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Table 2 Sociodemographic and health factors associated with tobacco farming in 3188 Youth, Jujuy, Argentina, 2005–2006

From: Youth working in tobacco farming: effects on smoking behavior and association with health status

 

Tobacco Farming

No N (%) N = 2805

Yes N (%) N = 383

Total N (%) N = 3188

Chi square p value

Sociodemographic characteristics

Sex

   

0.044

 Girls

1524 (55.0)

190 (48.7)

1714 (54.3)

 

 Boys

1281 (45.0)

193 (51.3)

1474 (45.7)

 

Religion

   

0.003

 Catholic

2408 (86.0)

301 (78.3)

2709 (85.1)

 

 Evangelical

280 (9.8)

65 (17.0)

345 (10.6)

 

 Other

117 (4.2)

17 (4.7)

134 (4.2)

 

Low SES

660 (22.4)

111 (28.5)

771 (23.1)

0.023

Ethnicity

   

0.034

 Indigenous

1899 (67.4)

291 (77.8)

2190 (68.6)

 

 Mixed Indigenous/European

582 (22.6)

67 (18.3)

649 (22.1)

 

 European

237 (9.9)

14 (3.9)

251 (9.3)

 

Number of friends who smoke

   

0.001

 None

711 (26.7)

63 (17.6)

774 (25.7)

 

 1–4

710 (26.6)

81 (22.0)

791 (26.1)

 

 5+

1231 (46.7)

213 (60.4)

1444 (48.3)

 

Adult smokers at home

2102 (75.2)

288 (74.6)

2390 (75.2)

0.089

Health variables

Perceived health

   

0.004

 Excellent

1247 (47.4)

111 (30.9)

1358 (45.5)

 

 Good

964 (33.6)

150 (38.8)

1114 (34.2)

 

 fair/poor

586 (19.0)

118 (30.3)

704 (20.3)

 

Had a serious injury

1092 (38.5)

176 (48.5)

1268 (39.6)

0.004

Injured accidentally by someone else

137 (4.6)

27 (7.5)

164 (5.0)

0.010

Assaulted

75 (2.6)

17 (5.5)

92 (2.9)

0.008

Poisoned by chemical products

8 (0.7)

0 (2.5)

28 (0.9)

0.003

Smoking Behavior T1 (2005)

Ever smoker

1553 (55.2)

257 (67.9)

1810 (56.6)

0.001

Current smoker

905 (32.6)

177 (48.0)

1082 (34.4)

0.001

Established smoker

276 (9.9)

64 (17.8)

340 (10.8)

0.002

Smoking Behavior T2 (2006)

Ever smoker

1516 (58.9)

237 (68.8)

1753 (60.0)

0.001

Current smoker

855 (34.0)

153 (44.9)

1008 (35.2)

0.001

Established smoker

276 (11.1)

58 (17.5)

334 (11.9)

0.002