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Table 1 Prevalence of betel quid chewing behavior between men and women for different demographics characteristics

From: Comparing factors affecting commencement and cessation of betel quid chewing behavior in Taiwanese adults

Variables

Item

Betel quid chewers

  

Male

Female

  

Adjusted sample size

%

95% Confidence Interval

P-value

Adjusted sample size

%

95% Confidence Interval

P-value

Total

 

5922

20.9

(19.2, 22.6)

 

5747

1.2

(1.0, 1.6)

 

Age group

18–34

2682

21.0

(18.1, 24.2)

<.0001

2597

0.6

(0.4, 1.1)

0.0017

 

35–49

1790

23.9

(21.0, 27.0)

 

1769

1.6

(1.0, 2.6)

 
 

50–64

919

20.8

(18.5, 23.3)

 

925

1.7

(1.2, 2.3)

 
 

65 and above

531

10.4

(8.9, 12.2)

 

456

2.3

(1.7, 3.1)

 

Education #

Literate

283

19.0

(15.3, 23.3)

<.0001

653

2.2

(1.7, 2.9)

<.0001

 

Primary school

921

26.4

(23.3, 29.7)

 

1153

2.8

(2.1, 3.6)

 
 

Junior high school

1021

32.1

(27.6, 36.9)

 

802

1.1

(0.6, 1.9)

 
 

Senior high school

2100

25.6

(22.3, 29.3)

 

1775

0.9

(0.4, 2.1)

 
 

College and above

1571

4.6

(3.2, 6.5)

 

1345

0.0

(0.0, 0.1)

 

Occupation #

Unemployed or non-technical

2903

19.5

(17.3, 21.9)

<.0001

3893

1.4

(1.1, 1.8)

0.0731

 

Technical

1488

29.8

(26.4, 33.4)

 

649

1.5

(1.0, 2.2)

 
 

Semi-professional

865

18.2

(13.8, 23.7)

 

895

0.7

(0.1, 3.6)

 
 

Managerial/professional and above

561

7.4

(4.1, 13.1)

 

310

0.0

(0.0, 0.1)

 

Ethnicity #

Aborigines

111

54.3

(44.9, 63.5)

<.0001

106

33.8

(28.1, 39.9)

<.0001

 

Non-aborigines

5797

20.2

(18.6, 22.0)

 

5631

0.6

(0.4, 1.0)

 

Cigarette smoker #

Yes

2979

37.1

(34.2, 40.1)

<.0001

190

14.8

(8.6, 24.1)

<.0001

 

No

2918

4.4

(3.5, 5.5)

 

5553

0.8

(0.6, 0.9)

 

Alcohol drinker

Yes

815

51.7

(46.3, 57.2)

<.0001

60

21.0

(14.5, 29.4)

<.0001

 

No

5107

16.0

(14.4, 17.7)

 

5687

1.0

(0.8, 1.4)

 
  1. #: 26 males and 19 females with missing value in education; 105 males with missing value in occupation; 14 males and 10 females with missing value in ethnicity; 25 males and 4 females with missing value in cigarette smoker