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Table 4 Association of smoking cigarette by background characteristics of men living in the urban slum and non slum areas

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

 

Slum

Non-slum

Variables

OR (95% CI)

P

OR (95% CI)

P

Age:

    

15–29

1.00

 

1.00

 

30–44

1.10 (0.96–1.25)

0.183

1.13 (0.96–1.32)

0.152

45–59

0.90 (0.77–1.04)

0.158

0.86 (0.71–1.04)

0.110

Division:

    

Barisal

1.00

 

1.00

 

Chittagong

1.33 (1.01–1.76)

0.046

1.43 (1.04–1.96)

0.027

Dhaka

1.41 (1.08–1.85)

0.012

1.42 (1.03–1.95)

0.030

Khulna

0.85 (0.62–1.17)

0.309

1.14 (0.80–1.63)

0.460

Rajshahi

1.73 (1.27–2.37)

0.001

1.96 (1.38–2.80)

0.000

Sylhet

1.95 (1.30–2.90)

0.001

1.53 (1.07–2.18)

0.019

Education:

    

No

1.00

 

1.00

 

Primary

0.99 (0.87–1.13)

0.866

0.68 (0.56–0.83)

0.000

Secondary

0.86 (0.75–0.99)

0.030

0.71 (0.59–0.85)

0.000

Higher secondary

0.49 (0.39–0.62)

0.000

0.49 (0.40–0.59)

0.000

Marital status:

    

Never married

1.00

 

1.00

 

Married

1.73 (1.49–2.02)

0.000

1.56 (1.32–1.85)

0.000

Divorced/S/W/D

1.57 (0.86–2.89)

0.142

3.23 (1.65–6.31)

0.001

Religion:

    

Islam

1.00

 

1.00

 

Hinduism

1.14 (0.90–1.44)

0.297

1.11 (0.95–1.31)

0.179

Buddhism

1.47 (0.41–5.24)

0.554

1.95 (0.94–4.03)

0.071

Christianity

1.86 (0.76–4.55)

0.176

2.27 (1.39–3.70)

0.001

Birth place:

    

City corporation

1.00

 

1.00

 

District town

0.78 (0.64–0.95)

0.014

1.28 (1.06–1.53)

0.10

Other town

1.33 (0.93–1.90)

0.115

0.91 (0.64–1.28)

0.577

Village

0.85 (0.75–0.97)

0.017

1.05 (0.92–1.20)

0.452

Abroad

0.62 (0.36–1.06)

0.082

1.43 (0.83–2.47)

0.204

Types of work:

    

Not working

1.00

 

1.00

 

For family business

0.93 (0.60–1.46)

0.758

1.90 (1.39–2.58)

0.000

For private company

1.17 (0.93–1.49)

0.185

1.50 (1.22–1.84)

0.000

For Government

0.89 (0.64–1.23)

0.488

1.51 (1.17–1.96)

0.002

Self employed

1.51 (1.19–1.92)

0.001

1.63 (1.32–2.01)

0.000

Day labor

1.62 (1.26–2.06)

0.000

1.75 (1.35–2.26)

0.000