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Table 1 Characteristics of students (N = 1,559)

From: Gender and socioeconomic disparities in reasons for not smoking cigarettes among Danish adolescents

Student characteristics

%

n

Girls

51.3

746

Family occupational social class (OSC)

 High

38.0

542

 Medium

39.0

556

 Low

8.6

123

 Non-classifiable

14.3

204

Ethnicity

 Danish origin

92.6

1102

 Descendants of immigrants

4.0

47

 Immigrants

2.0

24

 Non-classifiable

1.4

17

Family structure

 Lives with two biological parents

68.6

1059

 Single-parent family

8.0

124

 Reconstituted family

16.3

252

 Other (e.g., foster care or institution)

7.0

108

Ever smoked cigarettes

9.9

162

Parental smoking

31.9

493

Best friend’s smoking

10.4

160

Other friends’ smoking

28.5

437

Binge drinking within the last month

17.7

274

Ever tried electronic cigarettes

9.4

146

Ever tried snus

1.4

21

Ever tried water pipe

6.5

100