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Table 4 Attributable percentage total population for tobacco use due to lack of education

From: Investigating socio-economic-demographic determinants of tobacco use in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Levels of Education ↓

Population in each group %

Prevalence of tobacco use* %

Prevalence in total population† %

Attributable percentage total population $

No Formal Education

33

17

-

-

Primary

19

12

12

0

Middle

18.2

11

12

8.3%

Matric

16.5

9

12

25%

FA/FSc

8.1

7

12

42%

Graduate & above

5.2

5.5

12

54.2%

  1. *Prevalence of tobacco use for each level of education adjusted for age, gender, urban/rural residence and family income. Adjusted proportions can be obtained using adjust command in stata, after regression command.
  2. †Prevalence in total population = (Prevalence in exposed group × % exposed group) + (Prevalence in unexposed group × % unexposed group) (0.17 × 0.33) + (0.09 × 0.67) = 0.116 = 12%
  3. 9% is the average tobacco consumption in the educated group and 70% is the total population of educated group. Comment: No Formal education group is the exposed group
  4. $ Attributable percentage of tobacco use in total population due to lack of education = prevalence in total population - prevalence in unexposed group
  5. Prevalence in total population
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