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Table 3 Unadjusted associations between household HFIAS score tobacco use and socio-demographic factors by bivariate 14 analyses

From: Association of adult tobacco use with household food access insecurity: results from Nepal demographic and health survey, 2011

 

HFIAS score (mean and SD)

test value

p-value

Men’s age

O.22

0.894

 15-25

3.36 (4.45)

  

 26-35

3.64 (4.80)

  

 36-49

3.43 (4.65)

  

Women’s age

4.86

0.088

 15-25

3.41 (4.55)

  

 26-35

3.37 (4.55)

  

 36-49

4.02 (5.03)

  

Men’s tobacco use

39.18

<0.001

 None

2.79 (4.08)

  

 Either smoking or SLT use

3.82 (4.82)

  

 Dual user

4.96 (5.32)

  

Women’s tobacco use

0.773

0.679

 None

3.42 (4.56)

  

 Either smoking or SLT use

3.68 (4.84)

  

 Dual user

3.33 (4.58)

  

Women’s educational level

2.75

0.428

 No education

3.35 (4.55)

  

 Primary

3.51 (4.67)

  

 secondary

3.55 (4.59)

  

 Higher

3.79 (4.94)

  

Men’s educational level

556.0

<0.001

 No education

6.44 (5.55)

  

 Primary

5.20 (4.97)

  

 secondary

2.83 (4.10)

  

 Higher

1.13 (2.69)

  

Men’s occupation

198.0

<0.001

 Unemployed

2.18 (3.77)

  

 Professional/service/business

1.92 (3.75)

  

 Agriculturist

4.36 (4.75)

  

 Manual workers

3.62 (4.75)

  

Number of household membersa

 

0.121

<0.001

Sex of the household head

 Male

3.50 (4.66)

0.803

0.337

 Female

3.13 (4.15)

  

Household’s Wealth Index

1046.5

<0.001

 Poorest

7.16 (5.1)

  

 Poorer

5.02 (4.64)

  

 Middle

3.43 (4.29)

  

 Richer

2.48 (4.07)

  

 Richest

0.94 (2.48)

  

Urban/rural area

11.8

<0.001

 Rural

2.41 (4.18)

  

 Urban

3.97 (4.71)

  

Development region

184.0

<0.001

 Eastern

2.48 (3.92)

  

 Central

3.11 (4.56)

  

 Western

3.10 (4.42)

  

 Mid-western

5.17 (5.19)

  

 Far-western

3.81 (4.47)

  

Ecological zone

28.17

<0.001

 Mountainous

3.77 (4.53)

  

 Hilly region

3.61 (4.48)

  

 Tear (Plains)

3.22 (4.71)

  
  1. aSpearman’s rank correlation test was used, numbers in bold indicate significant associations