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Table 1 Characteristics of Inuvialuit women of childbearing age by smoking status

From: Smoking and dietary inadequacy among Inuvialuit women of child bearing age in the Northwest Territories, Canada

Variables

Smokers (n =69)

Non-smokers (n = 23)

p-value ‡

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

Age (years)

34.7

6.8

33.9

7.5

0.6

BMI *

30.4

8.8

31.6

10.4

0.6

BMI * category †

N

%

N

%

 

Normal weight (<25.0 kg/m2)

20

36.4

7

38.9

 

Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2)

10

18.2

4

22.2

 

Obese (≥30.0 kg/m2)

25

45.5

7

38.9

0.7

Marital status

     

Single

23

33.3

13

56.5

 

Married or common law

45

66.7

9

43.5

1.0

Education

     

None/some junior high school

19

27.5

2

8.7

 

Junior HS or HS completed

31

44.9

12

52.2

 

College, trade school or university

18

27.6

9

39.1

0.4

Number of people with income in household

    

0

15

21.7

6

20.1

 

1

30

43.5

7

30.4

 

2

17

24.6

7

30.4

 

3 or more

7

7.3

3

13.1

0.9

Number of self employed people in household

    

0

53

79.8

19

82.6

 

1

14

20.3

4

17.4

 

2

2

2.9

0

0

0.4

  1. HS, high school.
  2. ‡ Fisher exact test was used.
  3. *Based on World Health Organization classification [27].
  4. †Numbers and percentages might not add up to the total n as a result of missing responses.