Table 2 |
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Descriptive information on selected individual characteristics of the third through sixth graders at the 52 elementary schools in southern Taiwan, 2008 and 2009 |
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Parameter |
Wave 1 |
Wave 2 |
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Male |
Female |
X2, t |
P |
Male |
Female |
X2, t |
P |
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Children smoking status (n, %) |
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Never smokers |
976 |
82.7 |
997 |
90.6 |
34.10 |
< 0.001 |
889 |
86.0 |
996 |
91.8 |
18.57 |
< 0.001 |
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Former smokers |
150 |
12.7 |
86 |
7.8 |
111 |
10.7 |
71 |
6.5 |
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Current smokers |
54 |
4.6 |
17 |
1.6 |
34 |
3.3 |
18 |
1.7 |
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Family smokes (n, %) |
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No |
395 |
33.3 |
352 |
31.8 |
2.15 |
0.543 |
383 |
36.4 |
378 |
34.2 |
4.98 |
0.173 |
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Smoking in front of me |
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Never |
163 |
13.8 |
150 |
13.6 |
120 |
11.4 |
136 |
12.3 |
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Sometimes |
346 |
29.2 |
354 |
32.0 |
273 |
26.0 |
328 |
29.7 |
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Always |
281 |
23.7 |
251 |
22.7 |
276 |
26.2 |
264 |
23.9 |
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Household SHS exposure (n, %) |
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None |
466 |
40.8 |
423 |
39.3 |
1.32 |
0.517 |
429 |
42.3 |
454 |
42.2 |
0.25 |
0.883 |
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1-3 days/week |
254 |
22.3 |
261 |
24.3 |
221 |
21.8 |
244 |
22.7 |
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4+ days/week |
421 |
36.9 |
391 |
36.4 |
363 |
35.8 |
378 |
35.1 |
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Attitude toward smoking (mean ± SD) |
17.06 ± 4.65 |
16.02 ± 3.92 |
5.75 |
< 0.001 |
16.59 ± 4.65 |
15.93 ± 4.24 |
3.42 |
< 0.001 |
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Knowledge (mean ± SD) |
7.42 ± 2.33 |
7.67 ± 2.02 |
-2.73 |
0.006 |
7.55 ± 2.36 |
7.71 ± 2.11 |
-1.65 |
0.010 |
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Huang et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:40 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-40 |
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