Table 4 Access to cigarettes and khat retail outlets among high school students in Ethiopia (March 2020)
Variables | Categories | Frequency (%) | [95% CI] |
|---|---|---|---|
Ever gone to the shop to buy cigarettes? (n = 3,274) | No | 2,423 (74.0) | [72.5–75.5] |
Yes | 851 (26.0) | [24.5–27.5] | |
Buying cigarettes from a shop? (n = 837) | Very difficult | 327 (39.1) | [35.8–42.4] |
Difficult | 145 (17.3) | [14.8–20.0] | |
Easy | 206 (24.6) | [21.8–27.6] | |
Very easy | 159 (19.0) | [16.5–21.8] | |
Where do you get cigarettes from? (n = 851) (More than one answer was possible) | Supermarket | 133 (12.9) | [10.9–15.0] |
Petty trader | 649 (62.8) | [59.9–65.7] | |
Street market | 171 (16.6) | [14.4–18.9] | |
Friends/Family/ Teachers | 29 (2.8) | [1.9-4.0] | |
Other | 51 (4.9) | [3.7–6.4] | |
Are there any cigarette shops within 100 m radius from your school? (n = 3,274) | No | 909 (27.8) | [26.3–29.3] |
Yes | 1,229 (37.5) | [35.8–39.2] | |
I don’t know | 1,136 (34.7) | [33.1–36.3] | |
Do students buy cigarettes from shops that are found in 100 m radius from the school compound? (n = 1,205) | No | 148 (12.3) | [10.5–14.2] |
Yes | 297 (24.7) | [22.3–27.1] | |
I don’t know | 760 (63.0) | [60.3–65.8] | |
*Are there cigarette shops within 100 m radius from the school compound? (n = 36) | No | 14 (38.9) | [24.1–55.4] |
Yes | 22 (61.1) | [44.6–75.9] | |
Are there khat shop within 100 m radius from the school compound? (n = 3,260) | No | 1,186 (36.4) | [34.7–38.0] |
Yes | 816 (25.0) | [23.6–26.5] | |
I don’t know | 1,258 (38.6) | [36.9–40.3] | |
Do students chew khat in shops that are found in 100 m radius from the school compound? (n = 795) | No | 89 (11.1) | [9.1–13.5] |
Yes | 188 (23.7) | [20.7–26.7] | |
I don’t know | 518 (65.2) | [61.8–68.4] |