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Table 3 Sociodemographic Characteristics by Smoking Intensity (N = 714)

From: Outdoor smoking in Nigeria: prevalence, correlates and predictors

Sociodemographic	Pack Years
Characteristics
Age	N	Mean	SD	Statistics	P
< 24	86	10.59	10.21	214.01^F (df5)	< 0.001
25–34	188	8.47	8.03
35–44	198	13.85	6.83
45–54	152	27.43	13.09
55–64	68	46.72	14.48
> 64	22	56.68	25.34
Gender
Male	554	20.50	17.56	3.2 ^t	0.01
Female	160	15.52	15.09	3.2 ^t	0.01
Marital Status
Married	417	20.63	16.84	2.4 ^t	0.017
Unmarried	296	17.53	17.41	2.4 ^t	0.017
Religion
Christianity	641	19.60	17.26	0.99 ^t	0.31
Islam	73	17.50	16.25	0.99 ^t	0.31
Ethnicity
Igbo	167	20.43	20.72	2.83 ^F (df 4)	0.02
Yoruba	337	20.80	16.91
Middle Belt	184	15.81	13.17
Hausa	15	17.91	13.54
Others (Minority)	11	21.79	22.28
In Employment
Yes	609	19.13	16.92	0.99 ^t	0.32
No	104	20.93	18.57	0.99 ^t	0.32
Years of Education
0	166	20.23	20.38	3.48 ^F	0.016
1–6	300	20.82	17.06
7–12	202	16.12	13.31
> 12	46	21.24	18.67
Residence
Urban	213	17.85	15.77	−1.55	0.1
Rural/Semi-rural	501	20.04	17.69	−1.55	0.1
Income
Low income earner	404	23.15	18.75	5.2 ^t	< 0.001
High income earner	310	16.49	15.23	5.2 ^t	< 0.001
Depression
Yes	318	21.31	17.53	2.7 ^t	0.007
No	396	17.84	16.72	2.7 ^t	0.007
Alcohol Use
Yes	654	18.82	21.88	2.2 ^t	0.03
No	60	14.72	21.88	2.2 ^t	0.03

F: ANOVA; t: t test

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