Table 1.
Association between ever tobacco use and other variables among Indian adolescents (n=3956)
| n (%) | Ever tobacco use (%) | p Value | |
| Total | 3956 (100.0) | 204 (5.3) | |
| Exposure to tobacco use in movies | |||
| First quartile (0–86) | 1010 (25.5) | 42 (4.3) | <0.001 |
| Second quartile (87–144) | 972 (24.6) | 32 (3.4) | |
| Third quartile (145–228) | 986 (24.9) | 53 (5.5) | |
| Fourth quartile (>228) | 988 (25.0) | 77 (8.0) | |
| Receptive to tobacco promotions | |||
| No | 3441 (87.0) | 143 (4.3) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 466 (11.8) | 53 (11.8) | |
| Missing responses | 49 (1.2) | ||
| Demographic profile | |||
| Age (years) | |||
| ≤13 | 1239 (31.3) | 50 (4.1) | <0.001 |
| 14 | 1396 (35.3) | 54 (4.0) | |
| 15 | 718 (18.2) | 42 (6.1) | |
| 16 and above | 420 (10.6) | 38 (9.6) | |
| Missing responses | 183 (4.6) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Boy | 2141 (54.1) | 128 (6.2) | 0.011 |
| Girl | 1815 (45.9) | 76 (4.3) | |
| Socio-economic status | |||
| High (private schools) | 2208 (55.8) | 68 (3.1) | <0.001 |
| Low (government) | 1748 (44.2) | 136 (8.2) | |
| Class | |||
| Eighth | 1886 (47.7) | 118 (5.9) | 0.087 |
| Ninth | 2070 (52.3) | 86 (4.8) | |
| Social influences | |||
| Family members use tobacco | |||
| No | 2635 (66.6) | 98 (3.8) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 1321 (33.4) | 106 (8.3) | |
| Friends using tobacco | |||
| No | 3277 (82.8) | 93 (2.9) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 533 (13.5) | 99 (19.2) | |
| Missing responses | 146 (3.7) | ||
| Characteristics of child and parenting | |||
| Academic performance | |||
| Excellent | 902 (22.8) | 24 (2.7) | <0.001 |
| Good | 1410 (35.7) | 65 (4.7) | |
| Average | 1012 (25.6) | 62 (6.4) | |
| Below average | 497 (12.6) | 40 (8.5) | |
| Missing responses | 135 (3.4) | ||
| Sensation seeking | |||
| Lower score | 2104 (53.2) | 107 (5.3) | 0.975 |
| Higher score | 1852 (46.8) | 97 (5.3) | |
| Parental responsiveness and demandingness | |||
| Lower score | 2004 (50.7) | 110 (5.7) | 0.293 |
| Higher score | 1952 (49.3) | 94 (4.9) | |