Table 2.
Sociodemographic and health factors associated with tobacco farming in 3188 Youth, Jujuy, Argentina, 2005–2006
| Tobacco Farming | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No N (%) N = 2805 | Yes N (%) N = 383 | Total N (%) N = 3188 | Chi square p value | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||
| Sex | 0.044 | |||
| Girls | 1524 (55.0) | 190 (48.7) | 1714 (54.3) | |
| Boys | 1281 (45.0) | 193 (51.3) | 1474 (45.7) | |
| Religion | 0.003 | |||
| Catholic | 2408 (86.0) | 301 (78.3) | 2709 (85.1) | |
| Evangelical | 280 (9.8) | 65 (17.0) | 345 (10.6) | |
| Other | 117 (4.2) | 17 (4.7) | 134 (4.2) | |
| Low SES | 660 (22.4) | 111 (28.5) | 771 (23.1) | 0.023 |
| Ethnicity | 0.034 | |||
| Indigenous | 1899 (67.4) | 291 (77.8) | 2190 (68.6) | |
| Mixed Indigenous/European | 582 (22.6) | 67 (18.3) | 649 (22.1) | |
| European | 237 (9.9) | 14 (3.9) | 251 (9.3) | |
| Number of friends who smoke | 0.001 | |||
| None | 711 (26.7) | 63 (17.6) | 774 (25.7) | |
| 1–4 | 710 (26.6) | 81 (22.0) | 791 (26.1) | |
| 5+ | 1231 (46.7) | 213 (60.4) | 1444 (48.3) | |
| Adult smokers at home | 2102 (75.2) | 288 (74.6) | 2390 (75.2) | 0.089 |
| Health variables | ||||
| Perceived health | 0.004 | |||
| Excellent | 1247 (47.4) | 111 (30.9) | 1358 (45.5) | |
| Good | 964 (33.6) | 150 (38.8) | 1114 (34.2) | |
| fair/poor | 586 (19.0) | 118 (30.3) | 704 (20.3) | |
| Had a serious injury | 1092 (38.5) | 176 (48.5) | 1268 (39.6) | 0.004 |
| Injured accidentally by someone else | 137 (4.6) | 27 (7.5) | 164 (5.0) | 0.010 |
| Assaulted | 75 (2.6) | 17 (5.5) | 92 (2.9) | 0.008 |
| Poisoned by chemical products | 8 (0.7) | 0 (2.5) | 28 (0.9) | 0.003 |
| Smoking Behavior T1 (2005) | ||||
| Ever smoker | 1553 (55.2) | 257 (67.9) | 1810 (56.6) | 0.001 |
| Current smoker | 905 (32.6) | 177 (48.0) | 1082 (34.4) | 0.001 |
| Established smoker | 276 (9.9) | 64 (17.8) | 340 (10.8) | 0.002 |
| Smoking Behavior T2 (2006) | ||||
| Ever smoker | 1516 (58.9) | 237 (68.8) | 1753 (60.0) | 0.001 |
| Current smoker | 855 (34.0) | 153 (44.9) | 1008 (35.2) | 0.001 |
| Established smoker | 276 (11.1) | 58 (17.5) | 334 (11.9) | 0.002 |