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Table 2 Knowledge towards smoking and its associated factors among women attending primary care clinics in Karachi, Pakistan

From: Factors related to knowledge and perception of women about smoking: a cross sectional study from a developing country

Associated Factor

Q1.

Q2.

Q3.

Q4.

Q5.

Q6.

Q7.

Q8.

Q9.

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Age group

         

   - 18 - 25 years

92 (84)

15 (14)

7 (6)

35 (32)

88 (81)

97 (89)

27 (25)

18 (17)

67 (62)

   - 26 - 35 years

63 (85)

7 (10)

5 (7)

25 (34)

56 (76)

66 (89)

11 (15)

16 (22)

36 (49)

   - >35 years

56 (84)

13 (19)

6 (9)

22 (33)

49 (73)

58 (87)

13 (19)

14 (21)

43 (64)

Educational status

         

   - No formal education

96 (77)*

14 (11)

12 (10)

35 (28)*

83 (67)**

101 (81)*

27 (22)

26 (19)

70 (57)

   - Up to 5 years of schooling

31 (91)

7 (21)

3 (9)

16 (47)

32 (94)

31 (91)

8 (23)

2 (6)

24 (71)

   - 6 - 10 years of schooling

61 (92)

8 (12)

3 (4)

18 (27)

58 (88)

63 (95)

13 (20)

13 (27)

38 (58)

   - >10 years of schooling

23 (89)

6 (23)

0 (0)

13 (56)

20 (77)

26 (100)

3 (12)

7 (27)

14 (54)

Monthly income (Pak Rupees)

         

   - Up to 5000

134 (84)

21 (13)

10 (6)

49 (31)

130 (82)

142 (89)

30 (19)

33 (21)

94 (59)

   - >5000

51 (88)

9 (15)

7 (12)

23 (40)

44 (76)

50 (86)

9 (16)

11 (19)

37 (64)

Smoker in the house

         

   - Yes

63 (84)

8 (11)

6 (8)

31 (41)

56 (75)

62 (81)

9 (13)

10 (16)

41 (55)

   - No

148 (84)

27 (15)

12 (7)

51 (30)

137 (78)

160 (91)*

41 (23)

36 (21)

105 (60)

  1. • *p value < 0.05, ** p value of <0.005
  2. Q1.Is smoking harmful?
  3. Q2. Does smoking cause cancer?
  4. Q3. Does smoking cause heart diseases?
  5. Q4. Does smoking causes lung disease?
  6. Q5. Does smoking have ill effects on fetus?
  7. Q6. Does passive smoking have ill effects on children?
  8. Q7. Does passive smoking cause lung disease in children?
  9. Q8, Does smoking has bad influence on children?
  10. Q9, Does occasional smoking have ill effects?