Research Article

Tobacco and Alcohol Use and the Impact of School Based Antitobacco Education for Knowledge Enhancement among Adolescent Students of Rural Kerala, India

Table 2

Association between tobacco use and household member using tobacco or alcohol.

Household member using tobacco and alcoholNever users ()Ever users ()Total ( value

Tobacco use among household
 Yes381 (37)52 (62.7)433 (39)0.0001
 No650 (63)31 (37.3)681 (61)

Alcohol use among household
 Yes342 (33.2)46 (55.4)388 (35)0.0001
 No689 (66.8)37 (44.6)726 (65)

Statistically significant at 5% level using Chi-square test. Figures in parenthesis are column percentages.