Table 2.
Description of variables forming the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions (KAP) index in the Global Adult Tobacco Survey Panama (GATS-Pan) 2013 aged 15–29 years, sorted by the loading in the first factor
| Variable | Loading of the first factor | Loading of the second factor | Total population (%) |
Teens (%) | Early young adults (%) | Late young adults (%) | Men (%) | Women (%) |
Urban area (%) | Rural area (%) | Indigenous area (%) |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with bladder cancer | 0.71 | 0.17 | 48.4 | 42.4 | 50.7 | 53.5 | 49.4 | 47.4 | 50.4 | 42.7 | 51.1 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with breast cancer | 0.67 | 0.19 | 60.8 | 56.1 | 62.4 | 64.9 | 61.4 | 60.2 | 63.2 | 55.0 | 60.3 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with stomach cancer | 0.63 | 0.30 | 65.8 | 59.9 | 67.7 | 71.1 | 66.6 | 64.9 | 69.4 | 58.0 | 60.9 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with hair loss | 0.62 | 0.10 | 51.4 | 49.0 | 54.3 | 51.1 | 51.0 | 51.8 | 54.2 | 45.9 | 44.9 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with loss of calcium in bone (osteoporosis) | 0.51 | 0.15 | 61.3 | 57.6 | 57.6 | 63.7 | 63.4 | 62.4 | 60.3 | 65.9 | 54.2 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with sexual impotence | 0.37 | 0.13 | 58.3 | 59.5 | 59.5 | 54.1 | 61.2 | 57.8 | 58.7 | 59.8 | 58.9 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with wrinkles | 0.35 | 0.22 | 62.4 | 62.1 | 62.1 | 63.2 | 61.4 | 63.5 | 63.4 | 64.3 | 46.2 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with stroke | 0.33 | 0.51 | 74.3 | 73.0 | 73.8 | 76.4 | 73.4 | 75.2 | 76.8 | 71.7 | 60.1 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with myocardial infarction | 0.33 | 0.58 | 83.2 | 85.1 | 82.9 | 81.2 | 82.5 | 84.0 | 85.8 | 79.8 | 72.6 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with premature delivery and miscarriage | 0.22 | 0.26 | 75.8 | 75.3 | 75.8 | 76.3 | 72.9 | 78.6 | 76.6 | 77.2 | 62.3 |
| KAP that smokeless tobacco use causes serious illness | 0.16 | 0.22 | 82.7 | 81.8 | 82.4 | 84.2 | 80.3 | 85.2 | 82.6 | 83.6 | 80.3 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with emphysema | 0.13 | 0.52 | 82.5 | 81.2 | 83.0 | 83.6 | 80.7 | 84.3 | 86.2 | 81.0 | 53.6 |
| Illegal tobacco advertisement in posters | 0.13 | 0.07 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 13.1 | 5.4 | 2.4 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with chronic bronchitis | 0.12 | 0.65 | 89.3 | 87.2 | 90.4 | 90.9 | 88.1 | 90.6 | 91.3 | 88.3 | 75.3 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with cavities | 0.08 | 0.33 | 88.4 | 89.6 | 87.7 | 87.5 | 86.5 | 90.2 | 91.3 | 88.2 | 62.3 |
| KAP that cigarette is associated with lung cancer | 0.04 | 0.55 | 96.7 | 96.4 | 96.8 | 97.0 | 96.3 | 97.1 | 97.9 | 96.0 | 88.3 |
Teens: aged 15–19 years; early young adults: aged 20–24 years; late young adults: aged 25–29 years.