Table 2 Association between tobacco use and selected sociodemographic characteristics among Iraqi adolescents, Baghdad, Iraq, 2012
From: Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among Iraqi adolescents: Iraq GYTS 2012
Socio demographic characteristics | Tobacco use | Total N | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
yes | yes | no | no | |||
N | % | N | % | |||
School type | ||||||
governmental | 124 | 24.21 | 388 | 75.78 | 512 | <0.001 |
private | 240 | 19.38 | 998 | 79.80 | 1238 | |
Age in Years | ||||||
<14 | 65 | 14.06 | 397 | 85.93 | 462 | <0.001 |
14-16 | 155 | 26.13 | 438 | 73.68 | 593 | |
16+ | 144 | 22.32 | 501 | 77.67 | 645 | |
Gender | ||||||
male | 266 | 27.1 | 508 | 72.9 | 981 | <0.001 |
female | 98 | 12.7 | 670 | 87.3 | 768 | |
Grade within the School | ||||||
7-9 | 176 | 22.0 | 622 | 78.0 | 798 | <0.001 |
10-12 | 188 | 19.7 | 764 | 81.3 | 952 | |
Maternal education | ||||||
illiterate | 104 | 54.7 | 86 | 45.3 | 190 | 0.003 |
primary | 96 | 46.6 | 110 | 53.6 | 206 | |
preparatory | 64 | 26.5 | 177 | 73.5 | 241 | |
secondary | 52 | 9.8 | 474 | 90.2 | 526 | |
University/higher | 48 | 17.7 | 539 | 82.3 | 587 | |
Paternal education | ||||||
illiterate | 98 | 49.0 | 102 | 51.4 | 200 | <0.001 |
primary | 93 | 37.2 | 157 | 62.7 | 250 | |
secondary | 80 | 29.6 | 190 | 70.4 | 270 | |
preparatory | 73 | 19.1 | 308 | 79.9 | 381 | |
University/higher | 60 | 9.2 | 589 | 90.8 | 649 | |