Table 2.

Univariate Associations With Smoking Status: Quebec Child and Adolescent Health and Social Survey, 1999^a

Characteristic	13-Year-Old Students				16-Year-Old Students
	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

^aSmoke 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.

^bP < .05.

^cP < .001.

^dP < .10.