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