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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of survey population

From: Tobacco use and betel quid chewing among adults in Myanmar- estimates and social determinants from demographic and health survey, 2015–16

 

Men (N = 4737)

Women (N = 12,885)

Unweighted Number (%)

Weighted Number (%)

Unweighted Number (%)

Weighted Number (%)

Age

Mean = 31.27 (10.1)

Median = 31 (22, 40)

Mean = 31.6 (9.88)

Median = 32 (23, 40)

Age groups

 15–20

926 (19.5)

891 (18.8)

2220 (17.3)

2205 (17.1)

 21–30

1380 (29.1)

1373 (29.0)

3815 (29.6)

3771 (29.3)

 31–40

1315 (27.8)

1351 (28.5)

3843 (29.8)

3929 (30.5)

 41–49

1116 (23.6)

1122 (23.7)

3007 (23.3)

2980 (23.1)

Education

 No education

559 (11.8)

576 (12.2)

1592 (12.0)

1606 (12.5)

 Primary

1630 (34.4)

1684 (35.5)

5129 (40.0)

5305 (41.2)

 Secondary

2224 (47.0)

2139 (45.1)

4838 (37.7)

4647 (36.0)

 Higher

324 (6.8)

340 (7.2)

1324 (10.3)

1325 (10.3)

Marital status

 Never married

1695 (35.9)

1645 (34.8)

4146 (32.3)

4273 (33.3)

 Currently married

2916 (61.7)

2955 (62.6)

7870 (61.4)

7751 (60.4)

 Divorced/Separated/Widowed

114 (2.4)

125 (2.6)

811 (6.3)

803 (6.3)

Wealth Index

 Poorest

904 (19.1)

890 (18.8)

2364 (18.3)

2274 (17.6)

 Poorer

933 (19.7)

916 (19.3)

2451 (19.0)

2408 (18.7)

 Middle

1016 (21.4)

980 (20.7)

2633 (20.4)

2633 (20.4)

 Richer

995 (21.0)

986 (20.8)

2739 (21.3)

2702 (21.0)

 Richest

889 (18.8)

965 (20.4)

2698 (21.0)

2868 (22.3)

Type of residence

 Rural

3416 (72.1)

3387 (71.5)

9100 (70.6)

9117 (70.8)

 Urban

1321 (27.9)

1351 (28.5)

3785 (29.4)

3768 (29.2)

Occupation

 Unemployed/domestic work

291 (6.2)

295 (6.2)

3711 (28.8)

3550 (27.6)

 Professional/service/sales

787 (16.6)

820 (17.3)

3429 (26.6)

3317 (25.8)

 Agricultural work

1256 (26.6)

1274 (27.0)

1880 (14.6)

1847 (14.4)

 Manual worker

2394 (50.6)

2340 (49.5)

3835 (29.8)

4141 (32.2)