Prevalence and correlates of tobacco use in Botswana: evidence from the 2014 Botswana STEPwise survey

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Table 1 Breakdown of tobacco use variables by sociodemographic characteristics of the population, Botswana WHO STEPwise Survey II-2014

Characteristic	Current tobacco smoking		Current smokeless tobacco use		*Total (N)*
Characteristic	*Yes(n)*	*Weighted %*	*Yes(n)*	*Weighted %*	*Total (N)*
Sex
Male	376	28.6^a	20	1.5^a	1316
Female	74	2.7	110	4.0	2746
Age groups
15-29	174	11.1^a	17	1.1^a	1564
30-39	109	11.0	36	3.2	987
40-49	94	13.9	30	4.3	674
50-59	19	13.9	61	9.1	674
60-69	19	6.8	28	10.2	276
Education level
No education	166	43.5^a	79	20.8^a	382
Primary	136	14.1	92	9.6	963
secondary	210	10.9	44	2.3	1925
Tertiary or higher	79	10.0	5	0.6	792
Marital status
Currently married	128	10.8^a	52	4.4^a	1186
Formerly married	19	8.0	21	8.7	240
Never married	316	12.0	58	2.2	2636
Employment status
Public sector	11.2	63^a	11	2.0^a	565
Private sector	16.5	88	11	2.0	536
Self-employed	18.2	89	21	4.4	487
Unpaid/students	9.1	61	14	2.1	670
Home maker/house worker	11.3	42	18	4.9	370
Unemployed	12.7	182	57	4.0	1430
Alcohol consumption in the past 12 months
Yes	349	31.3^a	53	4.8^a	1115
No	24	4.9	10	2.1	493
Information about the dangers of smoking in the past 30 days
Yes	378	11.6	1224	3.2	3989
No	43	10.3	2	0.3	73
Total		12.9		3.2	4062

^aStatistically significant at 5% significance level. A chi-square (χ2) statistic was used in bivariate analyses to assess the association between current tobacco smoking and smokeless tobacco use and sociodemographic and behavioral variables

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