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Table 2 Prevalence of tobacco use by individual and community characteristics (weighted)

From: Tobacco use in Haiti: findings from demographic and health survey

Socio-demographic characteristics

Women

P-value (χ2)

Men

P-value (χ2)

Yes (N/%)

No (N/%)

Yes (N/%)

No (N/%)

Age

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

Less than 25

55 (0.9)

5957 (99.1)

 

166 (4.6)

3467 (95.4)

 

25–34

77 (1.8)

4198 (98.2)

 

240 (10.3)

2091 (89.7)

 

35 and above

107 (2.6)

3978 (97.4)

 

556 (14.5)

3275 (85.5)

 

Place of residence

  

< 0.001

  

0.644

Urban

142 (2.1)

6588 (97.9)

 

415 (10.0)

3742 (90.0)

 

Rural

96 (1.3)

7544 (98.7)

 

547 (9.7)

5091 (90.3)

 

Region

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.01

Aire Métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince

111 (3.1)

3521 (96.9)

 

262 (11.3)

2047 (88.7)

 

Reste-Ouest

32 (1.4)

2253 (98.6)

 

126 (8.4)

1367 (91.6)

 

Grand Sud

15 (0.9)

1693 (99.1)

 

125 (9.4)

1198 (90.6)

 

Grand Nord

23 (0.8)

2755 (99.2)

 

151 (8.3)

1677 (91.7)

 

Artibonite/Centre

47 (1.6)

2961 (98.4)

 

223 (11.0)

1806 (89.0)

 

Grand’Anse/Nippes

9 (0.9)

950 (99.1)

 

75 (9.2)

737 (90.8)

 

Education level

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

No education

67 (3.5)

1848 (96.5)

 

281 (19.4)

1165 (80.6)

 

Primary

64 (1.5)

4280 (98.5)

 

325 (11.3)

2553 (88.7)

 

Secondary

95 (1.3)

6973 (98.7)

 

300 (6.6)

4270 (93.4)

 

Higher

13 (1.2)

1032 (98.8)

 

57 (6.3)

845 (93.7)

 

Religion

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

Christian

172 (1.3)

12,883 (98.7)

 

623 (7.8)

7392 (92.2)

 

Non-Christian

67 (5.1)

1250 (94.9)

 

339 (19.0)

1441 (81.0)

 

Wealth Index

  

0.067

  

< 0.001

Poorest

48 (2.2)

2119 (97.8)

 

239 (14.0)

1467 (86.0)

 

Poorer

33 (1.4)

2396 (98.6)

 

191 (10.9)

1559 (89.1)

 

Middle

42 (1.5)

2730 (98.5)

 

184 (9.0)

1851 (91.0)

 

Richer

47 (1.4)

3349 (98.6)

 

177 (8.7)

1856 (91.3)

 

Richest

69 (1.9)

3539 (98.1)

 

171 (7.5)

2100 (92.5)

 

Currently working

  

0.187

  

< 0.001

Yes

144 (1.8)

7947 (98.2)

 

840 (11.1)

6713 (88.9)

 

No

94 (1.5)

6186 (98.5)

 

122 (5.4)

2120 (94.6)

 

Community media levl

  

< 0.05

  

< 0.01

High

151 (1.9)

7997 (98.1)

 

458 (9.0)

4615 (91.0)

 

Low

87 (1.4)

6135 (98.6)

 

504 (10.7)

4218 (89.3)

 

Marital status

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

Never in union

56 (1.0)

5767 (99.0)

 

208 (4.5)

4438 (95.5)

 

In union

135 (1.8)

7267 (98.2)

 

605 (13.3)

3936 (86.7)

 

Divorced/Separated/Widowed

48 (4.2)

1098 (95.8)

 

149 (24.5)

459 (75.5)

 

Total

239 (1.7)

14,132 (98.3)

 

962 (9.8)

8833 (90.2)