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Table 2 Prevalence of currently smoking (%) by background characteristics of men living in the urban slum areas

From: Prevalence and correlates of smoking among urban adult men in Bangladesh: slum versus non-slum comparison

Variables

n

Cigarette (%)

Bidi (%)

Any of the two (%)

Age:

    

15–29

2794

49.0

5.2

50.7

30–44

2280

58.6

14.0

66.7

45–59

1413

53.5

19.4

66.7

  

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

Division:

    

Barisal

240

48.5

15.8

57.9

Chittagong

1617

52.4

8.3

58.0

Dhaka

3286

54.0

10.8

60.0

Khulna

537

42.3

20.1

51.4

Rajshahi

618

60.4

11.8

65.9

Sylhet

190

64.7

15.8

79.1

  

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

Education:

    

No

2195

59.2

21.3

73.2

Primary

1881

55.4

10.2

59.8

Secondary

1941

49.4

4.1

51.0

Higher secondary

471

34.2

0.6

34.4

  

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

Marital status:

    

Never married

1427

40.4

1.7

40.9

Married

5015

57.0

14.2

65.2

Divorced/S/W/D

46

53.2

15.2

63.0

  

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

Religion:

    

Islam

6143

53.3

11.6

59.9

Hinduism

314

54.3

7.3

57.5

Buddhism

10

50.0

0.0

50.0

Christianity

21

57.1

23.8

71.4

  

P = 0.962

P = 0.020

P = 0.512

Birth place:

    

City corporation

1757

54.0

6.3

56.9

District town

600

49.1

14.3

56.4

Other town

149

60.4

8.7

64.4

Village

3925

53.5

13.4

61.5

Abroad

57

49.1

10.5

56.1

  

P = 0.087

P = 0.000

P = 0.004

Types of work:

    

Not working

364

39.4

5.2

43.7

For family business

109

39.4

3.6

41.3

For private company

1962

48.0

4.7

50.1

For Government

298

41.6

5.0

43.0

Self employed

1830

57.1

10.9

63.3

Day labor

1925

60.5

21.3

73.2

  

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

P = 0.000