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 |