Table 2 Demographic characteristics and HTS behavioral variables in the control and the intervention group
From: Using intervention mapping for hookah smoking cessation: a quasi-experimental evaluation
Variable | Total sample (N = 212) | Intervention group (n = 106) | Control group (n = 106) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (M,SD) | 37.7 (13.8) | 39.4 (14.4) | 35.9 (12.9) | 0.75 |
Educational level | ||||
 Illiterate | 29 (13.7%) | 17 (58.6%) | 12 (41.4%) | 0.581 |
 Primary | 46 (21.7%) | 25 (54.3%) | 21 (45.7%) | |
 Secondary | 56 (26.4%) | 25 (44.6%) | 31 (55.4%) | |
 Diploma | 58 (27.4%) | 26 (44.8%) | 32 (55.2%) | |
 College | 23 (10.8%) | 13 (56.5%) | 10 (43.5%) | |
Marital status | ||||
 Never married | 34 (16%) | 16 (15.1%) | 18 (17.0%) | 0.708 |
 Ever married | 178 (84%) | 90 (84.9%) | 88 (83%) | |
Job-status | ||||
 Not working | 172 (81.1%) | 87 (82.1%) | 85 (80.2%) | 0.726 |
 Working outside home | 40 (18.9%) | 19 (17.9%) | 21 (19.8%) | |
Socio-economic status | ||||
 Low | 34 (16%) | 17 (16%) | 17 (16%) | 0.999 |
 Middle | 108 (50.9%) | 54 (50.9%) | 54 (50.9%) | |
 High | 70 (33%) | 35 (33) | 35 (33%) | |
HTS initiation age | ||||
 < 15 | 45 (21.2%) | 24 (22.6%) | 21 (19.8%) | 0.835 |
 15–30 | 148 (69.8%) | 72 (67.9%) | 76 (71.7%) | |
 > 30 | 19 (9.0%) | 10 (9.4%) | 9 (8.5%) | |
Years of HTS | ||||
 < 5 | 62 (29.2%) | 28 (26.4%) | 34 (32.1%) | 0.10 |
 5–15 | 61 (28.8%) | 23 (21.7%) | 38 (35.8%) | |
 <  15 | 89 (42.0%) | 55 (51.9%) | 34 (32.1%) | |
HTS in Family | ||||
 Yes | 132 (62.3%) | 61 (57.5%) | 71 (67%) | 0.157 |
 No | 80 (37.7%) | 45 (42.5%) | 35 (33%) | |
Frequency of HTS per week | ||||
 4–5 | 31 (14.6%) | 14 (45.2%) | 17 (54.8%) | 0.496 |
 6–16 | 60 (28.3%) | 35 (58.3%) | 25 (41.7%) | |
 17–27 | 50 (23.6%) | 24 (48.0%) | 26 (52.0%) | |
  > 27 | 71 (33.5%) | 33 (46.5%) | 38 (53.5%) | |