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Table 4 Factors associated with tobacco use and betel quid chewing by multinomial regression analyses

From: Tobacco use and betel quid chewing among adults in Myanmar- estimates and social determinants from demographic and health survey, 2015–16

 

MEN

WOMEN

Betel quid chewer versus non-user

Tobacco user’ versus non-user

dual user’ versus non-user

Betel quid chewer versus non-user

Tobacco user’ versus non-user

dual user’ versus non-user

Adj. Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Adj. Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Adj. Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Adj. Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

p-value

Adj. Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Adj. Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Age

1.0 (1.0, 1.1)

< 0.001

1.1 (1.0, 1.1)

< 0.001

1.0 (1.0, 1.1)

< 0.001

1.1 (1.0, 1.1)

< 0.001

1.1 (1.1, 1.2)

< 0.001

1.1 (1.1, 1.2)

< 0.001

Marital status

 Divorced/separated/ widowed

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Currently married

1.5 (0.7, 3.4)

0.271

0.4 (0.2, 0.9)

0.028

0.3 (0.2, 0.7)

0.002

0.4 (0.3, 0.5)

< 0.001

1.0 (0.5, 2.2)

0.986

0.3 (0.2, 0.7)

0.001

 Never married

2.1 (1.0, 4.5)

0.049

0.5 (0.3, 1.2)

0.111

0.5 (0.3, 1.1)

0.089

0.8 (0.6, 0.9)

0.016

1.4 (0.8, 2.6)

0.272

0.8 (0.5, 1.2)

0.227

Wealth Index

 Richest

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Richer

1.2 (0.9, 1.7)

0.291

1.2 (0.8, 1.7)

0.448

1.2 (0.8, 1.72)

0.403

1.7 (1.3, 2.2)

< 0.001

3.5 (1.7, 7.3)

0.001

2.4 (1.1, 5.4)

0.036

 Middle

1.4 (0.9, 2.0)

0.081

1.3 (0.8, 1.9)

0.259

1.4 (0.9, 2.1)

0.124

2.4 (1.8, 3.0)

< 0.001

6.2 (2.9, 13.4)

< 0.001

5.0 (2.3, 10.9)

< 0.001

 Poorer

1.6 (1.1, 2.3)

0.025

1.4 (0.9, 2.1)

0.141

1.6 (1.1, 2.5)

0.020

3.6 (2.8, 4.6)

< 0.001

11.3 (5.4, 23.8)

< 0.001

11.6 (5.3, 25.3)

< 0.001

 Poorest

1.9 (1.2, 3.0)

0.005

1.8 (1.2, 2.9)

0.007

2.2 (1.4, 3.5)

0.001

7.3 (5.5, 9.6)

< 0.001

32.4 (15.3, 68.6)

< 0.001

34.4 (15.9, 74.6)

< 0.001

Occupation

 Manual worker

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 Professional/service/ sales

0.3 (0.2,0.4)

< 0.001

0.4 (0.3, 0.7)

0.001

0.3 (0.2,0.6)

0.000

1.5 (1.2, 1.9)

< 0.001

0.9 (0.6, 1.3)

0.587

1.5 (1.0, 2.1)

0.037

 Agricultural work

0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

0.108

0.7 (0.5, 1.1)

0.123

0.8 (0.6, 1.1)

0.210

1.7 (1.3, 2.1)

< 0.001

0.9 (0.6, 1.6)

0.828

1.1 (0.7, 1.8)

0.662

 Unemployed/ domestic work

0.8 (0.6, 1.0)

0.065

0.7 (0.5, 0.9)

0.019

0.7 (0.5, 1.0)

0.045

1.5 (1.1,1.92)

0.008

1.1 (0.7, 1.7)

0.794

0.9 (0.6, 1.5)

0.782

Exposure to media

1.0 (0.9, 1.2)

0.960

0.8 (0.7, 0.9)

0.017

1.0 (0.9, 1.2)

0.858

1.0 (0.9, 1.1)

0.450

1.0 (0.8, 1.1)

0.642

0.9 (0.8, 1.1)

0.274

  1. ‘Dual user’- tobacco user as well as betel quid chewer