Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use among Iraqi adolescents: Iraq GYTS 2012

Table 3 Determinants of tobacco use among adolescents in Baghdad, Iraq 2012

Independent variable	OR	(95% CI: Lower-Upper)	P-value
Type of school
Private	1.0	(0.8-1.2)	>0.05
Governmental	2.08	(1.48 - 2.93)	<0.001
Age
16-18 (vs. 13-16)	2.88	(1.87 - 4.41)	<0.001
SEX (male)	2.31	(1.57 - 3.42)	<0.001
PEER-Family smoking
Parents smoking (yes)	1.97	(1.04 - 2.77)	<0.001
Siblings smoking (yes)	1.86	(1.21 - 2.87)	0.005
CLOSE FRIEND SMOKING
Some of them	2.67	(1.83 - 3.89)	<0.001
Most/ all	8.18	(4.65 - 14.39)	<0.001
EXPOSURE TO SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES
Occasionally	1.52	(1.04 - 2.24)	0.330
Regularly	2.75	(1.62 - 4.68)	<0.001
ATTITUDE
*Neutral	2.37	(1.37 - 4.12)	0.002
*Negative	3.89	(2.66-5.37)	0.000
PATERNAL EDUCATION
Secondary	0.72	(0.48 - 1.80)	0.114
Primary	1.78	(1.5 - 2.75)	0.009
Illiterate	2.02	(1.15 - 4.79)	0.047

Stepwise logistic regression with type of school, age, sex, sibling, parents, close friends smoking, exposure to smoking in public places, attitudes and father education as covariates.
Neutral: The response to the attitude questions of the GYTS was neither no nor yes.
Negative: The mean response to attitude questions was negative (thus pro tobacco).

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