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Table 3 Weighted prevalence of cigarette smoking practice of friends and parents of the study participants (March 2020)

From: Prevalence and risk factors for tobacco, khat, and alcohol consumption among high school students in Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Frequency (%)

[95% CI]

Any of your friends’ smoke cigarettes (n = 3,277)

No

2,389 (72.9)

[71.4–74.4]

Yes

360 (11.0)

[9.9–12.1]

I don’t know/I am not sure

528 (16.1)

[14.9–17.4]

How often do your friends smoke cigarettes (n = 352)

Every day

135 (38.4)

[33.4–43.5]

Weekly

25 (7.1)

[4.8–10.2]

Sometimes

94 (26.7)

[22.3–31.5]

I don’t know/I am not sure

98 (27.8)

[23.4–32.7]

Father smokes cigarettes (n = 3,277)

No

2,969 (90.6)

[89.6–91.6]

Yes

60 (1.8)

[1.4–2.3]

I don’t know

248 (7.6)

[6.7–8.5]

Mother smokes cigarettes (n = 3,277)

No

3,125 (95.4)

[94.6–96.0]

Yes

5 (0.2)

[0.1–0.3]

I don’t know

147 (4.5)

[3.8–5.2]