Table 3 Social 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) |
|---|---|
Parents smoke | Â |
Father only | 1.14 (1.10,1.18) |
Mother only | 1.65 (1.55,1.77) |
None of them | 1 |
Closest friends smoke | Â |
All of them | 3.83 (3.66,4.00) |
Most of them | 2.37 (2.29,2.45) |
Some of them | 0.64 (0.63,0.66) |
None of them | 1 |
Boys who smoke have more or less friends | Â |
More friends | 1.32 (1.28,1.35) |
Less friends | 0.88 (0.86,0.90) |
No difference from smokers | 1 |
Girls who smoke have more or less friends | Â |
More friends | 0.60 (0.58,0.62) |
Less friends | 0.82 (0.80, 0.85) |
No difference from smokers | 1 |
Smoking cigarettes makes boys look more or less attractive | Â |
More attractive | 1.15 (1.12, 1.18) |
Less attractive | 0.69 (0.67,0.71) |
No difference from non-smokers | 1 |
smoking cigarettes makes girls look more or less attractive | Â |
More attractive | 1.26 (1.22,1.30) |
Less attractive | 1.09 (1.06, 1.12) |
No difference | 1 |