A Cross-Sectional Study Examining Youth Smoking Rates and Correlates in Tbilisi, Georgia
Table 1
Participant characteristics and bivariate analyses examining differences between participants who have never smoked versus have smoked cigarettes at some point in their lifetime and between lifetime cigarette users who have smoked versus not smoked in the past 30 days.
Variable
Total = 1,879 100.0%
15–18 year olds in secondary school
18–24 years enrolled in a postsecondary school
Lifetime cigarette use
Smoked in past 30 daysa
Lifetime cigarette use
Smoked in past 30 daysa
No = 501 56.2%
Yes = 390 43.8%
No = 233 59.7%
Yes = 157 40.3%b
No
49.4%
Yes
50.6%
No = 212 44.0%
Yes = 270 56.0%c
M (SD) or (%)
M (SD) or (%)
M (SD) or (%)
M (SD) or (%)
M (SD) or (%)
M (SD) or (%)
M (SD) or (%)
M (SD) or (%)
M (SD) or (%)
Sociodemographics
Age (SD)
18.41 (2.38)
16.20 (0.80)
16.32 (0.84)
.02
16.25 (0.79)
16.43 (0.89)
.04
20.48 (1.26)
20.49 (1.29)
.91
20.39 (1.30)
20.56 (1.28)
.16
Gender (%)
<.001
<.001
<.001
<.001
Male
917 (48.8)
182 (36.3)
260 (66.7)
139 (59.7)
121 (77.1)
159 (33.8)
301 (62.4)
110 (51.9)
191 (70.7)
Female
962 (51.2)
319 (63.7)
130 (33.3)
94 (40.3)
36 (22.9)
312 (66.2)
181 (37.6)
102 (48.1)
79 (29.3)
Employment (%)d
—
—
—
—
—
—
<.001
.20
Unemployed
797 (82.8)
410 (87.0)
379 (78.6)
171 (80.7)
208 (77.0)
Employed at least part-time
165 (17.2)
61 (13.0)
103 (21.4)
41 (19.3)
62 (23.0)
Marital status (%)d
—
—
—
—
—
—
.46
.06
Not married
924 (96.0)
453 (96.2)
462 (95.9)
207 (97.6)
255 (94.4)
Married
38 (4.0)
18 (3.8)
20 (4.1)
5 (2.4)
15 (5.6)
Other substance use
Alcohol use, past month (%)
<.001
<.001
<.001
.001
No
350 (36.4)
237 (47.3)
64 (16.4)
51 (21.9)
13 (8.3)
242 (51.4)
106 (22.0)
61 (28.8)
45 (16.7)
Yes
612 (63.6)
264 (52.7)
326 (83.6)
182 (78.1)
144 (91.7)
229 (48.6)
376 (78.0)
151 (71.2)
225 (83.3)
Marijuana use, lifetime (%)
<.001
<.001
<.001
<.001
No
777 (85.5)
466 (98.9)
289 (83.5)
195 (91.5)
94 (70.7)
448 (96.6)
323 (73.6)
171 (84.2)
152 (64.4)
Yes
132 (14.5)
5 (1.1)
57 (16.5)
18 (8.5)
39 (29.3)
16 (3.4)
116 (26.4)
32 (15.8)
84 (35.6)
Psychosocial factors
Perceived risk (SD)
12.84 (2.47)
13.62 (2.05)
12.68 (2.45)
<.001
13.23 (2.13)
11.80 (2.68)
<.001
13.46 (2.19)
12.25 (2.57)
<.001
13.08 (2.16)
11.56 (2.69)
<.001
Activity involvement (SD)
Read fiction literature for entertainment
2.92 (1.17)
3.19 (1.27)
2.82 (1.23)
<.001
2.95 (1.21)
2.62 (1.24)
.009
2.99 (1.15)
2.86 (1.18)
.08
2.91 (1.11)
2.82 (1.23)
.40
Engage in sports, physical activity
3.00 (1.41)
3.31 (1.54)
3.55 (1.46)
.02
3.68 (1.39)
3.37 (1.55)
.04
2.86 (1.47)
3.13 (1.34)
.003
3.01 (1.40)
3.23 (1.29)
.08
Go to parties, cafe, bar or disco in the evening
2.68 (1.11)
2.16 (1.05)
2.53 (1.12)
<.001
2.41 (1.07)
2.72 (1.17)
.008
2.43 (1.07)
2.94 (1.10)
<.001
2.67 (1.06)
3.15 (1.08)
<.001
Use the internet to listen to music, play, chat
4.34 (1.17)
4.60 (0.97)
4.58 (1.00)
.79
4.62 (0.95)
4.53 (1.08)
.41
4.24 (1.24)
4.45 (1.08)
.004
4.47 (1.04)
4.44 (1.11)
.79
Use the internet for educational or work purposes
4.12 (1.19)
3.73 (1.26)
3.32 (1.36)
<.001
3.48 (1.24)
3.09 (1.49)
.005
4.17 (1.13)
4.08 (1.22)
.21
4.21 (1.12)
3.97 (1.29)
.03
Pass time w/neighborhood friends/neighbors
3.04 (1.43)
3.43 (1.40)
3.96 (1.34)
<.001
3.82 (1.37)
3.09 (1.49)
.01
2.96 (1.39)
3.12 (1.47)
.09
2.97 (1.42)
3.24 (1.50)
.04
Among lifetime users. b17.6% of total secondary school participants. c28.3% of total post-secondary school participants. dAmong post-secondary school participants.
