Table 1.
Smoking status of the study sample based on the sociodemographic characteristics in university students, Yemen (N=420)
| Characteristics |
Total |
Smokers |
Non-smokers |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 259 | 61.7 | 94 (36.3) | 165 (63.7) | 0.088 |
| Female | 161 | 38.3 | 45 (28.0) | 116 (72.0) | |
| Age | |||||
| <18 | 58 | 13.8 | 26 (44.8) | 32 (55.2) | 0.000 |
| 18–24 | 252 | 60.0 | 53 (21.0) | 199 (79.0) | |
| >24 years | 110 | 26.2 | 60 (54.5) | 50 (45.5) | |
| College | |||||
| Commerce | 154 | 36.7 | 55 (35.7) | 99 (64.3) | 0.160 |
| Engineering | 135 | 32.1 | 36 (26.7) | 99 (73.3) | |
| Medicine | 131 | 31.2 | 48 (36.6) | 83 (63.4) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 317 | 75.5 | 87 (27.4) | 230 (72.6) | 0.000 |
| Single | 103 | 24.5 | 52 (50.5) | 51 (49.5) | |
| Study level | |||||
| First-year | 203 | 48.3 | 67 (33.0) | 136 (67.0) | 0.000 |
| Second-year | 173 | 41.2 | 35 (20.2) | 138 (79.8) | |
| Third-year | 20 | 4.8 | 13 (65.0) | 7 (35.0) | |
| Fourth-year | 24 | 5.7 | 24 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Residence | |||||
| With family | 255 | 60.7 | 79 (31.0) | 176 (69.0) | 0.252 |
| Dormitory | 165 | 39.3 | 60 (36.4) | 105 (63.6) | |
| Family income per month | |||||
| Low | 239 | 56.9 | 86 (36.0) | 153 (64.0) | 0.169 |
| Average | 143 | 34.0 | 45 (31.5) | 98 (68.5) | |
| High | 38 | 9.0 | 8 (21.1) | 30 (78.9) | |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Cigarette | 57 | 13.6 | 57 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.000 |
| Waterpipe | 39 | 9.3 | 39 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Cigarette + waterpipe | 43 | 10.2 | 43 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Nothing | 281 | 66.9 | 0 (0.0) | 281 (100.0) | |