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. 2022 Nov 4;22:2022. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14416-x

Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants of 2014, 2015, and 2016

Characteristics 2014
(n = 751)
2015
(n = 751)
2016
(n = 715)
Comparison between 2014 and 2015 Comparison between 2014 and 2016
n (%) [95% CI] n (%) [95% CI] n (%) [95% CI] p value p value
Sociodemographic characteristics
Males 365 (48.7) 45.1, 52.3 346 (46.9) 43.3,50.5 323 (46.7) 43.0,50.4 0.419 0.415
Age > 13 years 325 (43.4) 39.9,46.9 354 (47.5) 43.9,51.1 354 (49.9) 46.2,53.6 0.120 0.013b
Lifetime tobacco use 82 (11.0) 8.8,13.2 92 (12.5) 10.1,14.9 123 (17.3) 14.5,20.1 0.358 0.001
Male 68 (18.7) 15.9,21.5 70 (20.6) 17.7,23.5 78 (24.5) 21.3,27.6 0.536 0.070
Female 14 (3.7) 2.3,5.1 17 (4.5) 3.0,6.0 43 (11.7) 9.3,14.1 0.578 < 0.001b
≤13 years 26 (6.2) 4.5, 7.9 35 (9.0) 7.0,11.0 49 (13.9) 11.4,16.4 0.131 < 0.001b
> 13 years 55 (17.0) 14.3,19.7 57 (16.7) 14.0,19.4 74 (21.1) 18.1,24.1 0.914 0.182
Current tobacco use 25 (3.4) 2.1,4.7 36 (5.0) 3.4,6.5 29 (4.1) 2.6,5.5 0.131 0.446
Male 23 (6.4) 4.6,8.1 30 (9.0) 6.9,11.0 21 (6.7) 4.9,8.5 0.204 0.899
Female 2 (0.5) 0.0,1.0 3 (0.8) 0.2,1.4 7 (1.9) 0.9,2.9 0.652 0.102
≤13 years 12 (2.9) 1.7,4.1 15 (3.9) 2.5,5.3 10 (2.8) 1.6,4.0 0.410 0.976
> 13 years 12 (3.8) 2.4,5.2 21 (6.2) 4.5,7.9 19 (5.6) 3.9,7.3 0.155 0.275
Tobacco cessation intention among current smokers 12 (48.0) 44.4,51.6 12 (34.3) 30.9,37.7 8 (30.8) 27.4,34.2 0.287 0.211
Lifetime illicit substances use 4 (0.5) 0.0,1.0 6 (0.8) 0.2,1.4 4 (0.6) 0.03,1.2 0.523 0.425
Male 3 (0.8) 0.2,1.4 4 (1.2) 0.4,2.0 3 (0.9) 0.2,1.6 0.655 0.890
Female , 0.0,0.4 2 (0.5) 0.0,1.0 1 (0.3) 0.0,0.7 0.994 0.994
≤13 years 2 (0.5) 0.0,1.0 3 (0.8) 0.2,1.4 0.600 0.994
> 13 years 1 (0.3) 0.0,0.7 3 ((0.9) 0.2,1.6 4 (1.2) 0.4,2.0 0.371 0.239
Purchase of illicit substances 14 (1.9) 0.9,2.9 51 (7.0) 5.2,8.8 32 (4.6) 3.1,6.1 < 0.001a 0.005b
Male 8 (2.3) 1.2,3.4 30 (8.9) 6.9,10.9 16 (5.1) 3.5,6.7 < 0.001a 0.055b
Female 6 (1.6) 0.7,2.5 21 (5.5) 3.9,7.1 15 (4.2) 2.7,5.7 0.006a 0.043b
≤13 years 10 (2.4) 1.3,3.5 31 (8.0) 6.1,9.9 15 (4.3) 2.8,5.8 0.001a 0.143
> 13 years 4 (1.3) 0.5,2.1 20 (5.8) 4.1,7.5 16 (4.6) 3.1,6.1 0.004a 0.018b
Lifetime inhalants use 6 (0.8) 0.2,1.4 22 (3.0) 1.8,4.2 40 (5.7) 4.0,7.4 0.004a < 0.001b
Male 2 (0.6) 0.1,1.1 10 (2.9) 1.7,4.1 15 (4.7) 3.1,6.2 0.015a 0.001b
Female 4 (1.0) 0.3,1.7 12 (3.1) 1.9,4.3 25 (6.9) 5.0,8.7 0.044a < 0.001b
  ≤ 13 years 1 (0.2) 0.0,0.5 12 (3.1) 1.9,4.3 26 (7.4) 5.5,9.3 0.013a 0.001b
  > 13 years 5 (1.6) 0.7,2.5 10 (2.9) 1.7,4.1 13 (3.8) 2.4,5.2 0.249 0.090b
Tobacco use among
Father 363 (49.1) 45.5,52.7 335 (45.8) 42.2,49.4 337 47.3) 43.6,51.0 0.215 0.511
Mother 4 (0.5) 0.0,1.0 13 (1.8) 0.8,2.7 4 (0.6) 0.03,1.2 0.036a 0.956
Siblings 108 (14.6) 12.1,17.1 99 (13.5) 11.1,15.9 108 (15.2) 12.6,17.8 0.562 0.759
Illicit substances use among
Parents 5 (0.7) 0.1,1.3 4 (0.5) 0.0,1.0 6 (0.9) 0.2,1.6 0.757 0.690
Siblings 2 (0.3) 0.0,0.7 2 (0.3) 0.0,5.2 1 (0.1) 0.0,0.3 0.987 0.604
Friends 19 (2.6) 1.5,3.7 43 (5.9) 4.2,7.6 43 (6.1) 4.3,7.8 0.002a 0.001b
Current psychological symptoms
Depressive mood 165 (22.0) 19.0,25.0 173 (23.0) 20.0,26.0 190 (26.6) 23.4,29.8 0.895 0.115
Anxiety 274 (36.5) 33.1,39.9 305 (40.6) 37.1,44.1 300 (42.0) 38.4,45.6 0.263 0.101
Insomnia 514 (68.4) 65.1,71.7 497 (66.2) 62.8,69.6 497 (69.5) 66.1,72.9 0.157 0.433
Stress 169 (22.5) 19.5,25.5 238 (31.7) 28.4,35.0 208 (29.1) 25.8,32.4 < 0.001a 0.019b

CI Confidence Interval

a”: significant difference between 2014 and 2015

b”: significant difference between 2014 and 2016