Table 4.
Social factors associated with smoked tobacco dependence among participants attending LSTCSP (2017–2022)
| Smoked Tobacco Dependence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Total n (%) | P* | |
| Peer characteristics | ||||
| Number of peers+ (n=303) | 35 (85) | 29 (85) | 30 (85) | 0.089 |
| Habits | ||||
| Smoked tobacco products (n=313) | 91 (64.5) | 50 (35.5) | 141 (45.1) | 0.095 |
| Use smokeless tobacco products (n=311) | 41 (71.9) | 16 (28.1) | 57 (18.3) | 0.034 |
| Drink alcohol (n=313) | 118 (64.5) | 65 (35.5) | 183 (58.5) | 0.031 |
| Use substances other than alcohol or tobacco (n=313) | 14 (82.4) | 3 (17.6) | 17 (5.5) | 0.073 |
| Family characteristics | ||||
| Number of members in the household+ (n=315) | 4 (2) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | 0.035 |
| Spend time with family (n=320) | 180 (58.8) | 126 (41.2) | 306 (95.6) | 0.415 |
| Decision making in the family (n=320) | 0.001 | |||
| Self | 66 (76.7) | 20 (23.3) | 86 (26.9) | |
| Somebody else make decision | 5 (50.0) | 50 (50.0) | 10 (3.1) | |
| Collectively make decision | 119 (53.1) | 105 (46.9) | 224 (70.0) | |
| Concerned about family members (n=320) | 166 (59.7) | 112 (40.3) | 278 (86.9) | 0.752 |
| Level of communication with family members (n=317) | 0.669 | |||
| More than adequate | 41 (60.3) | 27 (39.7) | 68 (21.5) | |
| Adequate | 135 (59.5) | 92 (40.5) | 227 (71.6) | |
| Inadequate | 11 (50.0) | 11 (50.0) | 22 (6.9) | |
| Arguments within family (n=319) | 148 (60.9) | 95 (39.1) | 243 (76.2) | 0.281 |
| Family support (n=320) | 0.050 | |||
| Completely supportive | 120 (61.5) | 75 (38.5) | 195 (60.9) | |
| Usually supportive | 52 (59.1) | 36 (40.9) | 88 (27.5) | |
| Sometime supportive | 18 (56.3) | 14 (43.7) | 32 (10.0) | |
| Not supportive | 0 (0.0) | 5 (100.0) | 5 (1.6) | |
*P-value for Chi-square test/Fisher's exact test for categorical variables and Mann–Whitney U-test for continuous variables; +numbers indicate median and figures in parenthesis indicates interquartile range