Examining the influence of Gender and Peer influence on the probability of participating in smoking

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Smoking, gender, and peer influence




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Examining the influence of Gender and Peer influence on the probability of
participating in smoking behaviours.
Module: Research methods B
Word count: 1499 words




Abstract

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Smoking, gender, and peer influence
The aim of this study was to investigate whether gender and peer influence

respectively, could significantly affect the probability of individuals participating in smoking

behaviours using chi-squared. A smoking questionnaire was devised, to test the hypotheses

using a sample of 78 participants through opportunity sampling. The findings yielded through

chi-squared analysis indicated that gender had no significant influence on the probability of

individuals’ participating in smoking behaviours, but peer influence yielded a significant

influence on the individuals’ probability of participating in smoking behaviours. The results

indicated that participating in smoking behaviours may no longer be influenced by gender but

is significantly impacted by peer influence.




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