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. 2016 Jan 21;26(1):107–112. doi: 10.18865/ed.26.1.107

Table 1. Characteristics of Arab youth, Global Youth Tobacco Surveys, 2005-2011.

Variable Frequency Percentage
Unweighted, n=31,359 Weighted, N=6,109,572 Weighted %
Age, in years
13 11,193 2,138,300 35.0
14 11,364 2,252,168 36.9
15 8,802 1,719,104 28.1
Sex
Boys 16,147 2,978,322 49.9
Girls 14,668 2,984,842 50.1
Country, data collection year
Djibouti, 2009 1,096 12,002 .2
Egypt, 2009 3,472 1,105,843 18.1
Jordan, 2009 1,523 255,249 4.2
Kuwait, 2009 2,213 52,736 .9
Lebanon, 2011 1,651 141,645 2.3
Libya, 2010 1,361 234,029 3.8
Morocco, 2010 2,106 906,673 14.8
Oman, 2010 905 80,168 1.3
Qatar, 2007 943 8,111 .1
Saudi Arabia, 2010 1,797 816,926 13.4
Sudan, 2009 950 505,265 8.3
Syria, 2010 1,210 953,223 15.6
Tunisia, 2010 1,294 356,822 5.8
United Arab Emirates, 2005 8,787 98,171 1.6
West Bank, 2009 1,401 149,739 2.5
Yemen, 2008 650 432,970 7.1