Table 1 |
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Characteristics of the study population stratified by sex in the Somaliland Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2004 |
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| Total |
Males |
Females |
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| Factor |
n * (%)** |
n * (%)** |
n * (%)** |
p value |
|
|
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| Age |
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| ≤ 11 |
347 (22.9) |
211 (26.6) |
66 (14.1) |
<0.001 |
| 12 |
307 (20.2) |
112 (13.8) |
144 (31.2) |
|
| 13 |
129 (8.6) |
55 (6.9) |
31 (6.6) |
|
| 14 |
103 (6.9) |
37 (4.7) |
40 (8.9) |
|
| 15 |
142 (9.8) |
69 (9.2) |
41 (9.5) |
|
| 16 |
192 (13.2) |
125 (16.5) |
54 (12.1) |
|
| 17+ |
259 (18.2) |
167 (22.4) |
76 (17.7) |
|
| Sex |
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| Male |
813 (63.3) |
- |
- |
- |
| Female |
472 (36.7) |
- |
- |
- |
| Frequency of antismoking media messages seen or heard |
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| A lot |
835 (59.6) |
468 (61.1) |
288 (64.9) |
<0.001 |
| A few |
338 (25.1) |
186 (25.8) |
94 (21.7) |
|
| None |
210 (15.2) |
100 (13.2) |
59 (13.4) |
|
| Family member discussed harmful effects of smoking |
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| Yes |
1045 (76.4) |
615 (81.7) |
309 (70.6) |
<0.001 |
| No |
327 (23.6) |
140 (18.3) |
130 (29.4) |
|
| Frequency of antismoking messages seen at sports events, fairs, concerts, community
events or social gathering |
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| A lot |
490 (34.5) |
266 (34.1) |
163 (37.5) |
<0.001 |
| Some |
281 (19.8) |
158 (20.5) |
68 (15.6) |
|
| None |
655 (35.8) |
354 (45.3) |
205 (46.8) |
|
| Taught dangers of smoking |
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| Yes |
713 (50.9) |
404 (52.4) |
249 (55.3) |
0.008 |
| No |
660 (49.1) |
351 (47.6) |
193 (44.7) |
|
| Taught that smoking makes teeth yellow, causes wrinkles and smokers smell badly |
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| Yes |
738 (52.0) |
478 (60.6) |
179 (39.5) |
<0.001 |
| No |
657 (48.0) |
298 (39.4) |
264 (60.6) |
|
| Frequency of antismoking posters seen |
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| A lot |
566 (40.5) |
314 (41.7) |
160 (36.4) |
<0.001 |
| Some |
339 (24.2) |
173 (23.0) |
111 (25.3) |
|
| None |
490 (35.3) |
266 (35.4) |
166 (38.3) |
|
| Frequency of antismoking messages seen on billboards |
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| A lot |
641 (45.2) |
389 (50.3) |
167 (37.1) |
<0.001 |
| Some |
352 (24.7) |
166 (21.5) |
133 (29.2) |
|
| None |
419 (30.1) |
216 (28.2) |
148 (33.7) |
|
| Frequency of antismoking messages seen in newspapers or magazines |
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| A lot |
516 (36.9) |
270 (35.7) |
179 (39.9) |
<0.001 |
| Some |
500 (36.7) |
282 (37.9) |
147 (34.3) |
|
| None |
372 (26.4) |
204 (26.4) |
117 (25.9) |
|
| Taught that most people of respondent's age do not smoke cigarettes |
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| Yes |
630 (46.3) |
367 (49.5) |
178 (41.7) |
<0.001 |
| No |
753 (53.7) |
391 (50.5) |
255 (58.3) |
|
| Health professional explained why smoking is dangerous to health |
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| Yes |
602 (46.7) |
352 (49.9) |
177 (41.5) |
<0.001 |
| No |
674 (53.3) |
348 (50.1) |
241 (58.5) |
|
| Religious organization discouraged young people from smoking |
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| Yes |
990 (73.9) |
540 (74.7) |
322 (74.9) |
0.878 |
| No |
358 (26.1) |
189 (25.3) |
110 (25.1) |
|
| Youth groups discouraged young people from smoking |
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| Yes |
748 (58.9) |
453 (62.2) |
211 (53.6) |
<0.001 |
| No |
513 (41.1) |
272 (37.8) |
177 (46.4) |
|
| Current smoker |
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| Yes |
183 (15.8) |
65 (10.3) |
37 (11.1) |
0.248 |
| No |
939 (84.2) |
554 (89.7) |
283 (88.9) |
|
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Numbers not adding up because of missing information. * unweighted frequencies. ** weighted percentages. |
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Siziya et al. Conflict and Health 2008 2:6 doi:10.1186/1752-1505-2-6 |
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