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4.7. Age at smoking initiation

Table 4.7 shows the distribution of ever daily smokers by the age at initiation of daily smoking among ever daily smokers in the 20 –34 years age group based on gender, place of residence, educational level and occupation status. Overall, and among men, the average age at daily smoking initiation is 17.6 years. There are 39.9 smokers who start smoking daily at the age of 17 –19 years, 24.6 at the age of 20+ years, 23.0 at the age of 15–16 years and 12.5 among those less than 15 years old. Thus, about 75 smokers start smoking before the age of 20 years. There is no significant difference in the average age at daily smoking initiation in the urban and rural population 17.7 and 17.5 years, respectively. Average age at daily smoking initiation is higher in people with college and university education as compared to all other educational categories. The average age at initiation of daily smoking does not differ significantly among the employed, self-employed and unemployed categories. There are no significant differences in age at daily smoking initiation by residence or by occupation in any of the age groups — 15, 15–16, 17–19 and 20+ years. However, in the age groups 15 and 17–19 years, there are significant differences between the lowest and highest levels of education. In the age groups of 15 –16 and 20+ years, no difference is noted by educational category Table 4.7. 43 Tobacco Use Overall 17.6 17.3, 17.9 12.5 8.9, 17.2 23.0 19.3, 27.1 39.9 35.5, 44.5 24.6 21.0, 28.7 100 Gender Men 17.6 17.3, 17.9 12.5 8.8, 17.3 23.0 19.3, 27.1 40.3 35.8, 44.9 24.3 20.6, 28.4 100 Women - - - - - - Residence Urba n 17.7 17.3, 18.1 11.6 8.5, 15.6 20.7 15.8, 26.6 42.6 36.3, 49.2 25.1 20.1, 30.9 100 Rura l 17.5 17.0, 18.0 13.3 7.7, 22.0 25.0 19.8, 31.0 37.6 31.5, 44.1 24.2 19.2, 30.1 100 Educational level Les s tha n pri ma ry s chool compl eted 16.9 16.3, 17.5 19.2 12.3, 28.6 32.5 22.9, 43.9 23.6 16.6, 32.5 24.7 16.8, 34.7 100 Pri ma ry s chool compl eted 17.2 16.6, 17.7 18.1 11.6, 27.0 22.6 16.2, 30.7 36.6 28.7, 45.2 22.8 16.6, 30.5 100 Seconda ry s chool compl eted 17.5 16.9, 18.0 12.1 6.7, 20.8 27.0 20.1, 35.1 36.6 28.9, 45.0 24.4 18.4, 31.5 100 Hi gh s chool compl eted 18.0 17.6, 18.4 7.6 4.9, 11.6 18.6 13.0, 25.8 50.1 42.1, 58.1 23.7 18.5, 30.0 100 Col l ege uni vers i ty + 19.5 18.6, 20.4 1.0 0.1, 7.0 11.5 5.1, 24.0 51.5 38.6, 64.2 36.0 22.8, 51.7 100 Occupationwork status Empl oyed 17.7 17.2, 18.2 12.9 7.0, 22.7 21.1 16.3, 26.8 41.2 35.1, 47.5 24.9 20.3, 30.1 100 Sel f-empl oyed 17.7 17.2, 18.1 12.5 8.8, 17.4 23.3 18.2, 29.4 37.6 31.4, 44.1 26.6 20.7, 33.5 100 Students - - - - - - Home-ma kers - - - - - - Unempl oyed 16.4 15.8, 17.0 14.7 6.6, 29.6 36.2 21.5, 54.0 41.3 26.5, 57.8 7.8 2.5, 21.9 100 1 A o g respo de ts – years of age ho are e er daily s okers - Indi ca tor es ti ma te ba s ed on l es s tha n 25 unwei ghted ca s es a nd ha s been s uppres s ed. Average age of daily smoking 15 – – 20+ Percentage 95 CI Table 4.7. Per e tage distri utio of e er daily s okers – years old y age at daily s oki g i itiatio , ge der a d reside e – GATS Indones i a , 2011 Demographic characteristics Age at daily smoking initiation years 1 Total Note: Smoki ng i ni ti a ti on a mong a ny da i l y s mokers ci ga rettes or a ny other s moked products da i l y 44 Tobacco Use

4.8. Former daily smoking prevalence and quit ratio