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Table 2 Participants’ Characteristics

From: Development and testing of relative risk-based health messages for electronic cigarette products

 

N = 983

%

Mean

SD

Min

Max

Gender

Male

635

61.7

Female

393

38.2

Non-binary/prefer not to disclose

2

0.2

Ethnicity

White

998

96.9

Black/African/Caribbean

6

.6

Mixed/Multiple ethnic background

13

1.3

Asian (incl. n = 1 Other)

13

1.3

Countries of origin1

United Kingdom

142

13.8

Ukraine

145

14.1

Spain

94

9.1

Italy

90

8.7

Poland

61

5.9

Bosnia & Herzegovina

52

5.0

Germany

46

4.5

Romania

46

4.5

Other European countries

278

26.96

    

Occupation

Routine and manual

234

22.7

Intermediate

257

25

Managerial & professional

433

42

Never worked & Long term unemployed

106

10.3

Economic activity

Employed (incl. employed & studying)

785

76.2

Unemployed & looking for work

96

9.3

Unemployed & studying

50

4.9

Retired

30

2.9

Never worked &/or long term unemployed (incl. home carer)

69

6.7

Highest qualification to date

Degree (or equivalent)

321

31.3

Higher education (below degree level)

386

37.4

A-levels or highers

129

12.5

ONC or National level BTEC

22

2.1

Age

37.81

10.60

18

83

Smoking/Vaping status2

Current exclusive smokers

316

30.68

Current Dual users

340

33.00

Non-smokers/Non-vapers

327

31.75

FTCD3 (N = 660)

3.81

2.45

0

9

MTSS4 (N = 660)

3.44

1.55

1

7

  1. 1Countries of origin excludes missing data (n = 25) and does not sum to 100% of the sample. Only those with a frequency greater than n = 40 is shown, see Additional file 4: Table S1 for a more detailed list of countries; 2Smoking/Vaping status includes daily and occasional current use, 22 cases were missing; 3FTCD = Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence; 4MTSS = Motivation to Stop [Smoking] Scale, both were measured in smokers only