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Table 1 Sociodemographic and economic characteristics of the study population in GATS 1 (2009–2010) and GATS2 (2016–2017)

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in tobacco cessation among Indians above 15 years of age from 2009 to 2017: evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)

Sociodemographic and economic characteristics

Study population

GATS 1 (2009–2010) N = 69,296

GATS 2 (2016–2017) N = 74,037

%

N

%

N

Demographic Characteristics

 Gender

  Male

51.68

33,767

51.10

33,772

  Female

48.32

35,529

48.90

40,265

 Age

   < 25

29.50

13,463

26.73

13,329

  25–44

42.03

35,020

44.44

35,564

  45–64

21.70

16,123

21.73

19,132

  65 + 

6.76

4,690

7.11

6,012

 Residence

  Rural

70.77

41,825

65.51

47,549

  Urban

29.23

27,471

34.49

26,488

SES

 Educational Attainment

  No formal education

31.00

18,805

26.42

18,473

  Primary

24.00

16,303

20.54

16,368

  Secondary

28.70

20,185

30.95

22,440

  Higher and Above

16.31

13,863

22.08

16,697

 Wealth Index

  Low

25.02

24,190

28.41

24,966

  Medium

32.23

22,057

39.13

26,310

  High

42.75

23,048

32.46

22,761