Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants
From: Determinants of smokeless tobacco use and prevalence among Sudanese adolescents
Characteristics | Unweighted Counts | Weighted Percentage % | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
Locality | |||
Khartoum | 422 | 17.9% | 16.4–19.5 |
Jabal Awliya | 518 | 14.0% | 12.9–15.2 |
Omdurman | 459 | 12.5% | 11.5–13.6 |
Karari | 442 | 11.2% | 10.2–12.2 |
Ombada | 647 | 17.2% | 16.0–18.4 |
Bahri | 375 | 10.1% | 9.2–11.1 |
East Nile | 511 | 17.2% | 15.9–18.6 |
Missing | – | ||
Location of school | |||
Urban | 3266 | 98.9% | 98.5–99.2 |
Rural | 108 | 1.1% | 0.9–1.3 |
Missing | – | ||
Type of School | |||
Public | 2035 | 51.6% | 50.0–53.2 |
Private | 1339 | 48.4% | 46.6–50.3 |
Missing | – | ||
Age | |||
14 years or less | 726 | 21.8% | 20.4–23.2 |
15 years | 879 | 24.8% | 23.4–26.3 |
16 years | 964 | 28.6% | 27.1–30.2 |
17 years above | 783 | 24.8% | 23.3–26.3 |
Missing | 22 | ||
Daily Allowance | |||
Low ≤5 | 1240 | 35.7% | 34.1–37.3 |
Average 6–10 | 1461 | 48.8% | 47.0–50.6 |
Above Average 11–15 | 245 | 9.7% | 8.6–10.9 |
High 16–20 | 107 | 4.7% | 3.9–5.6 |
Very High 21–50 | 19 | 1.0% | 0.6–1.6 |
Missing | 302 | ||
Gender | |||
Male | 1604 | 42.7% | 41.1–44.3 |
Female | 1770 | 57.3% | 55.5–59.0 |
Missing | – | ||
Grade | |||
1st secondary | 1098 | 31.2% | 29.9–33.0 |
2nd secondary | 953 | 23.5% | 22.2–24.8 |
3rd secondary | 1323 | 45.3% | 43.5–47.1 |
Missing | – | ||
Academic Performance | |||
Excellent | 615 | 20.3% | 18.9–21.8 |
Very good | 1430 | 44.1% | 42.4–45.8 |
Good | 1064 | 29.7% | 28.2–31.2 |
Fair | 160 | 4.6% | 4.0–5.3 |
Poor | 42 | 1.3% | 1.0–1.8 |
Missing | 63 | ||
Family structure | |||
Father only | 74 | 1.8% | 1.4–2.3 |
Mother Only | 374 | 11.0% | 10.0–12.1 |
Father and Mother | 2616 | 78.2% | 76.8–79.6 |
Other | 294 | 9.0% | 8.1–10.0 |
Missing | 16 | ||
Father’s level of education | |||
Illiterate | 140 | 3.7% | 3.1–4.4 |
Can read and write | 470 | 12.7% | 11.7–13.8 |
Primary | 210 | 5.8% | 5.1–6.6 |
Elementary | 296 | 8.6% | 7.7–9.6 |
Secondary | 538 | 15.2% | 14.1–16.4 |
University | 665 | 21.3% | 19.9–22.8 |
Higher Education | 333 | 12.4% | 11.2–13.7 |
Do not know | 694 | 20.4% | 19.1–21.8 |
Missing | 28 | ||
Mother’s level of education | |||
Illiterate | 290 | 8.0% | 7.2–8.9 |
Can read and write | 375 | 10.4% | 9.4–11.4 |
Primary | 334 | 9.4% | 8.5–10.5 |
Elementary | 392 | 11.6% | 10.6–12.7 |
Secondary | 666 | 19.5% | 18.2–20.9 |
University | 573 | 19.4% | 18.0–20.9 |
Higher Education | 173 | 5.9% | 5.1–6.8 |
Do not know | 543 | 15.9% | 14.7–17.2 |
Missing | 28 | ||