Table 6 Bivariate Analysis of Explanatory Variables by Smoking Status
From: Determinants of cigarette smoking and smoking intensity among adult males in Ghana
| Explanatory | Cigarette Smoking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | No | Yes | F-statistic | P-value |
| Age Category | 44.195 | 0.0000 | ||
| 15–29 years | 0.476 | 0.203 | ||
| 30–44 years | 0.339 | 0.321 | ||
| 45–59 years | 0.185 | 0.475 | ||
| Education | 9.278 | 4.894 | 8.579 | 0.0000 |
| Age*Education (Other) | 12.032 | 0.0006 | ||
| Old*educated | 0.156 | 0.273 | ||
| Use of TV (Never) | 51.646 | 0.0000 | ||
| Sometimes | 0.843 | 0.624 | ||
| Wealth category | 26.844 | 0.0000 | ||
| Lower | 0.335 | 0.635 | ||
| Middle | 0.189 | 0.211 | ||
| Higher | 0.476 | 0.154 | ||
| Religious affiliation | 60.165 | 0.0000 | ||
| Other religion | 0.087 | 0.324 | ||
| Christianity | 0.744 | 0.359 | ||
| Muslim | 0.169 | 0.317 | ||
| Religion | 6.054 | 0.0000 | ||
| Western | 0.116 | 0.072 | ||
| Central | 0.097 | 0.078 | ||
| Greater Accra | 0.214 | 0.126 | ||
| Volta | 0.077 | 0.071 | ||
| Eastern | 0.100 | 0.056 | ||
| Ashanti | 0.181 | 0.168 | ||
| Brong Ahafo | 0.082 | 0.100 | ||
| Northern | 0.076 | 0.191 | ||
| Upper East | 0.035 | 0.095 | ||
| Upper West | 0.022 | 0.044 | ||