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Table 4 Awareness of spouses about preferred places for smoking of their husbands

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

Places

Category

Current Frequency

p value

Daily

Not daily

Don’t know

Home

Yes

167 (69.0)

33 (39.8)

15 (37.5)

< 0.001

No

75 (31.0)

50 (60.2)

25 (62.5)

 

Work place

Yes

113 (46.7)

18 (21.7)

10 (25.0)

< 0.001

No

129 (53.3)

65 (78.3)

30 (75.0)

 

Friend house

Yes

117 (48.3)

25 (30.1)

17 (42.5)

0.015

No

125 (51.7)

58 (69.9)

23 (57.5)

 

Functions

Yes

111 (45.9)

45 (54.2)

21 (52.5)

0.023

No

131 (54.1)

38 (45.8)

19 (47.5)

 

Public place

Yes

39 (16.1)

7 (8.4)

11 (27.5)

0.023

No

203 (83.9)

76 (91.6)

29 (72.5)

 

Others

Yes

46 (19.0)

18 (21.7)

9 (22.5)

0.797

No

196 (81.0)

65 (78.3)

31 (77.5)