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Table 1 Demographics of survey participants by university type and WP use status

From: Water pipe smoking among public versus private university students in Ankara, Turkey: an online survey

 

Private

Public

 
 

Ever

Never

All

Ever

Never

All

 
 

%

%

n

%

%

%

n

%

p-value

Gender

 Male

76.3

23.7

1,289

51.9

72.7

27.3

1,140

42.5

0.045

 Female

61.4

38.6

1,196

48.1

49.0

51.0

1,545

57.5

<0.001

Age group

 18-19

59.2

40.8

485

19.9

45.4

54.6

377

14.6

<0.001

 20-21

66.4

33.6

1,010

41.4

56.7

43.3

1,057

40.8

<0.001

 22-23

76.3

23.7

710

29.1

61.5

38.5

799

30.8

<0.001

 24 or older

80.9

19.1

236

9.7

74.3

25.7

358

13.8

0.060

Access to a car

 Yes

73.1

26.9

1,126

51.7

67.7

32.3

895

35.8

0.008

 No

64.3

35.7

1,052

48.3

54.4

45.6

1,607

64.2

<0.001

Living arrangement

 In dormitory

65.5

34.5

837

36.3

49.7

50.3

927

36.5

<0.001

 Lives alone

90.1

9.9

131

5.7

79.6

20.4

137

5.4

0.017

 Lives with family

68.0

32.0

1,189

51.6

60.7

39.3

1,178

46.4

<0.001

 Has roommate(s)

82.2

17.8

146

6.3

72.9

27.1

295

11.6

0.031

Source of income*

 Family support

70.6

29.4

1,716

71.5

58.2

41.8

1,706

65.1

<0.001

 Scholarship

60.4

39.6

490

20.4

51.6

48.4

543

20.7

0.004

 Work

78.3

21.7

92

3.8

75.0

25.0

252

9.6

0.532

Total

69.1

30.9

2,485

100.0

59.1

40.9

2,685

100.0

<0.001

95% CI on ever WP use prevalence

[67.2-70.9]

  

[57.2-60.9]

   
  1. Notes: The p-value refers to the chi-square test where the null hypothesis is no relationship between the type of the university and WP use status. (*) More than one income source could be selected