Table 1 Distribution of smoking susceptibility levels for all youth and by gender and age group (n = 2200)
From: Correlates of smoking among youth: the role of parents, friends, attitudes/beliefs, and demographics
Group | Very low | Low | Moderate | High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
All youth | 8.26 | 3.84 | 304 | 13.8 | 961 | 43.7 | 574 | 26.1 | 361 | 16.4 |
Gender | ||||||||||
Female | 8.20 | 3.64 | 134 | 12.4 | 485 | 45.0 | 290 | 26.9 | 168 | 15.6 |
Male | 8.32 | 4.04 | 170 | 15.1 | 476 | 42.4 | 284 | 25.3 | 193 | 17.2 |
Age | ||||||||||
<14 | 7.04 | 3.07 | 146 | 21.8 | 400 | 51.5 | 183 | 23.6 | 48 | 5.9 |
14–15 | 8.66 | 3.78 | 84 | 14.5 | 278 | 39.9 | 197 | 28.3 | 138 | 19.2 |
16> | 9.17 | 4.31 | 74 | 12.0 | 283 | 40.0 | 194 | 26.7 | 175 | 23.7 |