Table 2 Proportion of boys and girls as well as students with a high, medium, and low OSC who have reported each of the twelve statements as important reasons for not smoking
From: Gender and socioeconomic disparities in reasons for not smoking cigarettes among Danish adolescents
Boys (%) | Girls (%) | p-value | High OSC (%) | Medium OSC (%) | Low OSC (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
None of my friends smoke | 39.2 | 34.5 | 0.081 | 36.5 | 36.1 | 36.4 | 0.994 |
I think the taste of cigarettes is disgusting | 61.8 | 70.0 | 0.002 | 68.9 | 65.0 | 60.2 | 0.159 |
I am not allowed to smoke by my parents | 71.0 | 80.1 | < 0.001 | 79.2 | 74.4 | 72.1 | 0.111 |
I think smoking is too expensive | 79.2 | 77.0 | 0.349 | 78.7 | 75.5 | 78.2 | 0.475 |
I know smoking is dangerous | 89.8 | 96.3 | < 0.001 | 95.4 | 91.4 | 92.7 | 0.043 |
Smoking is not interesting | 82.1 | 84.1 | 0.341 | 82.2 | 84.0 | 81.8 | 0.692 |
You are not allowed to smoke before the age of 18 | 56.8 | 63.9 | 0.009 | 60.2 | 58.1 | 67.9 | 0.164 |
I exercise a lot | 65.4 | 59.6 | 0.033 | 67.3 | 58.9 | 57.4 | 0.013 |
I like making my own decisions | 64.3 | 66.3 | 0.447 | 65.0 | 66.8 | 58.7 | 0.275 |
My partner does not smoke | 40.0 | 31.8 | 0.003 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 32.1 | 0.796 |
I do not want to be addicted to smoking | 83.7 | 90.6 | < 0.001 | 89.8 | 84.5 | 86.2 | 0.044 |
Smoking makes you smell bad | 81.0 | 87.6 | 0.001 | 86.5 | 83.4 | 75.9 | 0.022 |