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Table 4 The effect of age and gender on perceived effectiveness of graphic health warnings in preventing adolescents from initiating smoking by age and gender

From: Perceived effectiveness of graphic health warnings as a deterrent for smoking initiation among adolescents in selected schools in southwest Nigeria

Variable

Perceived effectiveness of image

 

Large extent

Little or no effect

 

1. Image of airway cancer

Age

  < 15 years

242 (80.1)

60 (19.9)

0.032

  ≥ 15 years

175 (72.3)

67 (27.7)

 

Sex

 Male

183 (75.3)

60 (24.7)

 

 Female

234 (77.7)

67 (22.3)

0.50

2. Image of harm to children

Age

  < 15 years

138 (45.7)

164 (54.3)

 

  ≥ 15 years

105 (43.4)

137 (56.6)

0.59

Sex

 Male

110 (45.3)

133 (54.7)

 

 Female

133 (44.2)

168 (55.8)

0.80

3. Image of stroke

Age

   

  < 15 years

182 (60.3)

120 (39.7)

 

  ≥ 15 years

136 (56.2)

106 (43.8)

0.39

Gender

   

 Male

146 (60.1)

97 (39.9)

 

 Female

172 (57.1)

129 (42.9)

0.49

4. Image of impotence

Age

  < 15 years

200 (66.2)

102 (33.8)

 

  ≥ 15 years

138 (57.0)

104 (43.0)

 

Gender

 Male

157 (64.6)

86 (35.4)

 

 Female

181 (60.1)

120 (39.9)

0.29