Table 2.
Patterns of WP smoking among respondents who have ever smoked WP
| Private University | Public University | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Age at first use | 0.133 | ||||
| Younger than 14 | 171 | 10.1 | 133 | 8.4 | |
| Ages 14-18 | 1,074 | 63.2 | 990 | 62.6 | |
| Older than 18 | 454 | 26.7 | 459 | 29.0 | |
| Location of WP use | 0.303 | ||||
| At home only | 21 | 3.8 | 26 | 5.7 | |
| Outside of home only | 489 | 87.9 | 395 | 87.0 | |
| Both at home and outside of home | 46 | 8.3 | 33 | 7.3 | |
| WP sharing (usually) | 0.101 | ||||
| No | 78 | 14.4 | 48 | 10.9 | |
| Yes | 465 | 85.6 | 394 | 89.1 | |
| Number of WP venues close to university | <0.001 | ||||
| None | 224 | 13.5 | 359 | 23.2 | |
| 1-3 venues | 677 | 40.8 | 593 | 38.3 | |
| 4 or more venues | 758 | 45.7 | 598 | 38.6 | |
| Use within the last month | <0.001 | ||||
| Yes | 253 | 14.8 | 137 | 8.7 | |
| No | 1,454 | 85.2 | 1,445 | 91.3 | |
| Reasons for WP use* | |||||
| Enjoy the aroma | 1293 | 75.3 | 1197 | 75.5 | 0.911 |
| Pleasurable | 889 | 51.8 | 677 | 42.7 | <0.001 |
| Facilitates socialization | 767 | 44.7 | 524 | 33.0 | <0.001 |
| Smoke does not hurt throat | 539 | 31.4 | 492 | 31.0 | 0.818 |
| Can be shared with friends | 533 | 31.0 | 397 | 25.0 | <0.001 |
| Makes conversation more fun | 478 | 27.8 | 360 | 22.7 | 0.001 |
| Part of traditional culture | 339 | 19.7 | 249 | 15.7 | 0.002 |
| Makes nice visual in social media | 306 | 17.8 | 285 | 18.0 | 0.912 |
| Nice ambience and food | 304 | 17.7 | 220 | 13.9 | 0.003 |
| Shares in social media invoke curiosity | 185 | 10.8 | 143 | 9.0 | 0.091 |
| Current users of WP (among ever users of WP) | 438 | 25.5 | 342 | 21.6 | 0.008 |
Notes: Sum of n’s may differ across categories since not all questions were answered by all participants
(*) More than one reason could be selected
The p-value refers to the chi-square test where the null hypothesis is no relationship between the type of the university and the sets of variables reported in the rows of the table