Table 1 General characteristics of participants (n = 2623)
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 1044 (39.8 %) |
Female | 1579 (60.2 %) |
Age | |
<15 years | 45 (1.7 %) |
15 - 19 years | 1461 (55.7 %) |
20 - 24 years | 1057 (40.3 %) |
25 - 29 years | 60 (2.3 %) |
Year of education | |
5th | 415 (15.8 %) |
6th | 1336 (50.9 %) |
7th | 872 (33.3 %) |
Have ever smoked a cigarette | |
Yes | 879 (33.5 %) |
No | 1744 (66.5 %) |
Have repeated a class | |
Yes | 1972 (75.2 %) |
No | 651 (24.8 %) |
Type of education | |
General | 1868 (71.2 %) |
Technical and vocational | 755 (28.8 %) |
School status | |
Public | 395 (15.1 %) |
Private | 2228 (84.9 %) |
Knowledge of warmful effects smoking | |
Yes | 2070 (78.9 %) |
No | 553 (21.1 %) |
Smoked the last 30 days | |
Yes | 270 (10.3 %) |
No | 2353 (89.7%) |
Smoking status | |
Non smoker | 2330 (88.8 %) |
Regular smoker | 221 (8.4 %) |
Occasional smoker | 72 (2.8 %) |