Table 2 Proportion of chewers stopping chewing habit between men and women in different demographic characteristics
Variable | Item | % of stop chewing habit | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Male | Female | ||||||
| Â | Â | Adjusted sample size | % | 95% Confidence Interval | P-value | Adjusted sample size | % | 95% Confidence Interval | P-value |
Total | Â | 1237 | 27.5 | (23.8, 31.6) | Â | 71 | 12.7 | (7.5, 20.8) | Â |
Age group | 18–34 | 563 | 21.9 | (15.7, 29.7) | <.0001 | 17 | 4.3 | (1.4, 12.2) | 0.5351 |
|  | 35–49 | 428 | 26.4 | (21.1, 32.5) |  | 29 | 11.7 | (3.9, 30.5) |  |
|  | 50–64 | 191 | 40.0 | (33.8, 46.6) |  | 16 | 17.3 | (7.4, 35.5) |  |
| Â | 65 and above | 55 | 50.5 | (41.9, 59.1) | Â | 9 | 22.1 | (11.2, 38.8) | Â |
Education # | Literate | 54 | 42.5 | (31.4, 54.3) | 0.0003 | 14 | 16.7 | (7.8, 32.3) | 0.6409 |
| Â | Primary school | 243 | 35.1 | (28.9, 41.7) | Â | 32 | 17.1 | (8.3, 32.0) | Â |
| Â | Junior high school | 328 | 22.6 | (16.5, 30.1) | Â | 9 | 10.3 | (3.1, 28.8) | Â |
| Â | Senior high school | 538 | 24.8 | (18.5, 32.3) | Â | 16 | 1.9 | (0.4, 8.7) | Â |
| Â | College and above | 72 | 35.2 | (19.2, 55.4) | Â | 0 | 0.0 | (-, -) | Â |
Occupation | Unemployed or non-technical | 564 | 30.8 | (25.2, 37.0) | 0.1301 | 55 | 16.4 | (9.8, 26.1) | 0.4067 |
| Â | Technical | 473 | 24.5 | (19.3, 30.7) | Â | 10 | 0.7 | (0.1, 4.9) | Â |
| Â | Semi-professional | 158 | 25.0 | (14.2, 40.2) | Â | 6 | 0.0 | (-, -) | Â |
| Â | Managerial/professional and above | 42 | 27.2 | (9.6, 56.9) | Â | 0 | 0.0 | (-, -) | Â |
Ethnicity # | Aborigines | 60 | 7.8 | (5.1, 11.9) | 0.0004 | 36 | 9.8 | (4.6, 19.7) | 0.4538 |
| Â | Non-aborigines | 1173 | 28.6 | (24.7, 32.9) | Â | 35 | 15.7 | (7.3, 30.6) | Â |
Cigarette smoker # | Yes | 1105 | 26.5 | (22.6, 30.8) | 0.0113 | 28 | 7.2 | (3.2, 15.7) | 0.2572 |
| Â | No | 128 | 37.1 | (26.1, 49.6) | Â | 43 | 16.4 | (9.0, 28.0) | Â |
Alcohol drinker | Yes | 422 | 27.9 | (21.1, 35.9) | 0.8412 | 13 | 5.9 | (2.5, 13.2) | 0.4259 |
| Â | No | 815 | 27.4 | (23.1, 32.1) | Â | 58 | 14.2 | (8.0, 24.0) | Â |
Type of quid # | Betel quid | 786 | 20.3 | (16.2, 25.0) | <.0001 | 55 | 13.1 | (7.2, 22.7) | 0.8280 |
| Â | Lao-hwa quid | 259 | 44.1 | (35.5, 53.1) | Â | 2 | 0.0 | (-, -) | Â |
| Â | Betel quid + Lao-hwa quid | 134 | 31.0 | (19.0, 46.3) | Â | 6 | 6.4 | (0.8, 37.3) | Â |
| Â | Others | 50 | 47.9 | (27.1, 69.4) | Â | 8 | 19.3 | (6.6, 44.7) | Â |