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. 2016 Jun 9;16:79. doi: 10.1186/s12887-016-0612-z

Table 1.

Descriptive features of Individual-level variables

Variable (n = 45,273) %/mean 95 % CI
Personal
Monthly smoking 39.9 39.5–40.4
Age (12–21) 15.5 15.4–15.5
Female 51.1 50.6–51.5
Educational level
 Grade 8 19.8 19,4–20–1
 Grade 9 23.3 22.9–23.7
 Grade 10 21.8 21.5–22–2
 Grade 11 19.1 18.7–19.5
 Grade 12 16.0 15.7–16.4
Pocket money
 Less than $US 10 30.0 29.5–30.4
 $US 10–20 31.2 30.8–31.6
 $US 20–40 21.4 21.0–21.8
 $US 40–100 11.7 11.4–12.0
 More than $US 100 5.7 5.5–5.9
How often do you attend religious services?
 Never or almost never 44.0 43.5–44.5
 Once in a while monthly or yearly 34.3 33.8–34.7
 Weekly 21.7 21.3–22.1
Risk perception on drug use 0,28 0–1
 Lowest Q1, Q2, Q3 72.2 71.8–72.6
 Highest Q1 27.8 27.4–28.2
Family
With whom do you live?
 Both Mother and Father 67.3 66.8–67.7
 Father and his partner 1.2 1.1–1.3
 Mother and her partner 7.0 6.8–7.2
 Only with your Father 2.3 2.2–2.4
 Only with your Mother 18.4 18.1–18.8
 With other person 3.8 3.7–4.0
Parental smoking
 No 44.7 44.2–45.2
 Yes 55.3 54.8–55.8
Parental Monitoring
How much are your parents aware of where you are after school?
 They never or almost never know where you are 5.9 5.7–6.1
 Sometimes they know 25.3 24.9–25.7
 They always or almost always know where you are 69.8 68.4–69.2
How much are your parents aware of what you do in school?
 Nothing 1.3 1.2–1.4
 Some 15.3 15.0–15.6
 Very Much 83.4 83.1–83.7
How well do your parents know your friends?
 A little 14.5 14.2–14.9
 More or less 46.0 45.6–46.5
 Very well 39.4 39.0–39.9
Having a talk with parents about drug risks
 Yes 68.5 68.1–68.9
 No 31.5 31.1–31.9