Tobacco and Alcohol Use and the Impact of School Based Antitobacco Education for Knowledge Enhancement among Adolescent Students of Rural Kerala, India
Table 1
Distribution of never and ever users of tobacco in the current academic year based on age group and education.
Factors
Never users ()
Ever users in the current academic year ()
Total
value
Age group
≤14 years
254 (24.6)
6 (7.2)
260 (23.3)
0.0001
15–17 years
738 (71.5)
66 (79.5)
804 (72.2)
≥18 years
39 (3.7)
11 (13.3)
50 (4.5)
Tobacco use among students based on class division
Class IX
191 (18.5)
9 (10.8)
200 (18)
Class X
320 (31)
19 (22.9)
339 (30.4)
0.019
Class XI
218 (21.1)
21 (25.3)
239 (21.5)
Class XII
302 (29.3)
34 (41)
336 (30.2)
Statistically significant at 5% level using Chi-square test. Figures in parenthesis are column percentages.
