Table 2

Different characteristics of participants and tobacco use: bivariate analysis

CharacteristicsEver user n(%)Non-user n(%)p ValueCrude OR (95% CI)
Age group (years)
 14–1587 (13.4)561 (86.6)<0.0011
 16–19171 (25.8)493 (74.2)2.24 (1.67 to 3.01)
Gender
 Female25 (4.0)593 (96.0)<0.0011
 Male233 (33.6)461 (66.4)11.98 (7.79 to 18.43)
Type of school
 Private230 (19.6)946 (80.4)0.7751
 Government28 (20.6)108 (79.4)1.07 (0.67 to 1.69)
Grade
 982 (14.9)469 (85.1)<0.0011
 10116 (27.5)306 (72.5)2.17 (1.56 to 3.02)
 1129 (16.7)145 (83.3)1.14 (0.70 to 1.86)
 1231 (18.8)134 (81.2)1.32 (0.82 to 2.13)
Caste/ethnicity
 Brahmin/chhetri49 (14.6)286 (85.4)<0.0011
 Janajati189 (23.2)627 (76.8)1.76 (1.23 to 2.52)
 Dalit14 (17.9)64 (82.1)1.28 (0.63 to 2.56)
 Terai major caste6 (7.2)77 (92.8)0.45 (0.17 to 1.16)
Type of family
 Joint97 (22.9)327 (77.1)0.0431
 Nuclear161 (18.1)727 (81.9)0.75 (0.56 to 1.00)
Father’s occupation (n=1269)
 Service/professional49 (16.6)247 (83.4)0.0021
 Rtd.army/unemployed16 (27.1)43 (72.9)1.88 (0.93 to 3.76)
 Farmer23 (24.7)70 (75.3)1.66 (0.91 to 3.01)
 Business67 (15.4)367 (84.6)0.92 (0.60 to 1.40)
 Foreign/skilled/semi skilled97 (25.1)290 (74.9)1.69 (1.13 to 2.52)
Mother’s occupation (n=1295)
 Service/professional36 (21.1)135 (78.9)0.9831
 Foreign/skilled/semi skilled20 (24.4)62 (75.6)1.21 (0.62 to 2.36)
 Housewife/farmer195 (18.7)847 (81.3)0.86 (0.57 to 1.31)
Pocket money/month (NRs.)
 <500102 (16.6)511 (83.4)0.0101
 ≥500156 (22.3)543 (77.7)1.44 (1.08 to 1.92)
Parental tobacco use
 Absent139 (19.4)579 (80.6)0.7601
 Present119 (20.0)475 (80.0)1.04 (0.79 to 1.38)