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This relationship between deprivation or social class and smoking status is also noted
nationally. Figure 85 shows the percentage of current cigarette smoking by social class
from the General Lifestyle Survey 2008 (Economic and Social Data Service, 2008)
previously known as the General Household Survey. The underlying data are given in
the APPENDIX on page 861.
Figure 85: Percentage of adult cigarette smokers from the General Lifestyle Survey by
social class, 2001-2008
Current cigarette smoker (%)
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Managerial and
professional
Intermediate Routine and
manual
Managerial and
professional
Men Women
Gender / social class
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
8.4.6 Smoking in Relation to Employment Status
Intermediate Routine and
manual
It is also possible to examine smoking status in relation to employment status using the
information from the local Prevalence Survey conducted during 2009. Figure 86 shows
that those smoking prevalence was much higher for people looking after the home or
family (46%), those who were not working due to long-term sickness or disability (61%),
and those who were unemployed or not working (63%). These percentages were
considerably lower for the 2007 Health and Lifestyle Survey (41%, 43% and 54%
respectively), and it could be associated with the differing survey methodology (see
footnote 29 on page 249). Furthermore, the total number of people surveyed in the
Prevalence Survey 2009 is less than half that of the Health and Lifestyle Survey 2007 so
the estimates are subject to more variability. The differences in the percentages in
Figure 86 are statistically significant ( 2 test, X=136, df=5, p