Weighted distribution of sociodemographic characteristics, and lifestyle manner among non-smokers (see definition), by level of susceptibility to cigarette smoking—YSS 2012/2013—students grade 9–12
| Non-smokers (who never tried cigarette smoking, even just a few puffs) (N=17 416) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics of survey population | Non-susceptible to cigarette smoking (n, %) | Susceptible to cigarette smoking (n, %) | p Value* |
| Sociodemographic | |||
| Sex | |||
| Female | 6485 (48.7) | 2672 (52.7) | 0.0032 |
| Male | 5810 (51.3) | 2429 (47.3) | |
| Grade | |||
| 9 | 3503 (27.9) | 1729 (32.7) | <0.0001 |
| 10 | 3483 (25.4) | 1551 (28.8) | |
| 11 | 3052 (25.1) | 1128 (21.9) | |
| 12 | 2257 (21.6) | 693 (16.6) | |
| Provinces | |||
| Atlantic | 4279 (6.8) | 1625 (6.6) | 0.1966 |
| Quebec | 1139 (15.1) | 387 (13.7) | |
| Ontario | 2062 (48.7) | 915 (50.9) | |
| Saskatchewan | 1501 (2.8) | 706 (3.0) | |
| Alberta | 1498 (11.6) | 659 (11.7) | |
| British Columbia | 1816 (15.0) | 809 (14.1) | |
| Ethnicity† | |||
| White | 8737 (64.0) | 3523 (65.3) | 0.0033 |
| Black | 524 (9.0) | 182 (6.0) | |
| Asian | 1460 (12.4) | 645 (13.7) | |
| Aboriginal (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) | 521 (3.3) | 268 (3.5) | |
| Latin American/Hispanic | 143 (1.9) | 90 (2.9) | |
| Other | 842 (9.4) | 350 (8.6) | |
| Living area | |||
| Urban | 10 256 (88.8) | 4184 (88.4) | 0.6050 |
| Rural | 2039 (11.2) | 917 (11.6) | |
| Lifestyle characteristics | |||
| Overall self-esteem score† | |||
| Less than median (score≤8) | 3735 (28.4) | 2318 (43.1) | <0.0001 |
| Median to <90 centile (score 9–11) | 6400 (53.5) | 2258 (45.7) | |
| 90 centile and above (score 12 up) | 2126 (18.1) | 509 (11.2) | |
| Weekly spending money† | |||
| No money | 2257 (24.9) | 816 (22.7) | 0.0312 |
| $1–10 | 1694 (17.8) | 753 (17.9) | |
| $11–40 | 3129 (29.4) | 1466 (33.4) | |
| More than $40 | 2771 (27.9) | 1042 (26.0) | |
| Any family member smoking† | |||
| No | 7845 (66.7) | 2730 (56.4) | <0.0001 |
| Yes | 4246 (33.3) | 2245 (43.6) | |
| Number of closest friends smoking† | |||
| No | 8893 (79.7) | 2947 (66.7) | <0.0001 |
| One friend | 1108 (9.4) | 641 (12.0) | |
| 2 friends or more | 1333 (10.9) | 971 (21.3) | |
| Risk of having an alcohol or drug-related disorder† | |||
| No or moderate risk (score of 0 or 1) | 10 614 (89.6) | 3823 (79.2) | <0.0001 |
| High risk (score of 2 to 6) | 1352 (10.4) | 1131 (20.8) | |
*Rao-Scott χ2 p value for test of association.
†Per cent missing values are as follows. For ethnicity, 0.6%; Overall self-esteem score, 0.3%; Weekly spending money, 20%; Family member smoking, 1.9%; Number of closest friends smoking, 8.6%; Risk of having an alcohol or drug-related disorder, 2.7%. Weekly spending money was not included in any models because of the high proportion of missing values.