Table 1.

Sample Characteristics of Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand

Variables	Malaysia N = 1,008	Thailand N = 1,000	Chi-square p-value
Age group
13–15 years	55.9%	71.4%
16–17 years	44.1%	28.6%	<.001
Gender
Male	50.9%	50.7%
Female	49.1%	49.3%	.941
Residential
Urban	58.8%	26.2%
Rural
41.2%	73.8%	.036
Nurse or doctor talked about danger of smoking
No	64.0%	63.3%
Yes	22.3%	31.8%
Not visited	13.7%	4.9%	<.001
Last year, taught about danger of smoking in your class
No	31.0%	28.2%
Yes	69.0%	71.8%	.444
Noticed antismoking media messages
No or low	5.5%	7.6%
Average	19.2%	22.0%
High
75.4%	70.4%	.180
Knowledge of health effects of smoking
Mean (SE)	3.34 (0.06)	3.58 (0.02)	<.001
Perceived health risk of smoking
Mean (SE)	5.40 (0.08)	4.98 (0.07)	<.001
Smoking status
Never smokers	84.3%	84.6%
Experimenters	10.4%	11.6%
Current smokers	2.4%	3.3%
Others
2.9%	0.5%	.016
Never smokers
Susceptibility to smoking	N = 839	N = 833
No	85.0%	86.4%
Yes	15.0%	13.6%	.532

Note. All presented data are weighted. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; Adj. OR = adjusted odds ratio.