.1–9.3

67.0–74.4

29.6–40.8

8.1–15.7

47.0–58.8

Marital status

 Unmarried# (N = 279)

48 (26.2)

8 (4.4)

127 (69.4)

33 (34.4)

17 (17.7)

46 (47.9)

19.8–32.6

1.4–7.4

62.7–76.1

24.9–43.9

10.1–25.3

37.9–57.9

 Married (N = 1265)

173 (20.1)

61 (7.1)

627 (72.8)

116 (28.7)

47 (11.6)

241 (59.7)

17.4–22.8

7.2–11.0

69.8–75.8

24.3–33.1

8.5–14.7

54.9–64.5

Income*

 High >2500 PLN (N = 94)

21 (29.6)

8 (11.3)

42 (59.1)f

4 (17.4)

4 (17.4)

15 (65.2)

19.0–40.2

3.9–18.7

47.8–70.6

1.9–32.9

1.9–32.9

45.7–84.7

 Medium (1500–2500 PLN) (N = 415)

73 (22.5)

22 (6.8)

229 (70.7)

30 (33.0)

10 (11.0)

51 (56.0)

18.0–27.0

4.1–9.5

65.7–75.7

23.3–42.7

4.6–17.4

45.8–66.2

 Low (<1500 PLN) (N = 1035)

127 (19.6)

39 (6.0)

483 (74.4)

115 (29.8)

50 (13.0)

221 (57.2)

16.6–22.7

4.2–7.8

71.0–77.8

25.4–34.4

9.6–16.4

52.3–62.1

  1. amale vs. female p < 0.002; bage <35 vs. >44 p < 0.02; cage <35 vs. 35–44 p < 0.005; dage 35–44 vs. >44 p < 0.006; eduration of working < 2 years vs over 10 years p < 0.01; fhigh vs low income p < 0.006
  2. #Unmarried – combined categories: single, divorced, widowed
  3. *Income based on the question “What is the monthly net income for one person in household?