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Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the respondents

From: Shisha use among students in a private university in Kigali city, Rwanda: prevalence and associated factors

Variable

Category

Frequency (N = 418)

Percentage (%)

Age in years

< 20

23

5.5

20–24

264

63.1

25–29

78

18.7

30 & above

53

12.7

Gender

Male

177

42.3

Female

241

57.7

Marital status

Divorced

13

3.1

Single

354

84.7

Married

51

12.2

Residence

Urban

353

84.4

Rural

65

15.6

Faculty

School of Business &social sciences

170

40.6

School of Pure & applied sciences

68

16.3

School of Health sciences

165

39.5

School of Education

15

3.6

Time of study

Day

157

37.5

Evening

173

41.4

Weekend

88

21.1

Educational level of father

Tertiary

247

59.1

Secondary

139

33.3

Primary

32

7.6

Educational level of mother

Tertiary

200

47.8

Secondary

177

42.4

Primary

41

9.8

Family’s social class

Category 4

38

9.1

Category 3

237

56.7

Category 2

122

29.2

Category 1

21

5.0

Employment status

No

282

67.5

Yes

136

32.5