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Table 2 Patterns of WP smoking among respondents who have ever smoked WP

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

 

Private University

Public University

p-value

 

n

%

n

%

 

Age at first use

0.133

 Younger than 14

171

10.1

133

8.4

 

 Ages 14-18

1,074

63.2

990

62.6

 

 Older than 18

454

26.7

459

29.0

 

Location of WP use

0.303

 At home only

21

3.8

26

5.7

 

 Outside of home only

489

87.9

395

87.0

 

 Both at home and outside of home

46

8.3

33

7.3

 

WP sharing (usually)

0.101

 No

78

14.4

48

10.9

 

 Yes

465

85.6

394

89.1

 

Number of WP venues close to university

<0.001

 None

224

13.5

359

23.2

 

 1-3 venues

677

40.8

593

38.3

 

 4 or more venues

758

45.7

598

38.6

 

Use within the last month

<0.001

 Yes

253

14.8

137

8.7

 

 No

1,454

85.2

1,445

91.3

 

Reasons for WP use*

 Enjoy the aroma

1293

75.3

1197

75.5

0.911

 Pleasurable

889

51.8

677

42.7

<0.001

 Facilitates socialization

767

44.7

524

33.0

<0.001

 Smoke does not hurt throat

539

31.4

492

31.0

0.818

 Can be shared with friends

533

31.0

397

25.0

<0.001

 Makes conversation more fun

478

27.8

360

22.7

0.001

 Part of traditional culture

339

19.7

249

15.7

0.002

 Makes nice visual in social media

306

17.8

285

18.0

0.912

 Nice ambience and food

304

17.7

220

13.9

0.003

 Shares in social media invoke curiosity

185

10.8

143

9.0

0.091

Current users of WP (among ever users of WP)

438

25.5

342

21.6

0.008

  1. Notes: Sum of n’s may differ across categories since not all questions were answered by all participants
  2. (*) More than one reason could be selected
  3. The p-value refers to the chi-square test where the null hypothesis is no relationship between the type of the university and the sets of variables reported in the rows of the table