Table 1 Background characteristics of the study population (weighted)
From: Tobacco use in Haiti: findings from demographic and health survey
Socio-demographic characteristics | Women | Men | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Percentage | N | Percentage | |
Age | ||||
Less than 25 | 6012 | 41.8 | 3633 | 37.1 |
25–34 | 4274 | 29.7 | 2331 | 23.8 |
35 and above | 4085 | 28.4 | 3831 | 39.1 |
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 6731 | 46.8 | 4157 | 42.4 |
Rural | 7640 | 53.2 | 5638 | 57.6 |
Region | ||||
Aire Métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince | 3632 | 25.3 | 2308 | 23.6 |
Reste-Ouest | 2285 | 15.9 | 1493 | 15.2 |
Grand Sud | 1707 | 11.9 | 1323 | 13.5 |
Grand Nord | 2778 | 19.3 | 1829 | 18.7 |
Artibonite/Centre | 3008 | 20.9 | 2029 | 20.7 |
Grand’Anse/Nippes | 959 | 6.7 | 812 | 8.3 |
Education level | ||||
No education | 1915 | 13.3 | 1445 | 14.8 |
Primary | 4343 | 30.2 | 2877 | 29.4 |
Secondary | 7068 | 49.2 | 4570 | 46.7 |
Higher | 1045 | 7.3 | 902 | 9.2 |
Religion | ||||
Christian | 13,055 | 90.8 | 8015 | 81.8 |
Non-Christian | 1316 | 9.2 | 1780 | 18.2 |
Wealth Index | ||||
Poorest | 2168 | 15.1 | 1706 | 17.4 |
Poorer | 2428 | 16.9 | 1750 | 17.9 |
Middle | 2772 | 19.3 | 2035 | 20.8 |
Richer | 3396 | 23.6 | 2033 | 20.8 |
Richest | 3607 | 25.1 | 2271 | 23.2 |
Currently working | ||||
Yes | 8091 | 56.3 | 7553 | 77.1 |
No | 6280 | 43.7 | 2242 | 22.9 |
Community media level | ||||
High | 8148 | 56.7 | 5073 | 51.8 |
Low | 6223 | 43.3 | 4722 | 48.2 |
Marital status | ||||
Never in union | 5823 | 40.5 | 4646 | 47.4 |
In union | 7402 | 51.5 | 4541 | 46.4 |
Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 1146 | 8.0 | 608 | 6.2 |
Total | 14,371 | 100.0 | 9795 | 100.0 |