Table 1 Social factors and smoking among adolescent male students in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia
From: Prevalence of smoking among secondary school male students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: a survey study
Factors | Smokers | P value | OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|
Father’s education (n = 653) | |||
- High school or less | 110 (42.0%) | <0.05 | 1.42 (1.02–1.99) |
- University | 132 (33.8%) | ||
Mother’s education (n = 634) | |||
- High school or less | 145 (40.7%) | <0.05 | 1.51 (1.07–2.43) |
- University | 87 (31.3%) | ||
Father’s work (n = 695) | |||
- Professional | 47 (32.6%) | 0.21 | 0.78 (0.53–1.51) |
- Nonprofessional | 211 (38.3%) | ||
Mother’s work (n = 590) | |||
- Housewife | 164 (37.9%) | 0.44 | 1.16 (0.79–1.70) |
- Working | 54 (34.4%) | ||
Monthly income (n = 641) | |||
- <5000 SR | 38 (40%) | 0.70 | 1.09 (0.70–1.70) |
- >5000 SR | 207 (37.9%) | ||
House (n = 656) | |||
- Owned | 168 (38.5%) | 0.32 | 0.10 (0.71–1.40) |
- Rented | 85 (38.6%) | ||
Overcrowding index (n = 632) | |||
- >1 person/room | 34 (66.6%) | 0.95 | 0.98 (0.62–1.65) |
- <1 person/room | 199 (36.9%) | ||
Smoker friends (n = 695) | |||
- Yes | 244 (42.5%) | <0.01 | 5.31 (2.88–9.94) |
- No | 14 (12.1%) | ||
Smokers at home (n = 669) | |||
- Yes | 168 (65.9%) | <0.01 | 3.10 (2.21–4.35) |
- No | 87 (34.4%) |