Tab. III.
Profile of cigarette, smokeless tobacco, electronic tobacco, and/or waterpipe use.
| Overall (n = 5,659) | Males (n = 2,706) | Females (n = 2,926) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | n/N * | % (95% CI)ɠ | P-value§ | n/N | % (95% CI) | P-value§ | n/N | % (95% CI) | P-value§ |
| Overall | 582/ 5,659 | 9.9 (7.5-13.1) | |||||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Males | 288/ 2,706 | 9.9 (7.6-12.9) | 0.779 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Females | 287/ 2,926 | 9.4 (6.2-14.0) | - | - | - | - | |||
| Age | |||||||||
| 11 to 12 years | 32/136 | 28.1 (12.2-52.3) | 0.001 | 17/63 | 25.3 (11.9-45.9) | 0.003 | 15/70 | 32.0 (8.2-71.2) | 0.035 |
| 13 to 15 years | 472/5,112 | 9.0 (6.9-11.7) | 223/2,411 | 8.9 (6.7-11.7) | 242/2,678 | 8.5 (5.8-12.5) | |||
| 16 to 17 years | 77/402 | 15.4 (9.3-24.3) | 47/228 | 16.7 (10.5-25.6) | 30/173 | 13.6 (5.2-31.1) | |||
| Grade | |||||||||
| JHS1 | 263/2,102 | 8.5 (6.2-11.5) | 0.050 | 135/1,016 | 10.0 (7.1-13.9) | 0.790 | 127/1,083 | 6.9 (4.9-9.7) | 0.028 |
| JHS2 | 264/2,872 | 8.1 (6.3-10.3) | 131/1,350 | 9.0 (6.7-12.0) | 132/1,508 | 7.0 (5.2-9.4) | |||
| JHS3 | 47/661 | 14.0 (8.2-22.9) | 20/329 | 10.9 (5.6-20.0) | 25/327 | 15.7 (7.3-30.7) | |||
| Pocket money | |||||||||
| No pocket money | 122/872 | 18.2 (10.7-29.1) | < 0.001 | 58/430 | 13.3 (9.7-18.0) | 0.122 | 62/435 | 22.2 (10.5-40.8) | < 0.001 |
| Less than 2 cedis | 162/1,204 | 15.6 (11.3-21.2) | 74/572 | 13.0 (9.0-18.5) | 86/626 | 16.3 (10.8-23.8) | |||
| 2-5 cedis | 139/1,455 | 8.3 (5.5-12.3) | 75/701 | 10.3 (6.0-17.2) | 63/746 | 6.0 (3.6-9.7) | |||
| 6-10 cedis | 56/825 | 5.4 (3.2-9.2) | 29/382 | 5.8 (2.8-11.9) | 26/442 | 5.0 (2.2-10.7) | |||
| 11-20 cedis | 61/627 | 8.6 (5.5-13.3) | 31/292 | 10.7 (5.3-20.3) | 29/333 | 6.2 (3.9-9.9) | |||
| 21 cedis or more | 37/663 | 4.0 (2.2-7.0) | 19/323 | 4.5 (2.3-8.7) | 18/337 | 3.5 (1.7-6.9) | |||
| Exposure to SHS at home | |||||||||
| Yes | 327/1,236 | 24.8 (17.9-33.2) | < 0.001 | 156/608 | 22.5 (15.9-30.8) | < 0.001 | 166/615 | 27.3 (17.5-39.9) | < 0.001 |
| No | 247/4,408 | 5.1 (4.0-6.6) | 129/2,091 | 5.6 (4.0-7.7) | 116/2,303 | 4.1 (3.0-5.7) | |||
| Exposure to the antismoking media message | |||||||||
| Yes | 299/2,690 | 11.0 (7.9-15.1) | 0.111 | 145/1,273 | 9.8 (7.2-13.1) | 0.781 | 149/1,400 | 11.1 (6.5-18.5) | 0.117 |
| No | 245/2,824 | 8.3 (6.0-11.3) | 120/1,359 | 9.3 (6.6-12.9) | 125/1,457 | 7.2 (4.8-10.5) | |||
| Taught about the danger of tobacco use during the past 12 months | |||||||||
| Yes | 225/2,802 | 7.8 (5.7-10.6) | 0.063 | 127/1,335 | 9.0 (6.3-12.8) | 0.578 | 97/1,454 | 6.4 (4.0-10.3) | 0.021 |
| No | 189/1,742 | 11.5 (7.8-16.6) | 91/838 | 9.9 (6.6-14.6) | 95/897 | 11.5 (6.6-19.3) | |||
| Don’t know | 155/1,091 | 11.8 (8.2-16.8) | 64/521 | 11.9 (7.3-18.9) | 89/564 | 11.4 (7.8-16.5) | |||
* unweighted, N: total number of the respondent; n: number of respondents using some form of tobacco product (cigarette, smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarette, or waterpipe tobacco)
ɠ Weighted
§ p-value based on Chi-squared test.