Table 2 Association between each demographic variable and current smoking status among in-school students in Timor-Leste (an estimate of smoking rate is 51.0 %)
Characteristics | Current smoking status | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||
N (%) | N (%) | ||
Age | |||
<15 | 299 (46.0 %) | 365 (54.0 %) | <0.05 |
15+ | 351 (57.0 %) | 270 (43.0 %) | |
Gender | |||
Boys | 380 (59.0 %) | 177 (41.0 %) | <0.05 |
Girls | 236 (28.0 %) | 457 (72.0 %) | |
Education level (grades) | |||
Grade 1 | 175 (53.0 %) | 156 (47.0 %) | >0.05 |
Grade 2 | 292 (49.0 %) | 304 (51.0 %) | |
Grade 3 | 178 (50.0 %) | 180 (50.0 %) | |