Table 1.
Characteristic | Malaysia (n = 3,220) | Thailand (n = 3,067) | Testa | |||||
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Frequency | % | Frequency | % | χ2 | df | p value | ||
Sex | Men | 3121 | 96.9 | 2815 | 91.8 | 28.49 | 1 | <.001 |
Women | 99 | 3.1 | 252 | 8.2 | ||||
Age | 18–24 | 609 | 18.9 | 234 | 7.6 | 246.88 | 3 | <.001 |
25–39 | 1109 | 34.4 | 799 | 26.1 | ||||
40–54 | 996 | 30.9 | 1198 | 39.1 | ||||
55+ | 506 | 15.7 | 836 | 27.2 | ||||
Mean (SD) | 39.2 (14.6) | 45.9 (14.6) | 39.23 | 1, 49 | <.001 | |||
Urban vs. rural | Rural | 1025 | 31.8 | 1937 | 63.2 | 4.62 | 1 | .032 |
Urban | 2195 | 68.2 | 1130 | 36.8 | ||||
Income | Low | 872 | 27.1 | 1006 | 32.8 | 37.73 | 3 | <.001 |
Moderate | 910 | 28.3 | 996 | 32.5 | ||||
High | 971 | 30.2 | 1008 | 32.9 | ||||
Not reported | 467 | 14.5 | 57 | 1.8 | ||||
Education | Secondary/more | 1928 | 59.9 | 499 | 16.3 | 117.28b | 1, 49 | <.001 |
Less than secondary | 1292 | 40.1 | 2568 | 83.7 | ||||
Ethnicity | Minor group | 837 | 26.0 | 46 | 1.5 | 126.28 | 1 | <.001 |
Major group | 2383 | 74.0 | 3021 | 98.5 | ||||
Smoking frequency | Nondaily smoker | 71 | 2.2 | 185 | 6.0 | 60.08 | 1 | <.001 |
Daily smoker | 3149 | 97.8 | 2882 | 94.0 | ||||
Cigarettes smoked per day | 0–10 | 1501 | 46.6 | 1714 | 55.9 | 29.28 | 3 | <.001 |
11–20 | 1512 | 47.0 | 1141 | 37.2 | ||||
21–30 | 122 | 3.8 | 141 | 4.6 | ||||
31+ | 85 | 2.6 | 71 | 2.3 | ||||
Mean (SD) | 13.6 (8.2) | 12.7 (8.4) | 3.57 | 1, 49 | .065 | |||
FM vs. RYO | FM | 2679 | 83.2 | 1458 | 47.5 | 85.27 | 2 | <.001 |
Both | 286 | 8.9 | 618 | 20.2 | ||||
RYO | 255 | 7.9 | 991 | 32.3 | ||||
Cohort | Wave 1 (2005) | 1892 | 58.8 | 1989 | 64.8 | |||
Wave 2 (2006/2007) | 640 | 19.9 | 499 | 16.3 | 1.48 | 2 | .476 | |
Wave 3 (2008) | 688 | 21.4 | 579 | 18.9 |
Note. FM = factory-made cigarettes; RYO = roll-your-own cigarettes.
aResults are unweighted but the survey design was accounted for in the analysis. All tests are the Rao–Scott χ2 test unless otherwise indicated.
bPearson χ2 statistic corrected for the survey design and converted into an F-statistic.