Research Article
Psychosocial Determinants of Tobacco Use among School Going Adolescents in Delhi, India
Table 2
Distribution of study participants according to current tobacco use (
).
| | Characteristics | Current tobacco user
(%) | Nonuser
(%) | value |
| | Sex | | | | | Female | 30 (6.9) | 408 (93.1) | | | Male | 96 (18.3) | 428 (81.7) | 0.000 | | Class | | | | | 11 | 58 (11.2) | 459 (88.8) | | | 12 | 68 (15.3) | 377 (84.7) | 0.062 | | Type of family | | | | | Joint | 80 (12.1) | 581 (87.9) | | | Nuclear | 46 (15.3) | 255 (84.7) | 0.175 | | Religion | | | | | Hindu | 105 (13.8) | 654 (86.2) | | | Muslim | 21 (10.3) | 182 (89.7) | 0.190 | | Socioeconomic class | | | | | Low | 66 (12.7) | 455 (87.3) | | | High | 60 (13.6) | 381 (86.4) | 0.667 | | Pocket money | | | | | <100 INR | 28 (5.8) | 453 (94.2) | | | ≥100 INR | 98 (20.4) | 383 (79.6) | 0.000 | | Parental tobacco intake | | | | | Absent | 55 (8.2) | 619 (91.8) | | | Present | 71 (24.6) | 217 (75.4) | 0.000 | | General self-efficacy | | | | | High | 30 (6.2) | 451 (93.8) | | | Low | 96 (19.9) | 385 (80.1) | 0.000 | | Home maladjustment | | | | | Absent | 106 (12.6) | 735 (87.4) | | | Present | 20 (16.5) | 101 (83.5) | 0.231 | | School maladjustment | | | | | Absent | 94 (11.3) | 741 (88.7) | | | Present | 32 (25.2) | 95 (74.8) | 0.001 | | Teacher maladjustment | | | | | Absent | 95 (11.4) | 738 (88.6) | | | Present | 31 (24.0) | 98 (75.0) | 0.002 | | Peer maladjustment | | | | | Absent | 93 (11.9) | 687 (88.1) | | | Present | 33 (18.1) | 149 (81.9) | 0.025 | | General maladjustment | | | | | Absent | 81 (12.0) | 578 (88.0) | | | Present | 45 (14.8) | 258 (85.2) | 0.741 |
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