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Table 3 Association of socioeconomic factors with tobacco smoking (Female)

From: Socioeconomic factors associated with tobacco smoking among adult males in Sri Lanka

Variable

Category

Current Frequency of husbands

OR

95% CI

p value

Daily (%)

Not daily (%)

Age (Years)

19–39

131 (50.0)

63 (61.2)

1

 

40–59

111 (42.4)

34 (33.0)

1.250

0.280–5.577

0.770

60–79

20 (7.6)

6 (5.8)

0.786

0.179–3.458

0.750

Educational level

Up to ordinary level

146 (55.7)

43 (41.7)

1

  

Up to advanced level

89 (34.0)

39 (37.9)

0.562

0.215–1.474

0.242

Diploma / Degree

27 (10.3)

21 (20.3)

0.283

0.060–0.793

0.048

Employment

Government

27 (10.3)

25 (24.3)

1

 

Private

27 (10.3)

13 (12.6)

2.653

1.053–6.687

0.039

Self-employment

21 (8.0)

7 (6.8)

3.098

1.171–8.195

0.023

Unemployment

187 (71.4)

58 (56.3)

1.400

0.435–4.503

0.573

Initiation of smoke

Before marriage

177 (67.6)

65 (63.1)

1

 

After marriage

30 (11.5)

14 (13.5)

0.728

0.334–1.587

0.425

Don’t know

55 (21.0)

23 (22.3)

0.593

0.195–1.808

0.358

Current form of tobacco

Cigarettes

186 (71.0)

92 (89.3)

1

 

Beedi

76 (29.0)

11 (10.7)

0.868

0.277–2.720

0.808

Type/s of premade cigarettes

Gold leaf

109 (58.4)

57 (62.1)

1

 

Bristol

31 (16.4)

17 (18.4)

1.078

0.482–2.413

0.855

Others

46 (25.2)

18 (19.4)

0.875

0.303–2.528

0.805

Past smoking

Daily

228 (87.0)

35 (34.0)

1

 

Not daily

34 (13.0)

68 (66.0)

0.058

0.029–0.115

< 0.001

Amount of spend per week

<  250

27 (10.3)

10 (9.7)

1

  

250–500

191 (72.9)

65 (63.1)

0.895

0.316–2.532

0.834

501–1000

44 (16.8)

28 (27.2)

1.217

0.338–4.385

0.764

Husbands monthly income

<  50,000

145 (55.3)

58 (56.3)

1

  

50,001–100,000

59 (22.5)

17 (16.5)

0.320

0.064–1.592

0.164

>  100,000

58 (22.1)

28 (27.2)

0.469

0.223–0.987

0.046

Proportion spend for smoking from household expenditure

¼

70 (26.7)

20 (19.4)

1

  

½

114 (43.5)

54 (52.4)

0.859

0.400–1.845

0.697

Other

78 (29.8)

29 (28.2)

1.210

0.468–3.129

0.694

Number of smoking friends

>  10

202 (77.1)

63 (61.2)

1

  

<  10

60 (22.9)

40 (38.8)

0.336

0.171–0.662

0.002

Friend’s influence

Yes

246 (93.9)

90 (87.3)

1

  

No

16 (6.1)

13 (12.7)

0.172

0.057–0.523

0.002

Amount of Cigarettes smoke per day after price increment

<  10

221 (84.3)

95 (92.2)

1

  

>  10

41 (15.7)

8 (7.8)

3.313

1.003–11.059

0.049