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. 2011 Apr 14;8(4):1110–1125. doi: 10.3390/ijerph8041110

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study subjects (n = 667).

Variable Total School 1 (n = 249) School 2 (n = 254) School 3 (n = 164)

n % n % n % n %
Gender
Male 455 68.2 192 77.1 169 66.5 94 57.3
Female 212 31.8 57 22.9 85 33.5 70 42.7

Age (year)
15 215 32.2 81 32.5 74 29.1 60 36.6
16 239 35.8 92 36.9 81 31.9 66 40.2
17 188 28.2 70 28.1 83 32.7 35 21.3
18 25 3.7 6 2.4 16 6.3 3 1.8

Living at current address (year)
3–5 420 62.9 169 67.9 190 74.8 61 37.2
6–10 98 14.7 28 11.2 30 11.8 40 24.4
11–15 121 18.2 36 14.5 32 12.6 53 32.3
≥16 28 4.2 16 6 2 0.8 10 6.1

Mother’s education
≤Primary school 250 37.5 134 53.8 60 23.6 56 34.1
Middle school 103 15.4 55 22.1 24 9.5 24 14.6
High school 162 24.3 42 16.9 68 26.8 52 31.7
University 152 22.8 18 7.2 102 40.1 32 19.6

Father’s education
≤Primary school 118 17.7 75 30.1 14 5.5 29 17.6
Middle school 82 12.3 57 22.9 13 5.1 12 7.3
High school 204 30.6 82 32.9 65 25.6 57 34.8
University 263 39.4 35 14.1 162 63.8 66 40.3

Mother’s job
Housewife 473 70.9 221 88.8 136 53.5 116 70.7
Retired 52 7.8 7 2.8 32 12.6 13 7.9
Blue collar worker 14 2.1 7 2.8 0 0 7 4.3
White collar worker 112 16.8 14 5.6 81 31.9 17 10.4
Other 16 2.4 0 0 5 2.0 11 6.7

Father’s job
Retired 126 18.9 39 15.7 48 18.9 39 23.8
Blue collar worker 128 19.2 83 33.3 19 7.5 26 15.9
White collar worker 98 14.7 51 20.5 27 10.6 20 12.2
Own work 25 3.7 12 4.8 11 4.3 2 1.2
Farmer 175 26.2 48 19.3 95 37.4 32 19.5
Driver 17 2.5 12 4.8 1 10.4 4 2.4
Other 98 14.6 4 1.6 53 20.9 41 25.0

Student
Yes works 14 2.1 7 2.8 0 0.0 7 2.3
No doesn’t work 653 97.9 242 97.2 254 100 157 95.7

Monthly income
Low 68 10.0 56 22.5 4 1.6 8 4.9
Medium 494 74.2 186 74.7 178 70.1 130 79.3
High 105 15.7 7 2.8 72 28.3 26 15.9

Own room
There is 521 78.1 198 79.5 181 71.3 142 86.6
There is not 146 21.9 51 20.5 73 28.7 22 13.4

Smoking status
Current smoker 84 12.6 61 24.5 7 2.8 16 9.8
Never smoked 545 81.7 168 67.5 233 91.7 144 87.8
Ex smoker 38 5.7 20 8.0 14 5.5 4 2.4

Passive smoker
Yes 370 55.5 92 36.9 159 62.6 119 72.6
No 297 44.5 157 63.1 95 37.4 45 27.4

School 1: industrial zone; School 2: urban zone; School 3: rural zone.