Table 2 Association between smoking status of students and selected variables
| Â | Smoking Status of Students | Â | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Smoker n (%) | Non Smoker n (%) | Test Statistic | p-value* |
Smoking status of father | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Smoker | 71 (44.10) | 90 (55.90) | 7.28 | 0.007 |
   Non – smoker | 91 (31.38) | 199 (68.62) |  |  |
Knowledge on smoking as harmful to health | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Agreed | 122 (75.31) | 257 (88.93) | 16.89 | < 0.001 |
   Disagreed | 21 (12.96) | 11 (3.81) |  |  |
   No opinion | 19 (11.73) | 21 (7.26) |  |  |
Level of academic performance | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Good | 44 (25.14) | 131 (74.86) | 14.43 | < 0.001 |
   Poor | 118 (42.75) | 158 (57.25) |  |  |
Type of school | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Vocational school | 84 (55.6) | 67 (44.4) | 48.10 | < 0.001 |
   Day school | 52 (34.7) | 98 (65.3) |  |  |
   Boarding school | 26 (17.3) | 124 (82.7) |  |  |