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Table 1 Respondentā€™s baseline demographic characteristics and smoking tobacco use behaviors^

From: Smoking-related psychosocial beliefs and justifications among smokers in India: Findings from Tobacco Control Policy (TCP) India Surveys

Ā 

Bihar

West Bengal

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

TOTAL

N

111

581

302

118

1112

Age (M, SD)

41.8 (17.2)

42.9 (13.6)

45.8 (14.1)

47.5 (12.8)

44.1 (14.2)

Age (in years) (%)

ā€ƒ15ā€“17

4 (3.6%)

2 (0.3%)

2 (0.7%)

1 (0.9%)

9 (0.8%)

ā€ƒ18ā€“24

18 (16.2%)

34 (5.9%)

22 (7.3%)

5 (4.2%)

79 (7.1%)

ā€ƒ25ā€“39

31 (27.9%)

212 (36.5%)

62 (20.5%)

23 (19.5%)

328 (29.5%)

ā€ƒ40ā€“54

28 (25.2%)

199 (34.3%)

127 (42.1%)

44 (37.3%)

398 (35.8%)

Ā  Ā Ā 55ā€‰+ā€‰

30 (27.0%)

134 (23.1%)

89 (29.5%)

45 (38.1%)

298 (26.8%)

Gender (N, %)

ā€ƒMale

87 (78.4%)

573 (98.6%)

302 (100%)

116 (98.3%)

1078 (96.9%)

ā€ƒFemale

24 (21.6%)

8 (1.4%)

ā€“

2 (1.7%)

34 (3.1%)

Urban/Rural (N, %)

ā€ƒUrban

85 (76.6%)

418 (71.9%)

160 (53.0%)

84 (71.2%)

747 (67.2%)

ā€ƒRural

26 (23.4%)

163 (28.1%)

142 (47.0%)

34 (28.8%)

365 (32.8%)

Education (N, %)

ā€ƒLow

44 (39.6%)

294 (51.0%)

211 (69.9%)

58 (49.2%)

607 (54.6%)

ā€ƒModerate

24 (21.6%)

165 (28.7%)

63 (20.9%)

54 (45.8%)

306 (27.5%)

ā€ƒHigh

43 (38.7%)

117 (20.3%)

28 (9.3%)

6 (5.1%)

194 (17.5%)

ā€ƒā€“

ā€“

5 (0.9%)

ā€“

ā€“

5 (0.5%)

Income (N, %)

ā€ƒLow

24 (21.6%)

230 (39.6%)

91 (30.1%)

16 (13.6%)

361 (32.5%)

ā€ƒModerate

52 (46.9%)

249 (42.9%)

169 (56.0%)

79 (67.0%)

549 (49.4%)

ā€ƒHigh

32 (28.8%)

95 (16.4%)

30 (9.9%)

18 (15.3%)

175 (15.7%)

ā€ƒNot stated

3 (2.7%)

7 (1.2%)

12 (4.0%)

5 (4.2%)

27 (2.4%)

Use Frequency (Cigarettes) (N, %)

ā€ƒDaily

66 (59.5%)

358 (61.6%)

85 (28.2%)

63 (53.4%)

572 (51.4%)

ā€ƒLess than daily

15 (13.5%)

35 (6.0%)

16 (5.3%)

8 (6.8%)

74 (6.7%)

ā€ƒLess than weekly

4 (3.6%)

47 (8.1%)

4 (1.3%)

2 (1.7%)

57 (5.1%)

ā€ƒā€“

26 (23.4%)

141 (24.3%)

197 (65.2%)

45 (38.1%)

409 (36.8%)

Use Frequency (Bidis) (N, %)

ā€ƒDaily

15 (13.5%)

313 (53.9%)

224 (74.2%)

59 (50.0%)

611 (55.0%)

ā€ƒLess than daily

1 (0.9%)

11 (1.9%)

5 (1.7%)

4 (3.4%)

21 (1.9%)

ā€ƒLess than weekly

ā€“

17 (2.9%)

ā€“

ā€“

17 (1.5%)

ā€ƒā€“

95 (85.6%)

240 (41.3%)

73 (24.2%)

55 (46.6%)

463 (41.6%)

  1. ^The sample characteristics are calculated using unweighted data
  2. ā€“ refers to missing data