Relative inequalities by level of education in current smoking in men and women in selected countries (source: Eurothine, 2007)

The Relative Index of Inequality (RII) can be interpreted as the ratio between the rate of current smoking in the lowest educational group and the rate of current smoking in the highest educational group. If the RII is larger than 1 this means that the rate of current smoking is larger in the lowest educational group than in the highest educational group.

The classification of the educational groups used in the figure above is adapted from the ISCED. Data apply to the 1990s and the early 2000s.

Abbreviations: FIN: Finland, SWE: Sweden, NOR: Norway, DEN: Denmark, IRE: Ireland, ENG: England, NET: Netherlands, BEL: Belgium, GER: Germany, FRA: France, ITA: Italy, SPA: Spain, POR: Portugal, SLV: Slovenia, HUN: Hungary: CZR: Czech Republic, LIT: Lithuania, LAT: Latvia, EST: Estonia.