Table 1 Background characteristics of respondents
Characteristics | Total n(%) | Cigarette smoking | Pearson chi-square | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No, n (%) | P-value | ||
Age groups (yrs) | < 0.001 | |||
15–19 | 358(3.6) | 71(19.8) | 287(80.2) | |
20–24 | 1493(15.1) | 357(23.9) | 1136(76.1) | |
25–29 | 2008(20.4) | 522(26.0) | 1486(74.0) | |
30–34 | 1900(19.3) | 457(24.0) | 1443(76.0) | |
35–39 | 1755(17.8) | 353(20.1) | 1402(79.9) | |
40–44 | 1324(13.4) | 271(20.5) | 1053(79.5) | |
45–49 | 1030(10.4) | 117(17.2) | 853(82.8) | |
Region | < 0.001 | |||
Southern | 2810(28.5) | 509(18.1) | 2301(81.9) | |
Highlands | 2817(28.6) | 647(23.0) | 2170(77.0) | |
Momase | 2014(20.4) | 579(28.8) | 1435(71.3) | |
Islands | 2227(22.6) | 473(21.2) | 1754(78.8) | |
Place of residence | < 0.001 | |||
Rural | 7453(75.5) | 1485(19.9) | 5968(80.1) | |
Urban | 2415(24.5) | 723(29.9) | 1692(70.1) | |
Highest education level | 0.009 | |||
No education | 2266(23.0) | 530(23.4) | 1736(76.6) | |
Primary | 4899(49.7) | 1028(21.0) | 3871(79.0) | |
Secondary | 2303(23.3) | 559(24.3) | 1744(75.7) | |
Higher | 400(4.0) | 91(22.8) | 309(77.2) | |
Religion | 0.003 | |||
Christian | 9756(99.0) | 2170(22.2) | 7586(77.8) | |
Non-Christian | 53(0.6) | 17(32.1) | 36(67.9) | |
No religion | 47(0.4) | 19(40.4) | 28(59.6) | |
Wealth index | < 0.001 | |||
Poorest | 1485(15.0) | 340(22.9) | 1145(77.1) | |
Poorer | 1576(16.0) | 340(21.6) | 1236(78.4) | |
Middle | 1835(18.6) | 334(18.2) | 1501(81.8) | |
Richer | 2393(24.3) | 518(21.7) | 1875(78.4) | |
Richest | 2579(26.1) | 676(26.2) | 1903(73.8) | |
Marital status | 0.080 | |||
Married | 8193(83.0) | 1806(22.0) | 6387(78.0) | |
Co-habitation | 1675(17.0) | 402(24.0) | 1273(76.0) | |
Currently residing with partner | 0.031 | |||
Living together | 8503(86.6) | 1867(22.0) | 6636(78.0) | |
Staying elsewhere | 1316(13.4) | 324(24.6) | 992(75.4) | |
Number of kids | < 0.001 | |||
None | 945(9.6) | 272(28.8) | 673(71.2) | |
1–2 | 3335(33.8) | 792(23.8) | 2543(76.2) | |
3–4 | 3140(31.8) | 688(21.9) | 2452(78.1) | |
5–6 | 1734(17.6) | 315(18.2) | 1419(81.8) | |
7 and more | 714(7.2) | 141(19.8) | 573(80.2) | |
Occupational status | < 0.001 | |||
Not working | 6044(62.1) | 1348(22.3) | 4696(77.7) | |
Professional/technical/managerial | 570(5.9) | 112(19.7) | 458(80.3) | |
Clerical | 210(2.2) | 55(26.2) | 155(73.8) | |
Sales | 486(5.0) | 123(25.3) | 363(74.7) | |
Agricultural | 1508(15.5) | 261(17.3) | 1247(82.7) | |
Services | 841(8.6) | 254(30.2) | 587(69.8) | |
Manual job | 77(0.8) | 23(29.9) | 54(70.1) | |
Sexual violence | < 0.001 | |||
No | 2688(74.1) | 551(20.5) | 2137(79.5) | |
Yes | 938(25.9) | 251(26.8) | 687(73.2) | |