From: Explaining socio-economic differences in intention to smoke among primary school children
 | Total sample (N= 2,612) | Intention to smoke (N= 93) | No intention to smoke (N= 2,519) | t | X 2 | df | p-value |
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Age (in years) | 10.35 | 10.40 | 10.35 | -0.88 | - | 2,543 | 0.38 |
Gender (% boy) | 46.6 | 62.4 | 46.0 | - | 9.64 | 1 | <0.01 |
Ethnicity (% Western) | 87.1 | 88.2 | 87.0 | - | 0.11 | 1 | 0.75 |
SES (% HSES environment) | 51.3 | 38.7 | 51.7 | - | 6.08 | 1 | 0.01 |
Pocket money (% yes) | 77.5 | 75.3 | 77.6 | - | 0.28 | 1 | 0.60 |
School performance (% high) | 28.8 | 19.4 | 29.2 | - | 15.49 | 2 | <0.01 |
Religion (% Catholic) | 20.1 | 16.1 | 20.2 | - | 1.66 | 4 | 0.80 |
Family composition (% both parents) | 83.8 | 72.0 | 84.3 | - | 9.91 | 1 | <0.01 |