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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants in the Iraqi Kurdistan Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2006

From: Correlates of current cigarette smoking among in-school adolescents in the Kurdistan region of Iraq

Demographic factor

Total

Male

Females

Age (years)

   

17+

342 (19.2)

251 (26.6)

89 (9.2)

16

332 (16.7)

159 (16.5)

169 (17.1)

15

372 (18.8)

187 (18.6)

183 (19.4)

14

296 (15.3)

128 (13.0)

164 (18.6)

13

289 (14.7)

125 (13.0)

160 (17.0)

12

211 (10.3)

65 (7.1)

139 (14.4)

<12

98 (5.1)

51 (5.3)

41 (4.3)

Sex

   

Male

982 (58.1)

  

Females

969 (41.9)

  

Schooling grades

   

Fourth

278 (13.2)

80 (12.3)

192 (14.2)

Third

442 (22.9)

244 (22.6)

171 (23.4)

Second

555 (28.6)

304 (28.8)

243 (28.6)

First

709 (35.3)

352 (36.4)

344 (33.7)

Pocket money (Iraqi Dinars)

   

30000+

142 (7.7)

93 (9.8)

47 (5.0)

21000–29999

107 (5.6)

65 (6.7)

42 (4.4)

11000–20999

114 (6.1)

73 (7.4)

41 (4.4)

6000–10999

191 (9.7)

110 (11.2)

80 (8.0)

1000–5999

275 (14.5)

155 (16.2)

116 (12.4)

<1000

262 (13.4)

118 (12.2)

137 (14.6)

None

858 (43.0)

352 (36.6)

485 (51.2)

Current smoker

   

Yes

255 (15.3)

225

27 (2.7)

No

1615 (84.7)

675 (74.9)

914 (97.3)