Table 1 Demographic characteristics and their associations with frequency of hookah consumption among the participants (n = 266)
Mean (SD) | Frequency of hookah consumption | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
characteristics | Once a week or less | More than once a week | Once per day | More than once per day | P-value | |
Age (years) | 37.9 ± 10.96 | 30.4 ± 6.7 | 30.9 ± 5.1 | 26.43 ± 5.7 | 26.8 ± 4.8 | < 0.001 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 139 (52.3) | 31 (22.2) | 60 (43.2) | 36 (25.9) | 12 (8.6) | 0.001 |
Single | 127 (47.7) | 23 (18.1) | 31 (24.4) | 50 (39.4) | 23 (18.1) | |
Education level | ||||||
Secondary school | 18 (6.8) | 0 (0) | 7 (38.9) | 8 (44.4) | 3 (16.7) | 0.031 |
Diploma | 127 (47.7) | 22 (17.3) | 38 (29.9) | 50 (39.4) | 17 (13.4) | |
University | 121 (45.5) | 32 (26.4) | 46 (38.0) | 28 (23.1) | 15 (12.4) | |
Employment status | ||||||
Employed | 225 (84.6) | 45 (20.0) | 84 (37.3) | 67 (29.8) | 29 (12.9) | 0.06 |
Unemployed | 41 (15.4) | 9 (22.0) | 7 (17.1) | 19 (46.3) | 6 (14.6) | |
Income (10 million Rials per month) | ||||||
Less than 1 | 54 (20.3) | 20 (9.3) | 22 (10.2) | 6 (2.8) | 5 (2.3.) | 0.67 |
1–2 | 131 (49.2) | 39 (18.1) | 55 (25.6) | 14 (6.5) | 16 (7.4) | |
More than 2 | 42 (15.7) | 16 (7.5) | 17 (7.5) | 5 (2.3) | 0 | |