Table 2.
Characteristic | 13-Year-Old Students | 16-Year-Old Students | ||||||
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No. of Students | Smoke Daily, % | Smoke Less Than Daily, % | Do Not Smoke, % | No. of Students | Smoke Daily, % | Smoke Less Than Daily, % | Do Not Smoke, % | |
Student level | ||||||||
All | 763 | 5.5 | 12.3 | 82.2 | 762 | 23.2 | 13.5 | 63.3 |
Boys | 368 | 3.8b | 7.9c | 88.3c | 357 | 21.1 | 12.0 | 67.0b |
Girls | 395 | 7.1 | 16.5 | 76.5 | 405 | 25.2 | 14.8 | 60.0 |
Parent(s) smoke daily | ||||||||
Yes | 354 | 9.6c | 13.3 | 77.1c | 391 | 29.4c | 14.8 | 55.8c |
No | 409 | 2.0 | 11.5 | 86.6 | 371 | 16.7 | 12.1 | 71.2 |
Sibling(s) smoke daily | ||||||||
Yes | 157 | 12.7c | 22.9c | 64.3 | 196 | 40.3c | 15.3 | 44.4c |
No | 606 | 3.6 | 9.6 | 86.8 | 566 | 17.3 | 12.9 | 69.8 |
Most or all friends smoke | ||||||||
Yes | 159 | 26.4c | 29.6c | 44.0c | 277 | 53.8c | 15.5 | 30.7c |
No | 601 | 0 | 7.8 | 92.2 | 481 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 82.1 |
School level | ||||||||
Location | ||||||||
Urban | 484 | 5.8d | 11.6 | 82.6 | 495 | 24.4 | 13.3 | 62.2 |
Rural | 279 | 5.0 | 13.6 | 81.4 | 267 | 21.0 | 13.9 | 65.2 |
Status | ||||||||
Private | 152 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 82.9 | 131 | 17.6d | 20.6b | 61.8 |
Public | 611 | 5.1 | 12.9 | 82.0 | 631 | 24.4 | 12.0 | 63.6 |
Average area annual income | ||||||||
<$50 000 | 381 | 5.8 | 12.9 | 81.4 | 379 | 23.0 | 14.0 | 63.1 |
≥$50 000 | 382 | 5.2 | 11.8 | 83.0 | 383 | 23.5 | 13.1 | 63.4 |
Students can smoke outdoors | ||||||||
Yes | 588 | 6.1 | 12.2 | 81.6 | 666 | 23.6 | 13.8 | 62.6 |
No | 175 | 3.4 | 12.6 | 84.0 | 96 | 20.8 | 11.5 | 67.7 |
Staff can smoke indoors | ||||||||
Yes | 164 | 4.3 | 12.2 | 83.5 | 249 | 28.1b | 14.9 | 57.0d |
No | 599 | 5.8 | 12.4 | 81.8 | 513 | 20.9 | 12.9 | 66.3 |
Staff can smoke outdoors | ||||||||
Yes | 586 | 6.5b | 11.3 | 82.3 | 683 | 23.3 | 14.1 | 62.7 |
No | 177 | 2.3 | 15.8 | 81.9 | 79 | 22.8 | 8.9 | 68.4 |
Smoke daily indicates daily smoking in the past 30 days; smoke less than daily, smoked in the past 30 days but not every day; and do not smoke, did not smoke in the past 30 days. Row percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.
P < .05.
P < .001.
P < .10.