Perceptions and attitudes: Global Youth Tobacco Survey 1999–2001
| Country | Think boys who smoke have more friends | Think girls who smoke have more friends | Think smoking makes boys look more attractive | Think smoking makes girls look more attractive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ( ) Data presented as 95% confidence intervals [SE*1.96]. | ||||
| * Trinidad and Tobago question “Think smoking makes (boys/girls) look cool”. NA, Not available, question was not asked. | ||||
| Overall median | 28.0 | 16.8 | 13.5 | 10.0 |
| AFRO | ||||
| Ghana 2000 | 41.1 (5.0) | 30.1 (5.2) | 15.4 (3.5) | 12.9 (3.4) |
| Malawi | ||||
| Blantyre 2001 | 41.6 (4.9) | 21.1 (4.2) | 2.1 (1.5) | 2.7 (1.5) |
| Lilongwe 2001 | 48.8 (5.2) | 20.3 (3.4) | 2.3 (1.2) | 2.6 (1.5) |
| Nigeria | ||||
| Cross River State 2001 | 42.5 (4.6) | 26.9 (4.0) | 14.9 (2.7) | 13.5 (2.9) |
| South Africa 1999 | 48.1 (6.2) | 30.7 (4.0) | 20.0 (3.9) | 13.6 (3.3) |
| Zimbabwe | ||||
| Harare 1999 | 43.1 (5.8) | 23.3 (3.9) | 13.2 (4.4) | 8.2 (3.7) |
| Manicaland 1999 | 43.8 (3.7) | 18.6 (2.8) | 23.1 (3.5) | 12.7 (2.9) |
| AMRO/PAHO | ||||
| Antigua & Barbuda 2000 | 26.9 (2.7) | 14.5 (2.3) | 6.6 (1.7) | 5.5 (1.5) |
| Argentina | ||||
| Buenos Aires 2000 | 9.2 (2.5) | 9.1 (2.1) | 12.4 (2.0) | 7.9 (1.5) |
| Bahamas 2000 | 35.7 (3.4) | 15.4 (3.0) | 8.3 (1.9) | 4.2 (1.5) |
| Barbados 1999 | 26.3 (2.9) | 15.4 (3.5) | 5.0 (1.1) | 3.8 (1.0) |
| Bolivia | ||||
| Cochabamba 2000 | 17.6 (2.0) | 15.9 (2.0) | 15.3 (1.8) | 10.9 (1.4) |
| La Paz 2000 | 18.2 (2.1) | 17.4 (2.0) | 13.8 (1.7) | 12.0 (1.6) |
| Santa Cruz 2000 | 16.8 (2.8) | 14.1 (1.9) | 15.4 (1.5) | 11.2 (1.6) |
| Chile | ||||
| Coquimbo 2000 | 18.2 (4.1) | 16.6 (3.5) | 12.6 (2.1) | 8.4 (2.3) |
| Santiago 2000 | 16.0 (2.4) | 16.8 (2.0) | 12.9 (2.1) | 9.3 (1.5) |
| Valparaíso–Viña del Mar 2000 | 20.8 (3.0) | 18.1 (2.5) | 8.9 (1.6) | 8.2 (2.2) |
| Costa Rica 1999 | 18.4 (1.6) | 14.9 (1.6) | 5.5 (0.7) | 2.4 (0.6) |
| Cuba | ||||
| Havana 2001 | 10.3 (1.7) | 8.8 (2.1) | 10.6 (1.7) | 7.3 (1.4) |
| Dominica 2000 | 33.6 (3.4) | 18.0 (2.7) | 11.6 (2.2) | 8.2 (1.8) |
| Grenada 2000 | 26.3 (3.1) | 16.8 (2.6) | 8.4 (1.6) | 6.4 (1.7) |
| Guyana 2000 | 29.8 (5.8) | 15.2 (3.4) | 7.3 (2.8) | 5.8 (1.9) |
| Haiti | ||||
| Port-au-Prince 2001 | 15.9 (4.1) | 13.3 (4.1) | 25.4 (4.0) | 24.0 (4.0) |
| Jamaica 2001 | 31.5 (4.4) | 17.0 (3.2) | 8.6 (2.0) | 7.4 (2.1) |
| Mexico | ||||
| Monterrey 2000 | 13.5 (1.8) | 11.4 (1.8) | 12.6 (2.2) | 8.1 (1.7) |
| Montserrat 2000 | 28.0 (7.0) | 14.1 (5.7) | 2.4 (1.8) | 1.6 (1.9) |
| Peru | ||||
| Huancayo 2000 | 13.2 (2.5) | 11.9 (2.6) | 11.1 (3.0) | 10.2 (2.5) |
| Lima 2000 | 12.9 (2.6) | 13.0 (2.5) | 10.1 (2.1) | 9.3 (2.1) |
| Tarapoto 2000 | 13.6 (2.5) | 10.2 (2.4) | 11.1 (2.8) | 9.5 (3.3) |
| Trujillo 2000 | 14.5 (2.6) | 14.1 (1.9) | 10.6 (2.1) | 9.6 (2.8) |
| St Lucia 2001 | 36.4 (3.3) | 19.9 (3.4) | 10.6 (3.2) | 8.4 (3.0) |
| St Vincent & the Grenadines 2001 | 29.0 (3.0) | 18.4 (1.8) | 6.5 (1.7) | 6.5 (1.5) |
| Suriname 2000 | 29.0 (4.2) | 21.5 (3.2) | 26.5 (5.6) | 13.8 (4.1) |
| Trinidad & Tobago 2000 | 32.4 (2.9) | 18.6 (2.2) | 13.5 (1.9)* | 7.7 (1.5)* |
| USA 2000 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Uruguay | ||||
| Colonia 2001 | 8.7 (2.4) | 8.0 (3.0) | 15.3 (3.1) | 8.1 (2.9) |
| Maldonado 2001 | 10.7 (2.3) | 11.3 (2.3) | 11.3 (2.3) | 6.8 (1.8) |
| Montevideo 2001 | 13.0 (1.7) | 11.5 (2.2) | 14.2 (2.7) | 10.2 (1.8) |
| Rivera 2001 | 12.2 (2.8) | 10.5(2.1) | 16.3 (2.4) | 10.0 (2.4) |
| Venezuela 1999 | 11.1 (1.5) | 9.8 (1.5) | 4.9 (0.9) | 3.3 (0.7) |
| Virgin Islands (Am.) 2001 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| EMRO | ||||
| Gaza Strip and West Bank | ||||
| Gaza Strip 2001 | 32.9 (2.8) | 18.0 (2.5) | 27.9 (3.4) | 30.1 (3.8) |
| North West Bank 2001 | 30.9 (3.1) | 16.5 (2.2) | 30.6 (2.6) | 31.0 (3.0) |
| Middle West Bank 2001 | 31.1 (3.5) | 17.6 (3.5) | 31.0 (3.2) | 29.8 (3.9) |
| South West Bank 2001 | 28.5 (2.7) | 16.9 (3.0) | 29.0 (2.4) | 27.9 (3.1) |
| Jordan 1999 | 28.1 (2.5) | 23.4 (2.0) | 20.1 (2.1) | 16.4 (1.9) |
| EURO | ||||
| Poland | ||||
| Urban 1999 | 22.4 (3.1) | 15.6 (3.0) | 6.4 (1.5) | 2.8 (1.1) |
| Rural 1999 | 23.7 (2.1) | 15.1 (2.0) | 7.1 (1.3) | 4.0 (1.1) |
| Russian Federation | ||||
| Moscow 1999 | 24.1 (1.8) | 15.6 (1.3) | 10.8 (1.5) | 4.6 (1.0) |
| Ukraine | ||||
| Kiev 1999 | 25.2 (2.9) | 15.6 (2.1) | 11.3 (1.8) | 4.5 (0.9) |
| SEARO | ||||
| India | ||||
| Assam 2001 | 36.3 (4.8) | 29.3 (5.0) | 43.6 (4.9) | 30.1 (4.0) |
| Arunachal Pradesh 2001 | 31.4 (5.5) | 26.2 (2.5) | 48.3 (6.3) | 26.6 (3.5) |
| Bihar 2000 | 29.4 (4.5) | 21.2 (4.6) | 27.6 (4.1) | 25.1 (3.1) |
| Goa 2000 | 33.3 (3.7) | 20.5 (2.8) | 19.0 (3.3) | 14.6 (3.2) |
| Maharashtra 2000 | 38.4 (4.6) | 22.4 (3.7) | 46.6 (6.4) | 34.4 (4.8) |
| Manipur 2001 | 32.5 (3.1) | 30.4 (4.9) | 64.0 (10.4) | 30.7 (5.7) |
| Meghalay 2001 | 30.1 (4.7) | 21.6 (3.5) | 41.3 (10.8) | 20.6 (5.4) |
| Mizoram 2001 | 46.2 (3.9) | 32.8 (4.2) | 15.0 (2.8) | 12.9 (2.3) |
| Nagaland 2001 | 34.4 (6.8) | 27.4 (3.8) | 47.7 (9.5) | 20.1 (3.3) |
| Sikkim 2001 | 60.7 (5.6) | 50.2 (6.4) | 59.8 (4.8) | 42.0 (6.9) |
| Tamil Nadu 2000 | 30.0 (2.7) | 17.0 (2.1) | 16.6 (2.2) | 15.8 (2.0) |
| Tripura 2001 | 28.0 (6.6) | 23.9 (7.1) | 52.9 (10.1) | 29.9 (10.0) |
| West Bengal 2000 | 36.9 (4.4) | 12.1 (2.3) | 21.0 (2.5) | 15.0 (2.3) |
| Indonesia | ||||
| Jakarta 2000 | 12.2 (1.7) | 3.9 (1.1) | 9.7 (2.0) | 2.5 (1.0) |
| Nepal 2001 | 34.1 (3.2) | 19.7 (2.8) | 21.1 (4.7) | 14.7 (3.8) |
| Sri Lanka 1999 | 49.8 (3.3) | 20.0 (2.2) | 43.3 (2.6) | 26.9 (2.5) |
| WPRO | ||||
| China | ||||
| Chongqing 1999 | 16.9 (2.1) | 7.3 (1.3) | 25.1 (2.7) | 15.1 (2.4) |
| Guangdong 1999 | 9.2 (1.4) | 5.3 (1.1) | 9.9 (1.2) | 4.9 (1.0) |
| Shandong 1999 | 13.4 (1.3) | 4.1 (0.9) | 33.1 (3.3) | 21.3 (2.9) |
| Tianjin 1999 | 13.6 (2.7) | 5.3 (1.5) | 22.9 (2.5) | 13.3 (2.1) |
| Fiji 1999 | 49.5 (7.8) | 34.0 (6.0) | 13.1 (3.5) | 11.3 (2.8) |
| Northern Mariana Islands 2000 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Palau 2000 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Philippines 2000 | 23.9 (2.1) | 13.0 (1.5) | 12.1 (1.7) | 7.1 (1.2) |
| Singapore 2000 | 11.5 (1.0) | 7.6 (0.8) | 7.2 (0.7) | 4.1 (0.6) |