Outdoor smoking in Nigeria: prevalence, correlates and predictors

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Sociodemography of Smokers (N = 1119)

Sociodemographic Characteristics		Smoking
Sociodemographic Characteristics		Yes		No		X²	P
Age	Total	N	%	N	%
< 24	147	86	66.7	41	32.3	7.1(df5)	0.2
25–34	310	188	60.6	122	39.4
35–44	328	198	60.4	130	39.6
45–54	224	152	67.9	72	32.1
55–64	98	68	69.4	30	30.6
> 64	32	22	68.8	10	31.3
Gender
Male	826	554	67.1	272	32.9	14.5	< 0.001
Female	293	160	54.6	133	45.4
Marital Status
Married	634	417	65.8	217	34.2	2.5	0.1
Unmarried	484	296	61.2	188	38.8	2.5	0.1
Religion
Christianity	1010	641	63.5	369	36.5	0.5	0.5
Islam	109	73	67.0	36	33.3	0.5	0.5
Ethnicity
Igbo	255	167	65.5	88	34.6	13.2 (df4)	0.01^BS
Yoruba	556	337	60.6	219	39.4
Middle Belt	257	184	71.6	73	28.4
Hausa	30	15	50.0	15	50.0
Others (Minority)	21	11	52.4	10	47.6
In Employment
Yes	955	609	63.8	346	36.2	0.01	0.9
No	162	104	64.2	58	35.8	0.01	0.9
Years of Education
0	253	166	65.6	87	34.4	10.4 (df3)	0.01 ^BS
1–6	502	300	59.8	202	40.2
7–12	286	202	70.6	84	29.4
> 12	78	46	59.0	32	41.0
Residence
Urban	308	213	69.2	95	30.8	5.3	0.02
Rural/Semi-rural	810	501	61.8	310	19.6	5.3	0.02
Income
Low income earner	627	404	64.4	223	35.6	0.2	0.6
High income earner	492	310	63.0	182	37.0	0.2	0.6
Depression
Yes	465	318	68.4	147	31.6	7.2	0.007
No	654	396	60.6	258	39.4	7.2	0.007
Alcohol Use
Yes	995	654	65.7	341	34.3	14.4	< 0.001
No	124	60	48.4	64	51.6	14.4

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