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Table 2 Demographic and economic factors associated with current smoking among adolescents in Kurdistan, Iraq, 2006

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

Demographic factor

OR (95% CI)

Age (years)

 

17+

1.93 (1.86, 2.00)

16

1.30 (1.25, 1.35)

15

1.07 (1.03, 1.11)

14

0.62 (0.59, 0.65)

13

0.49 (0.46, 0.51)

12

0.43 (0.41, 0.46)

<12

1

Sex

 

Male

2.21 (2.15, 2.27)

Females

1

Schooling grades

 

Fourth

0.84 (0.81, 0.87)

Third

0.94 (0.92, 0.97)

Second

0.70 (0.67, 0.72)

First

1

Pocket money (Iraqi Dinars)

 

30000+

0.69 (0.66, 0.73)

21000–29999

1.04 (0.99, 1.09)

11000–20999

2.45 (2.35, 2.56)

6000–10999

1.44 (1.38, 1.49)

1000–5999

1.21 (1.17, 1.26

<1000

1.03 (0.99, 1.07)

None

1