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Table 1 Characteristics of students by susceptibility to smoking, at pre-intervention

From: The importance of social environment in preventing smoking: an analysis of the Dead Cool intervention

 

Population

Susceptibility1

  

Yes

No

Students

480

141

290

Personal characteristics

Gender (M/F) 2

251/228

75/66

144/145

Deprivation decile: mean [SD]

0.41

0.43 [0.31]

0.40 [0.29]

Rebelliousness: mean [SD]

3.9

4.9 [2.6]

3.4 [2.5]

Life Satisfaction: mean [SD]

14.5

14.2 [2.4]

14.6 [2.3]

Nominations received: mean [SD]

3.6

3.7 [2.3]

3.8 [2.4]

Observational learning

Live with a smoker

43%

54%

37%

Smoker in family

48%

60%

42%

Friends with a smoker

34%

52%

26%

Smoking presence: Never

26%

11%

34%

Smoking presence: Sometimes

29%

27%

30%

Smoking presence: Frequently

45%

62%

37%

Diffusion of susceptibility

Nominated friends susceptible

34%

41%

29%

Nominators susceptible

34%

45%

29%

  1. 1Susceptibility could not be assessed at pre-intervention for 49 students as they were either absent on the survey date or did not respond to at least one of the three relevant questions
  2. 2One student did not identify their gender