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Table 3 Prevalence of current smoking (%) by background characteristics of men living in the urban non 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

2431

38.7

0.3

38.8

30–44

2065

50.9

3.6

53.2

45–59

1171

45.7

8.5

50.3

  

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

Division:

    

Barisal

203

34.5

6.5

38.6

Chittagong

2008

44.8

1.7

46.3

Dhaka

1846

44.4

2.3

45.4

Khulna

536

41.8

10.4

46.8

Rajshahi

494

50.4

5.3

52.3

Sylhet

580

46.4

1.4

47.6

  

P = 0.003

P = 0.000

P = 0.023

Education:

    

No

764

59.0

11.5

65.8

Primary

1003

47.3

5.6

50.9

Secondary

2113

45.6

1.7

46.1

Higher secondary

1787

35.9

0.1

36.0

  

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

Marital status:

    

Never married

1950

34.4

0.2

34.5

Married

3676

49.8

4.8

52.5

Divorced/S/W/D

41

68.3

2.4

70.7

  

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

Religion:

    

Islam

4730

44.1

3.4

46.2

Hinduism

832

45.3

1.3

45.9

Buddhism

32

59.4

0.0

59.4

Christianity

73

61.6

12.3

63.0

  

P = 0.007

P = 0.000

P = 0.015

Birth place:

    

City corporation

1641

42.0

1.3

42.4

District town

818

48.0

5.0

51.0

Other town

162

38.3

0.6

38.3

Village

2986

45.2

3.9

47.5

Abroad

60

60.0

1.6

60.0

  

P = 0.002

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

Types of work:

    

Not working

674

28.0

1.2

28.5

For family business

252

47.2

0.0

47.2

For private company

1849

44.7

1.1

44.7

For Government

584

44.5

1.4

45.0

Self employed

1663

47.3

2.8

48.8

Day labor

654

54.0

15.0

63.4

  

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

P = 0.000