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Table 1 Comparison of the prevalence of current tobacco use in Bangladeshi students between GYTS (2007) and GYTS (2013) survey

From: Changes in prevalence, and factors associated with tobacco use among Bangladeshi school students: evidence from two nationally representative surveys

Covariates

Survey Year 2007

Survey Year 2013

Overall Tobacco Use

No

Yes

P Value

No

Yes

P Value

Unweighted Frequency

(Weighted Percent)

Unweighted Frequency

(Weighted Percent)

Unweighted Frequency

(Weighted Percent)

Unweighted Frequency

(Weighted Percent)

Sex

 

<.001

 

<.001

 Male

1325 (89.60)

217 (10.40)

 

1208 (90.83)

125 (9.17)

 

 Female

1339 (94.78)

103 (5.22)

 

1679 (97.16)

97 (2.84)

 

Age

  

<.001

  

<.001

 Younger than 14 years

989 (93.86)

131 (6.14)

 

1423 (95.05)

84 (4.95)

 

 Equal to 14 years

828 (93.32)

68 (6.68)

 

1027 (92.26)

77 (7.74)

 

 Older than 14 years

891 (86.81)

136 (13.19)

 

434 (85.47)

61 (14.53)

 

Grade

  

0.007

  

0.667

 7th

553 (94.10)

57 (5.90)

 

899 (94.88)

64 (5.12)

 

 8th

657 (91.79)

64 (8.21)

 

832 (92.61)

62 (7.39)

 

 9th or above

1510 (89.75)

220 (10.25)

 

1155 (91.39)

95 (8.61)

 

Average pocket money (per month)a

  

<.001

  

<.001

 Spend less than or equal to 160 TK

2391 (92.98)

227 (7.02)

    

 Spend more than 160 TK

303 (73.41)

102 (26.59)

    

 Spend less than or equal to 400 TK

   

2649 (93.96)

159 (6.04)

 

 Spend between 400 and 800 TK

   

157 (76.34)

51 (23.66)

 

 Spend more than or equal to 800 TK

   

66 (88.73)

12 (11.27)

 

Aware of the effect of passive smoking

  

<.001

  

<.001

 Yes

2395 (91.97)

250 (8.03)

 

2650 (93.31)

180 (6.69)

 

 No

301 (88.54)

86 (11.46)

 

226 (95.61)

35 (4.39)

 

Favoured banning smoking at public places

  

<.001

  

0.003

 Yes

2244 (92.21)

233 (7.79)

 

1909 (94.69)

125 (5.31)

 

 No

436 (91.49)

79 (8.51)

 

958 (90.26)

95 (9.74)

 

Refused by the tobacco vendor for age

  

0.006

  

0.001

 Yes

170 (81.14)

70 (18.86)

 

127 (84.22)

25 (15.78)

 

 No

250 (90.30)

59 (9.70)

 

24 (57.28)

16 (42.72)

 

Average cost per packet cigarette (20 cigarettes)a

  

0.021

  

<.001

 Less than 64TK

10 (71.14)

17 (28.86)

    

 More than or equal to 64 TK

5 (45.14)

34 (54.86)

    

 Less than or equal to 75 TK

   

363 (89.08)

42 (10.92)

 

 Between 76 to 200 TK

   

132 (73.76)

70 (26.24)

 

 More than 200 Tk

   

1891 (95.40)

83 (4.60)

 

Received anti-tobacco message

  

0.205

  

0.428

 Yes

2420 (91.07)

285 (8.93)

 

2150 (92.76)

181 (7.24)

 

 No

75 (94.60)

13 (5.40)

 

275 (93.09)

19 (6.91)

 

Health warning on tobacco products

     

<.001

 Yes

   

2134 (92.21)

195 (7.79)

 

 No

   

737 (96.55)

27 (3.45)

 

Being offered free tobacco products

  

<.001

  

0.033

 Yes

444 (84.10)

134 (15.90)

 

73 (95.28)

11 (4.72)

 

 No

2202 (93.41)

187 (6.59)

 

2790 (93.02)

210 (6.98)

 

Noticed anyone smoking in the school

     

<.001

 Yes

   

1004 (90.05)

138 (9.95)

 

 No

   

1870 (95.64)

77 (4.36)

 

Taught about danger of tobacco in class

  

0.005

  

0.558

 Yes

1288 (93.35)

125 (6.65)

 

1640 (93.11)

129 (6.89)

 

 No

1007 (92.04)

141 (7.96)

 

789 (92.65)

68 (7.35)

 

Tobacco advertisement

  

0.274

  

0.104

 Yes

1739 (91.00)

221 (9.00)

 

1969 (91.24)

177 (8.76)

 

 No

85 (94.03)

7 (5.97)

 

261 (93.99)

15 (6.01)

 

Exposed to tobacco smoke

  

<.001

  

<.001

 Yes

1255 (87.44)

240 (12.56)

 

2027 (90.65)

207 (9.35)

 

 No

1461 (96.58)

96 (3.42)

 

846 (98.71)

15 (1.29)

 
  1. GYTS Global Youth Tobacco Survey. TK: Bangladeshi currency (1 USD ≈ 85 TK)
  2. a Information of ‘average pocket money (per month)’ and ‘average cost per packet cigarette (20 cigarettes)’ were collected in different categories in 2007 and 2013 surveys and could not be combined in the same categories
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