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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents by smoking status

From: Perceptions and acceptability of pictorial health warning labels vs text only - a cross-sectional study in Lao PDR

 

Non-Smoker

Smoker

Total

P value

Variables

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

Age (Mean = 32.42, SD = 13.68; Min-15, Max-55)

0.327

 15-20

264

34.4

197

33.2

461

33.9

 

 21-35

205

26.7

143

24.1

348

25.6

 

 36-55

298

38.9

253

42.7

551

40.5

 

Gender

<.001

 Male

432

56.3

523

88.2

955

70.2

 

 Female

335

43.7

70

11.8

405

29.8

 

Education level

<.001

 No schooling

4

0.5

14

2.4

18

1.3

 

 Lower elementary

11

1.4

14

2.4

25

1.8

 

 Upper elementary

80

10.4

53

8.9

133

9.8

 

 Lower secondary

106

13.8

118

19.9

224

16.5

 

 Upper secondary

249

32.5

208

35.1

457

33.6

 

 Pre-university

114

14.9

73

12.3

187

13.8

 

 Diploma

56

7.3

41

6.9

97

7.1

 

Bachelor

135

17.6

67

11.3

202

14.8

 

 Masters, PhD

12

1.6

5

0.8

17

1.3

 

Occupation

<.001

 Student

273

35.6

134

22.6

407

29.9

 

 Private Officer

71

9.3

64

10.8

135

9.9

 

 Government officer

120

15.6

72

12.1

192

14.1

 

 Farmer

19

2.5

22

3.7

41

3.0

 

 Housewife

31

4.0

10

1.7

41

3.0

 

 Owner enterprise

39

5.1

31

5.2

70

5.1

 

 Merchandise

114

14.9

61

10.3

175

12.9

 

 Daily paid worker

61

8.0

149

25.1

210

15.4

 

 Unemployed

23

3.0

32

5.4

55

4.1

 

 Driver

9

1.2

12

2.0

21

1.6

 

 Other

7

0.6

6

0.8

13

1.0