Table 3.
Current Smoking Prevalence Among Seventh-Grade Students by Socio-demographic and Relevant Characteristics
| Boys (n, %) | Girls (n, %) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cigarette Smoker | No | Yes | P | No | Yes | P |
| Age (year) | ||||||
| 11–12 | 214 (95.5) | 10 (4.5) | 354 (99.4) | 2 (0.6) | ||
| 13 | 553 (91.0) | 55 (9.0) | <0.01 | 475 (97.1) | 14 (2.9) | <0.01 |
| 14–15 | 66 (79.5) | 17 (20.5) | 17 (81.0) | 4 (19.0) | ||
| Father’s education | ||||||
| ≤high school | 360 (88.0) | 49 (12.0) | 440 (96.9) | 14 (3.1) | ||
| >high school | 473 (93.7) | 32 (6.3) | <0.01 | 406 (98.5) | 6 (1.5) | 0.11 |
| Mother’s education | ||||||
| ≤high school | 413 (88.6) | 53 (11.4) | 461 (97.1) | 14 (2.9) | ||
| >high school | 419 (93.5) | 29 (6.5) | 0.01 | 385 (98.5) | 6 (1.5) | 0.17 |
| Daily pocket money (JD)a | ||||||
| <0.25 | 420 (92.1) | 36 (7.9) | 436 (98.6) | 6 (1.4) | ||
| 0.25–0.50 | 239 (91.6) | 22 (8.4) | 0.34 | 278 (96.9) | 9 (3.1) | 0.09 |
| 0.50–0.75 | 116 (87.2) | 17 (12.8) | 90 (97.8) | 2 (2.2) | ||
| >0.75 | 58 (89.2) | 7 (10.8) | 42 (93.3) | 3 (6.7) | ||
| Smoking status of parents | ||||||
| no one smokes | 433 (92.1) | 37 (7.9) | 391 (98.5) | 6 (1.5) | ||
| one of them smokes | 344 (90.1) | 38 (9.9) | 0.47 | 402 (97.6) | 10 (2.4) | 0.03 |
| both of them smoke | 56 (88.9) | 7 (11.1) | 53 (93.0) | 4 (7.0) | ||
| Smoking status of brothers/sisters | ||||||
| no one smokes | 679 (91.9) | 60 (8.1) | 706 (98.3) | 12 (1.7) | ||
| at least one smokes | 154 (87.5) | 22 (12.5) | 0.07 | 140 (94.6) | 8 (5.4) | <0.01 |
| Smoking status of friends | ||||||
| no one smokes | 540 (94.7) | 30 (5.3) | 774 (98.2) | 14 (1.8) | ||
| some of them smoke | 264 (86.6) | 41 (13.4) | <0.01 | 69 (92.0) | 14 (1.8) | <0.01 |
| all of them smoke | 27 (71.1) | 11 (28.9) | 3 (100.0) | 0 (.0) | ||
| Do smokers have more friends? | ||||||
| more friends | 223 (88.8 ) | 28 (11.2) | 157 (94.0) | 10 (6.0) | ||
| fewer friends | 204 (91.1) | 20 (8.9) | 0.32 | 135 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.01 |
| no effect/don’t know | 406 (92.3) | 34 (7.7) | 554 (98.2) | 10 (1.8) | ||
| Are smokers more attractive? | ||||||
| more attractive | 291 (86.9) | 44 (13.1) | 304 (96.5) | 11 (3.5) | ||
| less attractive | 217 (92.3) | 18 (7.7) | <0.01 | 195 (99.5) | 1 (0.5) | 0.09 |
| no effect/don’t know | 325 (94.2) | 20 (5.8) | 347 (97.7) | 8 (2.3) | ||
| Does smoking affect weight? | ||||||
| weight gain | 145 (91.8) | 13 (8.2) | 85 (97.7) | 2 (2.3) | ||
| weight loss | 429 (93.1) | 32 (6.9) | 0.03 | 532 (98.7) | 7 (1.3) | 0.02 |
| no effect/don’t know | 259 (87.5) | 37 (12.5) | 229 (95.4) | 11 (4.6) | ||
| Does smoking harm health? | ||||||
| has no effect | 91 (88.3) | 12 (11.6) | 43 (95.5) | 2 (4.4) | ||
| has effect | 742 (91.4) | 70 (8.6) | 0.12 | 803 (97.8) | 18 (2.2) | 0.35 |
Note.
a
JD: Jordanian Dinar (1 JD = US $1.4)