Characteristics of the study population
| All participants | Current smokers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e-cig user | Non-user | χ2 | p Value | e-cig user | Non-user | χ2 | p Value | |
| n | 249 | 4832 | 222 | 2154 | ||||
| Smoking status | 191.37 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Never | 2.0% | 28.1% | ||||||
| Past | 8.8% | 27.3% | ||||||
| Current | 89.2% | 44.6% | ||||||
| Age group | 4.05 | 0.044 | 3.07 | 080 | ||||
| Under 21 | 41.8% | 48.3% | 40.1% | 46.2% | ||||
| Over 21 | 58.2% | 51.7% | 59.9% | 53.8% | ||||
| Language | 2.97 | 0.085 | 4.25 | 0.039 | ||||
| German | 51.0% | 45.4% | 51.8% | 44.6% | ||||
| French | 49.0% | 54.6% | 48.2% | 55.4% | ||||
| Education | 21.41 | <0.001 | 11.10 | 0.004 | ||||
| Primary | 9.6% | 7.0% | 9.9% | 9.1% | ||||
| Secondary | 54.2% | 41.9% | 54.5% | 43.8% | ||||
| Tertiary | 36.1% | 51.1% | 35.6% | 47.1% | ||||
| Place of residence | 1.75 | 0.186 | 1.47 | 0.226 | ||||
| Rural (less than 10 000 inhabitants) | 57.0% | 61.2% | 57.2% | 61.4% | ||||
| Urban (at least 10 000 inhabitants) | 43.0% | 38.8% | 42.8% | 38.6% | ||||
| Family financial situation | 1.84 | 0.398 | 2.95 | 0.229 | ||||
| Below average | 49.0% | 44.7% | 48.6% | 42.9% | ||||
| Average | 38.6% | 41.4% | 38.7% | 42.0% | ||||
| Above average | 12.4% | 14.0% | 12.6% | 15.2% | ||||
| Personal expenses | 4.39 | 0.112 | 1.77 | 0.414 | ||||
| Covers own expenses | 42.2% | 37.1% | 43.2% | 38.8% | ||||
| Covers part of expenses and receives help | 39.8% | 39.7% | 38.7% | 42.5% | ||||
| Parents or someone else cover expenses | 18.1% | 23.2% | 18.0% | 18.7% | ||||