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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of students of kalaiya municipality

From: Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use among adolescents in the schools of Kalaiya, Nepal: a cross-sectional questionnaire based study

Characteristics

Number

Percentage

Age (Years)

 10–12

14

0.9

 13–15

1012

65.7

 16–18

514

33.4

Grade

 Eight

408

26.5

 Nine

777

50.5

 Ten

355

23.1

Sex

 Male

1014

65.8

 Female

526

34.2

School

 Governmental

854

55.5

 Non-governmental

686

44.5

Religion

 Hindu

1299

84.4

 Muslim

213

13.8

 Othersa

28

1.8

Ethnicity

 Brahmin/chhetri

213

13.8

 Dalits

102

6.6

 Janjatib

205

13.3

 Madhesic

708

46.0

 Muslims

213

13.8

 Othersd

99

6.4

  1. a other religion includes Christian, budhism, Jainism
  2. b janjati includes tharu, mandal (dhanuk), magar, limbu
  3. c Madhesi includes Kanu, kalwar, teli, kushwaha, yadav and other terai origin castes
  4. d other ethnicity includes marwadi, Bengali, tamils
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Tobacco Induced Diseases

ISSN: 1617-9625

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