European Health Survey TOBACCO USE Average number of years in which the person has smoked daily, according to sex and educational level. Average and standard deviation. Population aged 16 years old and over that smokes or has smoked daily for at least one year Units: average and standard deviation Average Standard deviation Both sexes Total 17.41 13.09 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 27.84 14.65 Complete primary education 20.62 13.47 Secondary education, 1st stage 14.11 11.20 Secondary education, 2nd stage 15.30 12.01 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 13.46 10.22 University education 14.03 10.85 Males Total 20.50 13.86 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 29.29 14.42 Complete primary education 23.03 13.76 Secondary education, 1st stage 16.37 11.65 Secondary education, 2nd stage 17.75 12.88 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 15.43 10.82 University education 16.41 12.20 Females Total 12.06 9.53 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 16.12 10.72 Complete primary education 13.77 9.78 Secondary education, 1st stage 10.66 9.49 Secondary education, 2nd stage 12.31 10.08 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 10.83 8.68 University education 11.57 8.60 Notes: The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: National Statistics Institute