Table 2.
Sociodemographic factors and cigarette smoking
| Cigarette use | ||||
| Variable | Yes | No | X2 | P value |
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Age | ||||
| 14 years and below | 40 (17.5) | 189 (82.5) | 1.45 | 0.095 |
| Above 14 years | 60 (12.8) | 410 (87.2) | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 59 (17.7) | 274 (82.3) | 1.69 | 0.015* |
| Female | 41 (11.3) | 322 (88.7) | ||
| Place of stay | ||||
| Yilo Krobo | 73 (15.0) | 414 (85.0) | 1.2 | 0.447 |
| Outside Yilo Krobo | 27 (12.8) | 184 (87.2) | ||
| Grade | ||||
| JHS | 61 (17.6) | 285 (82.4) | 1.72 | 0.013* |
| SHS | 39 (11.1) | 314 (88.9) | ||
| Father's Employment status | ||||
| Working | 88 (14.4) | 524 (85.6) | 0.76 | 0.722 |
| Not working | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 63 (12.6) | 438 (87.4) | 0.59 | 0.025* |
| Not married | 33 (19.5) | 136 (80.5) | ||
| Divorced | 19 (21.6) | 69 (78.4) | 1.81 | 0.036* |
| Not Divorced | 77 (13.2) | 505 (86.8) | ||
| Single | 14 (17.3) | 67 (82.7) | 1.29 | 0.418 |
| Not single | 82 (13.9) | 507 (86.1) | ||