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Table 2 Proportion of ever smokers and drinkers by residence, gender, and grade (n = 358)

From: Smoking and drinking behavior, knowledge, and attitudes among urban and rural public-school students in Efate Island, Vanuatu: a comparative study

 

Ever smoked tobacco

Ever drunk alcohol

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

All

42

(12.2)

44

(13.4)

Residence

  Urban

28

(13.5)

33

(16.9)

  Rural

14

(10.3)

11

(8.3)

 

p = 0.37

p = 0.02

Gender

  Male

27

(14.7)

26

(14.6)

  Female

15

(9.4)

18

(12.0)

 

p = 0.14

p = 0.49

Grade

  Year6

7

(7.4)

8

(8.6)

  Year7

7

(5.0)

9

(7.0)

  Year8

28

(25.9)

27

(25.2)

 

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

  1. Missing values excluded
  2. Chi-square test was used to examine significant differences in students reporting substance use by residence, gender, and grade
  3. Fisher's exact test for small sample size, with < 5 in a cell