Table 2

Percentage of students smoking in years 7 and 8, 12 months later, and a sub-sample of these students with matched data

nOverall %ES %LOTE %χ2p
1994 survey59476.17.13.032.4<0.001
1995 survey617715.817.211.029.6<0.001
1994 subsample (matched data)35134.65.60.830.3<0.001
1995 subsample (matched data)351312.113.47.323.8<0.001
  • ES = English speaking; LOTE = language other than English.