Research Article
Tobacco Use and Its Associated Factors among Undergraduate Public Health Students in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Table 1
Study Participants characteristics.
| | Characteristics | Number (%) |
| | Age group (years) | | ≤21 years | 152 (39.4) | | >21 years | 234 (60.6) |
| | Sex | | Male | 189 (49) | | Female | 197 (51) |
| | Religion | | Hinduism | 367 (95.1) | | Buddhism | 8 (2.1) | | Christianity | 9 (2.3) | | Islam | 2 (0.5) |
| | Ethnicity | | Brahmin/chhetri | 239 (61.9) | | Janajati | 79 (20.5) | | Madhesi | 41 (10.6) | | Dalit | 11 (2.8) | | Others | 16 (4.1) |
| | Family type | | Nuclear | 273 (70.7) | | Joint/extended | 113 (29.3) |
| | Permanent residence | | Urban | 194 (50.3) | | Rural | 192 (49.7) |
| | Current residence | | Staying alone | 77 (19.9) | | Staying with friends | 77 (19.9) | | Staying with family | 232 (60.1) |
| | Parental history of tobacco use | | Yes | 150 (38.9) | | No | 236 (61.1) |
| | Friends with tobacco using habit | | Yes | 233 (60.4) | | No | 153 (39.6) |
| | University | | Tribhuvan | 142 (36.8) | | Pokhara | 113 (29.3) | | Purbanchal | 131 (33.9) |
| | Academic year | | First | 79 (20.5) | | Second | 89 (23.1) | | Third | 109 (28.2) | | Fourth | 109 (28.2) | | Total | 386 (100) |
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