Table 3 Factors associated with tobacco use among youths from selected South-Asian countries, GYTS 2007
From: A cross-country comparison of tobacco consumption among youths from selected South-Asian countries
Factors | Bangladesh | Nepal | Sri Lanka | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tobacco | Chi-square | Tobacco | Chi-square | Tobacco | Chi-square | |
Use (%) | (P-values) | Use (%) | (P-values) | Use (%) | (P-values) | |
Age in years | ||||||
13 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 8.8 | |||
14 | 6.7 | 22.28 | 8.3 | 14.49 | 8.7 | 3.66 |
15 | 11.6 | (< 0.001) | 13.2 | (0.001) | 12.4 | (0.160) |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 5.1 | 13.59 | 5.3 | 25.6 | 5.8 | 16.87 |
Male | 9.1 | (< 0.001) | 13.2 | (< 0.001) | 12.4 | (< 0.001) |
Educational grade | ||||||
Seventh | 4.5 | 9.3 | - | |||
Eighth | 6.1 | 8.2 | 8.8 | |||
Ninth | 10.1 | 14.75 | 11.8 | 3.10 | 9.7 | 0.312 |
Tenth | 7.7 | (0.001) | 9.8 | (0.38) | 8.8 | (0.86) |
Parental tobacco use | ||||||
No | 4.6 | 15.93 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 4.27 |
Yes | 8.9 | (< 0.001) | 11.7 | (0.001) | 11.9 | (0.001) |
Friends’ tobacco use | ||||||
No | 4.5 | 70.34 | 4.1 | 124.32 | 6.6 | 58.76 |
Yes | 15.2 | (< 0.001) | 23.5 | (< 0.001) | 24.2 | (< 0.001) |
Smoking at home in last 7 days in presence of youths | ||||||
No | 4.4 | 5.6 | 6.3 | |||
1-4 days | 12.1 | 41.18 | 19.3 | 51.27 | 13.2 | 41.71 |
5-7 days | 11.3 | (< 0.001) | 13.7 | (< 0.001) | 25.3 | (< 0.001) |
Smoking at other places in last 7 days in presence of youths | ||||||
No | 3.9 | 3.6 | 6.4 | |||
1-4 days | 9.0 | 55.69 | 14.7 | 67.9 | 9.4 | 11.13 |
5-7 days | 14.1 | (< 0.001) | 19.7 | (< 0.001) | 13.5 | (.001) |
Offering free tobacco products by sales men | ||||||
No | 5.6 | 53.45 | 9.1 | 3.50 | 8.4 | 31.0 |
Yes | 18.5 | (< 0.001) | 14.5 | (< 0.001) | 35.1 | (< 0.001) |
Advertisement seen in hoarding, bus-stop, rail stations | ||||||
None | 4.9 | 7.9 | 8.3 | |||
A few | 5.1 | 18.3 | 10.0 | .84 | 7.7 | 13.19 |
A lot | 9.7 | (< 0.001) | 9.3 | (0.656) | 15.8 | (0.001) |
Taught in class about danger of smoking | ||||||
No | 8.2 | 5.14 | 10.7 | 1.13 | 12.0 | 3.40 |
Yes | 5.8 | (0.023) | 8.9 | (0.28) | 8.5 | (0.05) |
Discussed smoking & health as part of a lesson | ||||||
Never | 5.6 | 11.4 | 10.7 | |||
During the survey year | 7.5 | 21.73 | 8.9 | 3.45 | 11.4 | 1.90 |
Preceding years of survey | 14.5 | (< 0.001) | 8.2 | (0.178) | 8.8 | (0.387) |