Table 3 Weighted prevalence rates (%) of tobacco use, betel quid chewing and dual use by socio-demographic factors among men and women in Myanmar, 2015–16
MEN | WOMEN | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tobacco use | Betel quid | Non-user | tobacco or betel quid | Dual user | Tobacco use | Betel quid | Non-user | tobacco or betel quid | Dual user | |
Overall | 40.9 | 58.9 | 24.6 | 50.4 | 25.0 | 3.7 | 18.2 | 80.1 | 17.9 | 2.04 |
Age groups | ||||||||||
15–20 | 24.4 | 41.4 | 50.3 | 33.6 | 16.1 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 93.9 | 5.9 | 0.2 |
21–30 | 42.8 | 64.2 | 20.7 | 51.6 | 27.7 | 1.7 | 13.0 | 86.2 | 13.0 | 0.9 |
31–40 | 44.7 | 62.8 | 19.6 | 53.3 | 27.1 | 4.3 | 23.1 | 75.1 | 22.3 | 2.6 |
41–49 | 47.2 | 61.8 | 15.1 | 60.8 | 24.1 | 8.2 | 27.6 | 68.7 | 27.2 | 4.2 |
Education× | ||||||||||
No education | 50.8 | 50.8 | 21.8 | 53.2 | 25.1 | 9.8 | 28.1 | 66.6 | 28.8 | 4.6 |
Primary | 41.5 | 66.3 | 17.1 | 55.7 | 27.2 | 4.9 | 24.7 | 73.1 | 23.9 | 3.0 |
Secondary | 37.6 | 56.4 | 29.5 | 46.1 | 24.3 | 1.0 | 11.2 | 88.4 | 10.9 | 0.6 |
Higher | 30.7 | 51.6 | 38.5 | 45.9 | 18.2 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 95.0 | 5.0 | – |
Marital status | ||||||||||
Never married | 31.5 | 50.0 | 37.7 | 42.3 | 20.0 | 0.9 | 7.3 | 92.0 | 7.5 | 0.4 |
Currently married | 43.6 | 64.0 | 17.7 | 55.3 | 27.0 | 4.8 | 22.8 | 74.8 | 22.4 | 2.7 |
Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 69.5 | 55.5 | 16.0 | 40.9 | 43.0 | 6.2 | 30.9 | 67.0 | 28.7 | 4.2 |
Wealth Index | ||||||||||
Poorest | 45.7 | 64.8 | 16.8 | 54.0 | 29.1 | 10.2 | 35.0 | 60.6 | 33.6 | 5.8 |
Poorer | 41.0 | 62.1 | 21.3 | 51.7 | 26.9 | 5.0 | 22.8 | 75.0 | 22.3 | 2.7 |
Middle | 39.3 | 59.5 | 24.4 | 51.3 | 24.2 | 2.9 | 16.2 | 82.3 | 16.3 | 1.4 |
Richer | 38.0 | 56.1 | 27.9 | 49.1 | 23.0 | 1.5 | 12.4 | 86.7 | 12.6 | 0.7 |
Richest | 36.9 | 52.9 | 31.7 | 46.1 | 22.0 | 0.6 | 8.2 | 91.5 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
Type of residence | ||||||||||
Rural | 39.4 | 59.7 | 23.7 | 51.9 | 24.4 | 46.8 | 20.4 | 77.4 | 19.8 | 2.7 |
Urban | 41.7 | 57.1 | 27.0 | 46.6 | 26.4 | 1.1 | 12.8 | 86.4 | 13.2 | 0.4 |
Occupation | ||||||||||
Unemployed/domestic work | 24.4 | 29.8 | 59.8 | 25.6 | 14.5 | 3.5 | 18.9 | 79.7 | 17.8 | 2.3 |
Professional/service/sales | 39.3 | 57.3 | 27.0 | 48.9 | 24.1 | 2.1 | 16.9 | 82.0 | 16.7 | 1.3 |
Agricultural work | 38.6 | 60.3 | 23.6 | 50.8 | 25.6 | 4.6 | 22.9 | 74.6 | 23.2 | 0.22 |
Manual worker | 43.0 | 62.3 | 20.0 | 53.9 | 26.1 | 4.5 | 16.6 | 81.1 | 16.5 | 2.4 |