Item

Total (N)

Sex

Test X2

Male

Female

N

%

%

%

Had tried cigarette smoking (even one or two puffs)

Yes

No

416

334

55.5

44.5

66.4

33.6

44.5

55.5

X2 = 36.30

p = 0.00*

Age of smoking a whole cigarette for the first time

Never smoked a whole cigarette

8 years old or younger

9 or 10 years old

11 or 12 years old

13 or 14 years old

15 or 16 years old

17 years old or older

334

34

24

44

125

128

61

44.5

4.5

3.2

5.9

16.7

17.1

8.1

33.6

6.1

4.5

10.1

21.9

17.6

6.1

55.5

2.9

1.9

1.6

11.5

16.5

10.1

X2 = 67.79

p = 0.00*

Number of days cigarettes smoked during the past 30 days

0 days

1or 2 days

3 to 5 days

6 to 9 days

10 to 19 days

20 to 29 days

All 30 days

479

94

25

21

16

20

95

63.9

12.5

3.3

2.8

2.1

2.7

12.7

53.3

10.7

3.2

3.5

4.0

4.5

20.8

74.4

14.4

3.5

2.1

0.3

0.8

4.5

X2 = 77.56

p = 0.00*

Number of cigarettes smoked per day during the past 30 days

Did not smoke cigarettes during the past 30 days

Less than 1 cigarette per day

1 cigarette per day

2 to 5 cigarettes per day

6 to 10 cigarettes per day

11 to 20 cigarettes per day

More than 20 cigarettes per day

479

78

51

50

30

40

22

63.9

10.4

6.8

6.7

4.0

5.3

3.0

53.3

9.6

4.8

10.9

6.4

9.6

5.3

74.4

11.2

8.8

2.4

1.6

1.1

0.5

X2 = 89.51

p = 0.00*

Had smoked cigarettes on school property during the past 30 days

0 days

1 or 2 days

3 to 5 days

6 to 9 days

10 to 19 days

20 to 29 days

All 30 days

664

16

11

12

14

5

28

88.5

2.1

1.5

1.6

1.9

0.7

3.7

80.0

3.5

2.4

2.9

3.2

1.3

6.7

97.1

0.8

0.5

0.3

0.5

0

0.8

X2 = 54.64

p = 0.00*

Had parents or guardians who smoked any form of tobacco

Neither

My father or male guardian

My mother or female guardian

Both

I do not know

323

313

18

86

10

43.1

41.7

2.4

11.5

1.3

43.7

45.9

1.3

8.3

0.8

42.4

37.6

3.5

14.7

1.9

X2 = 15.00

p = 0.00*