Table 1.

Sample distribution by country population characteristics of male and female school-going adolescents in 22 African Countries using the 2013-2018 Global Youth Tobacco Surveys

Characteristics	Variables	Total (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)
Age	≤12 years	10.3	7.5	12.9
	13-15 years	68.7	68.2	69.4
	≥16 years	21.0	24.3	17.7
Access to disposable Income	Yes	74.7	75.1	74.3
	No	25.3	24.9	25.7
Exposure to SHS at home	Yes	28.3	28.2	28.2
	No	71.7	71.8	71.8
Exposure to SHS outside home	Yes	57.9	60.0	55.6
	No	42.1	40.0	44.4
Knowledge about harmful effects of SHS	Yes	85.3	84.3	86.5
	No	14.7	15.7	13.5
Exposed to tobacco industry promotion	Yes	13.8	15.9	11.6
	No	86.2	84.1	88.4
Favour banning smoking in enclosed places	Yes	69.0	68.0	70.2
	No	31.0	32.0	29.8
Exposure to antismoking media messages	Yes	61.2	61.5	60.8
	No	38.8	38.5	39.2
Antismoking school education	Yes	55.9	55.8	56.3
	No	44.1	44.2	43.7

SHS Secondhand Smoke