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Table 4 Factors associated with overall, smoking, and smokeless tobacco use among adolescents using pooled dataset by binary logistic regression analysis

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

Covariates

Overall Tobacco Usea

Smoking Tobacco Usea

Smokeless Tobacco Usea

Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

P-value

Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

P-value

Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

P-value

Sex

 Female

1

 

1

   

 Male

2.19 [1.35–3.56]

0.002

3.18 [1.60–6.31]

0.001

  

Age

 Younger than 14 years

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Equal to 14 years

1.37 [0.88–2.13]

0.155

1.22 [0.54–2.80]

0.627

1.62 [0.89–2.96]

0.111

 Older than 14 years

2.19 [1.26–3.79]

0.006

2.57 [1.20–5.53]

0.017

2.47 [1.29–4.73]

0.007

Average pocket money (per month)

 Less than or equal to 16 TK

1

 

1

   

 Between 16 and 200 TK

2.86 [1.62–5.06]

0.001

3.97 [1.51–10.42]

0.006

  

 More than 200 TK

5.91 [1.92–18.19]

0.003

10.84 [1.53–76.68]

0.018

  

Favoured banning smoking at public places

 Yes

1

 

1

   

 No

1.92 [1.19–3.09]

0.008

3.77 [1.81–7.85]

0.001

  

Exposed to tobacco

 Yes

4.18 [2.23–7.82]

0.002

5.29 [2.55–10.99]

<.001

4.01 [1.87–8.58]

0.001

 No

1

 

1

 

1

 
  1. CI Confidence Interval. TK: Bangladeshi currency (1 USD ≈ 85 TK)
  2. aDependent variable