Table 4 Female smokers by selected background characteristics
From: Determinants of cigarette smoking and smoking intensity among adult males in Ghana
Variable | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Age (in group) | ||
15–19 | 0 | 0.00 |
20–24 | 2 | 6.45 |
25–29 | 2 | 6.45 |
30–34 | 5 | 16.13 |
35–39 | 8 | 25.81 |
40–44 | 5 | 16.13 |
45–49 | 9 | 29.03 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 4 | 12.90 |
Rural | 27 | 87.10 |
Region of residence | ||
Western | 0 | 0.00 |
Central | 1 | 3.23 |
Greater Accra | 0 | 0.00 |
Volta | 0 | 0.00 |
Eastern | 1 | 3.23 |
Ashanti | 0 | 0.00 |
Brong Ahafo | 2 | 6.45 |
Northern | 25 | 80.65 |
Upper East | 1 | 3.23 |
Upper West | 1 | 3.23 |
Wealth quintile | ||
Poorest | 28 | 90.32 |
Poorer | 2 | 6.45 |
Middle | 0 | 0.00 |
Richer | 1 | 3.23 |
Richest | 0 | 0.00 |
Level of formal education | ||
No education | 27 | 87.10 |
Basic | 1 | 3.23 |
Secondary | 3 | 9.68 |
Higher | 0 | 0.00 |
Observations | 31 | |