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Table 2 Sample smoking behaviour and intentions characteristics

From: Socio-environmental and psychosocial predictors of smoking susceptibility among adolescents with contrasting socio-cultural characteristics: a comparative analysis

Sample characteristicsa

Total

(n = 1,573)

Northern Ireland

(n = 701)

Bogotá

(n = 872)

χ2 p-value

Smoking behaviour

      

0.004

 Current smoker

58

(4%)

27

(4%)

31

(4%)

 

 Previous smoker

224

(14%)

77

(11%)

147

(17%)

 

 Never smoker

1291

(82%)

597

(85%)

694

(80%)

 

Smoking Susceptibility

 Try a cigarette soon

      

0.000

  Yes

34

(2%)

17

(2%)

17

(2%)

 

  Don’t know

375

(24%)

107

(15%)

268

(31%)

 

  No

1163

(74%)

576

(82%)

587

(67%)

 

  Missing Values

1

(<1%)

1

(<1%)

0

(0%)

 

 Best friend offered cigarette

      

0.000

  Definitely yes

6

(<1%)

4

(1%)

2

(<1%)

 

  Probably yes

53

(3%)

26

(4%)

27

(3%)

 

  Not sure

184

(12%)

58

(8%)

126

(14%)

 

  Probably not

151

(10%)

84

(12%)

67

(8%)

 

  Definitely not

1177

(75%)

527

(75%)

650

(75%)

 

 Smoke in next 6 months

      

0.000

  Current smoker

49

(3%)

10

(1%)

39

(4%)

 

  Definitely start smoking

3

(<1%)

1

(<1%)

2

(<1%)

 

  Probably start smoking

8

(1%)

0

(0%)

8

(1%)

 

  Don’t know

141

(9%)

49

(7%)

92

(11%)

 

  Probably not

104

(7%)

45

(6%)

59

(7%)

 

  Definitely not

1264

(81%)

592

(84%)

672

(77%)

 

Susceptible to smoking

      

0.000

 Yes

587

(37%)

215

(31%)

372

(43%)

 

 No

985

(63%)

485

(69%)

500

(57%)

 
  1. aVariable distributions are reported as n (%) unless otherwise stated