Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents by smoking status
| Non-Smoker | Smoker | Total | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Age (Mean = 32.42, SD = 13.68; Min-15, Max-55) | 0.327 | ||||||
| 15-20 | 264 | 34.4 | 197 | 33.2 | 461 | 33.9 | |
| 21-35 | 205 | 26.7 | 143 | 24.1 | 348 | 25.6 | |
| 36-55 | 298 | 38.9 | 253 | 42.7 | 551 | 40.5 | |
| Gender | <.001 | ||||||
| Male | 432 | 56.3 | 523 | 88.2 | 955 | 70.2 | |
| Female | 335 | 43.7 | 70 | 11.8 | 405 | 29.8 | |
| Education level | <.001 | ||||||
| No schooling | 4 | 0.5 | 14 | 2.4 | 18 | 1.3 | |
| Lower elementary | 11 | 1.4 | 14 | 2.4 | 25 | 1.8 | |
| Upper elementary | 80 | 10.4 | 53 | 8.9 | 133 | 9.8 | |
| Lower secondary | 106 | 13.8 | 118 | 19.9 | 224 | 16.5 | |
| Upper secondary | 249 | 32.5 | 208 | 35.1 | 457 | 33.6 | |
| Pre-university | 114 | 14.9 | 73 | 12.3 | 187 | 13.8 | |
| Diploma | 56 | 7.3 | 41 | 6.9 | 97 | 7.1 | |
| Bachelor | 135 | 17.6 | 67 | 11.3 | 202 | 14.8 | |
| Masters, PhD | 12 | 1.6 | 5 | 0.8 | 17 | 1.3 | |
| Occupation | <.001 | ||||||
| Student | 273 | 35.6 | 134 | 22.6 | 407 | 29.9 | |
| Private Officer | 71 | 9.3 | 64 | 10.8 | 135 | 9.9 | |
| Government officer | 120 | 15.6 | 72 | 12.1 | 192 | 14.1 | |
| Farmer | 19 | 2.5 | 22 | 3.7 | 41 | 3.0 | |
| Housewife | 31 | 4.0 | 10 | 1.7 | 41 | 3.0 | |
| Owner enterprise | 39 | 5.1 | 31 | 5.2 | 70 | 5.1 | |
| Merchandise | 114 | 14.9 | 61 | 10.3 | 175 | 12.9 | |
| Daily paid worker | 61 | 8.0 | 149 | 25.1 | 210 | 15.4 | |
| Unemployed | 23 | 3.0 | 32 | 5.4 | 55 | 4.1 | |
| Driver | 9 | 1.2 | 12 | 2.0 | 21 | 1.6 | |
| Other | 7 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.8 | 13 | 1.0 | |