Table 2.
Association between tobacco use and selected sociodemographic characteristics among Iraqi adolescents, Baghdad, Iraq, 2012
|
Socio demographic characteristics |
Tobacco use |
Total N |
p-value |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
yes |
yes |
no |
no |
|
|
| N | % | N | % | |||
| School type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| governmental |
124 |
24.21 |
388 |
75.78 |
512 |
<0.001 |
| private |
240 |
19.38 |
998 |
79.80 |
1238 |
|
| Age in Years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| <14 |
65 |
14.06 |
397 |
85.93 |
462 |
<0.001 |
| 14-16 |
155 |
26.13 |
438 |
73.68 |
593 |
|
| 16+ |
144 |
22.32 |
501 |
77.67 |
645 |
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| male |
266 |
27.1 |
508 |
72.9 |
981 |
<0.001 |
| female |
98 |
12.7 |
670 |
87.3 |
768 |
|
| Grade within the School |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 7-9 |
176 |
22.0 |
622 |
78.0 |
798 |
<0.001 |
| 10-12 |
188 |
19.7 |
764 |
81.3 |
952 |
|
| Maternal education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| illiterate |
104 |
54.7 |
86 |
45.3 |
190 |
0.003 |
| primary |
96 |
46.6 |
110 |
53.6 |
206 |
|
| preparatory |
64 |
26.5 |
177 |
73.5 |
241 |
|
| secondary |
52 |
9.8 |
474 |
90.2 |
526 |
|
| University/higher |
48 |
17.7 |
539 |
82.3 |
587 |
|
| Paternal education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| illiterate |
98 |
49.0 |
102 |
51.4 |
200 |
<0.001 |
| primary |
93 |
37.2 |
157 |
62.7 |
250 |
|
| secondary |
80 |
29.6 |
190 |
70.4 |
270 |
|
| preparatory |
73 |
19.1 |
308 |
79.9 |
381 |
|
| University/higher | 60 | 9.2 | 589 | 90.8 | 649 | |