Table 5 Association of smoking bidis by background characteristics of men living in the urban slum and non slum areas

Age:

15–29

1.00

1.00

30–44

1.58 (1.25–1.98)

6.82 (2.79–16.69)

45–59

2.35 (1.84–2.99)

18.89 (7.66–46.63)

Division:

Barisal

1.00

1.00

Chittagong

0.48 (0.31–0.72)

0.11 (0.05–0.26)

Dhaka

0.63 (0.43–0.94)

0.13 (0.06–0.29)

Khulna

1.34 (0.86–2.10)

0.53 (0.23–1.22)

Rajshahi

1.00 (0.63–1.60)

0.67 (0.28–1.60)

Sylhet

0.68 (0.39–1.18)

0.06 (0.02–0.19)

Education:

No

1.00

1.00

Primary

0.55 (0.45–0.66)

0.65 (0.43–0.98)

Secondary

0.29 (0.22–0.37)

0.28 (0.18–0.45)

Higher secondary

0.06 (0.02–0.19)

0.01 (0.00–0.08)

Marital status:

Never married

1.00

1.00

Married

3.22 (2.05–5.05)

1.71 (0.54–5.43)

Divorced/S/W/D

3.10 (1.18–8.15)

0.68 (0.08–5.71)

Religion:

Islam

1.00

1.00

Hinduism

0.86 (0.54–1.37)

0.59 (0.30–1.18)

Buddhism

-

-

Christianity

1.98 (0.64–6.09)

3.34 (1.37–8.13)

Birth place:

City corporation

1.00

1.00

District town

1.84 (1.31–2.57)

3.89 (2.02–7.50)

Other town

1.57 (0.82–3.01)

1.25 (0.12–12.68)

Village

1.80 (1.39–2.32)

4.47 (2.50–7.96)

Abroad

0.62 (0.24–1.57)

0.15 (0.01–1.50)

Types of work:

Not working

1.00

1.00

For family business

0.51 (0.15–1.67)

0.08 (0.00–3.25)

For private company

0.87 (0.51–1.49)

0.40 (0.16–1.01)

For Government

0.70 (0.34–1.45)

0.18 (0.06–0.58)

Self employed

1.27 (0.76–2.11)

0.55 (0.23–1.31)

Day labor

2.47 (1.49–4.09)

2.39 (1.02–5.58)