Study Variables Smoking Status X2-value OR (95% CI) P-value
Smoker Non-smoker
Nationality          
Saudi 344 (9) 3459 (91) 38.8 1 < 0.0001
Non-Saudi 127 (16.5) 641 (83.5)   2.0 (1.6,2.5)  
Educational stage             
Primary 47 (2.7) 1685 (97.3) 327.1 1 < 0.0001
Preparatory 143 (8.7) 1496 (91.3)   3.4 (2.4, 4.9)  
High -Scientific  242 (23.6) 783 (76.4)   11.1 (7.9, 15.5)  
High –Literacy 47 (18.4) 208 (81.6)   8.1 (5.2,12.7)  
Type of School          
Government – General 323 (12) 2359 (88) 50.2 14.5 (3.5, 42.9) < 0.0001
Government – Islamic 18 (3.9) 449 (96.1)   4.2 (0.9, 9.7)  
Private – General 131 (10.6) 1100 (89.4)   12.6 (3.0, 39.0)  
Private – Islamic 2 (0.9) 212 (99.1)   1  
Living with                   
Parents 435 (10.2) 3813 (89.8) 7.4 - 0.12
Father only 10 (15.4) 55 (24.6)      
Mother only 17 (10.9) 139 (89.1)      
Family (not parents) 12 (18.8) 52 (81.2)      
Others 7 (7.7) 84 (92.3)      
Daily Pocket Money          
No pocket money 24 (11.4) 187 (88.6) 45.7 1 < 0.0001
5 to 9 SR 127 (7.8) 1510 (92.2)   0.65(0.40,1.1)  
10 to <50 SR 152 (13.4) 985 (86.6)   1.2 (0.74, 1.95)  
> 50 SR 97 (14.9) 556 (85.1)   1.3 (0.82, 2.25)  
Others 72 (7.6) 879 (92.4)   0.64 (0.38, 1.1)  
Education level of father          
Does not read and write 19 (15.6) 103 (84.4) 35.7 1.7 (0.94, 2.9) < 0.0001
Reads and write only 37 (13.1) 246 (86.9)   1.3 (0.89, 2.1)  
Completed primary education 40 (16.7) 200 (83.3)   1.8 (1.2,2.7)  
Completed preparatory education 60 (14.9) 343 (85.1)   1.6 (1.1, 2.2)  
Complete high school  education 114 (13.5) 732 (86.5)   1.4(1.04,1.9)  
Completed undergraduate education 97 (7.8) 1140 (92.2)   0.80 (0.57, 1.03)  
Holds a postgraduate degree 101 (10.0) 911 (90)   1  
Education level of Mother          
Does not read and write 45 (15.3) 249 (84.7) 31.21 1.3 (0.9, 2.1) < 0.0001
Reads and write only 42 (9.2) 415 (90.8)   0.76 (0.49, 1.2)  
Completed primary education 57 (16.6) 286 (83.4)   1.5 (1.0, 2.3)  
Completed preparatory education 62 (12.3) 444 (87.7)   1.05 (0.70, 1.6)  
Complete high school  education 113 (12.2) 813 (87.8)    1.04 (0.74,1.5)  
Completed undergraduate education 93 (7.9) 1080 (92.1)   0.65 (0.45, 0.93)  
Holds a postgraduate degree 58 (11.7) 436 (88.2)   1  
Father Smoke          
Yes 172 (17.3) 824 (82.7) 65.04 2.3 (1.8, 2.8) < 0.0001
No 293 (8.4) 3185 (91.6)   1  
Mother Smoke          
Yes 25 (21.9) 89 (78.1) 17.3 2.5 (1.6, 4.1) < 0.0001
No 439 (10.0) 3966 (910)   1  
Brother Smoke          
Yes 225 (25.2) 668 (74.8) 169.9 4.2 (3.3, 5.3) <0.0001
No 142 (7.4) 1776 (92.6)   1  
Sister Smoke          
Yes 5 (25) 15 (75) 4.5 2.9 (0.9, 8.5) 0.035
No 247 (10.4) 2121 (89.6)   1  
Friends Smoke          
None 59 (2.1) 2813 (97.9) 864 1 < 0.0001
Some of them 207 (17) 1009 (83)   9.8 (7.2, 13.3)  
Most of them 130 (40.5) 191 (59.5)   32.4 (22.7, 46.3)  
All of them 72 (54.1) 61 (45.9)   56.3 (35.9, 88.3)  
Table 3: Risk Factors of Smoking among school children (Univariate analysis).
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