Tobacco-control policy support and tobacco use: SMOKES study

Table 2.

Participants in the Study

  n %

Sex    

     Male 1,201 50.00%

     Female 1,201 50.00%

Ethnicity    

     Fars 1,356 57.75%

     Turk 265 11.29%

     Lur 136 5.79%

     Kurd 160 6.81%

     Mazani 138 5.88%

     Arab 28 1.19%

     Balouch 47 2.00%

     Gilak 112 4.77%

     Bakhtiari 41 1.75%

     Semnani 12 0.51%

     Other 53 2.26%

Province    

     Tehran 255 10.64%

     Razavi Khorasan 210 8.76%

     Fars 136 5.68%

     East Azerbaijan 135 5.63%

     Esfahan 221 9.22%

     Yazd 350 14.61%

     Khuzestan 119 4.97%

     Kerman 119 4.97%

     Sistan and Balouchestan 118 4.92%

     Kermanshah 166 6.93%

     Mazandaran 262 10.93%

     Gilan 138 5.76%

     Semnan 73 3.05%

     Alborz 52 2.17%

     Hamedan 42 1.75%

Residence    

     Living with Family 1,198 49.90%

     Dormitory 970 40.40%

     Private Housing (Without Family) 228 9.50%

     Other 5 0.21%

University Level    

     Associate's Degree 62 2.58%

     Bachelor's Degree 926 38.57%

     Master’s Degree 160 6.66%

     Doctorate or Higher 1,253 52.19%

University Major    

     Humanities and Social Sciences 233 9.76%

     Basic Sciences 90 3.77%

     Engineering and Technology 318 13.32%

     Medicine 1,036 43.38%

     Dentistry 212 8.88%

     Pharmacy 68 2.85%

     Nursing 118 4.94%

     Allied Health 194 8.12%

     Agriculture and Natural Resources 11 0.46%

     Architecture and Arts 88 3.69%

     Veterinary Medicine 20 0.84%

University Type    

     Governmental 1,826 76.12%

     Non-Governmental/Private 573 23.88%