Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants (3346) by current tobacco use in Arba Minch HDSS, Southern, Ethiopia
Variable | Categories | Total Participants | Non-Current User | Current Tobacco Use | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smoked & Smokeless | Smoked | Smokeless | ||||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Sex | Male | 1674(50.0) | 1235(46.3) | 439(64.8) | 368(64.4) | 230(70.6) |
Female | 1672(50.0) | 1434(53.7) | 238(35.2) | 203(35.6) | 96(29.4) | |
Age group | 25–34 | 804(24.0) | 727(27.2) | 77(11.4) | 46(8.1) | 51(15.6) |
35–44 | 863(25.8) | 710(26.6) | 153(22.6) | 120(21.0) | 84(25.8) | |
45–54 | 845(25.3) | 656(24.6) | 189(27.9) | 163(28.5) | 81(24.8) | |
55–64 | 834(24.9) | 576(21.6) | 258(38.1) | 242(42.4) | 110(33.7) | |
Residency | Rural | 2801(83.7) | 2174(81.5) | 627(92.6) | 551(96.5) | 294(90.2) |
Urban | 545(16.3) | 495(18.5) | 50(7.4) | 20(3.5) | 32(9.8) | |
Marital status | Unmarried* | 405(12.1) | 354(13.3) | 51(7.5) | 41(7.2) | 25(7.7) |
Married | 2941(87.9) | 2315(86.7) | 626(92.5) | 530(92.8) | 301(92.3) | |
Ethnicity | Gamo | 2713(81.1) | 2088(78.2) | 625(92.3) | 546(95.6) | 288(88.3) |
Zeysie | 290(8.7) | 273(10.2) | 17(2.5) | 6(1.1) | 17(5.2) | |
Other** | 343(10.3) | 308(11.5) | 35(5.2) | 19(3.3) | 21(6.4) | |
Religion | Protestant | 2104(62.9) | 1992(74.6) | 112(16.5) | 53(9.3) | 72(22.1) |
Orthodox | 1054(31.5) | 609(22.8) | 445(65.7) | 403(70.6) | 245(75.2) | |
Other | 188(5.6) | 68(2.5) | 120(17.7) | 115(20.1) | 9(2.8) | |
Occupation | Farmer | 1779(53.2) | 1274(47.7) | 505(74.6) | 446(78.1) | 253(77.6) |
Daily laborer | 257(7.7) | 225(8.4) | 32(4.8) | 22(3.9) | 15(4.6) | |
Merchant | 146(4.4) | 134(5.0) | 12(1.8) | 5(0.9) | 7(2.1) | |
Housewife | 914(27.3) | 812(30.4) | 102(15.1) | 80(14.0) | 36(11.0) | |
Employed at Org | 106(3.2) | 96(3.6) | 10(1.5) | 5(0.9) | 6(1.8) | |
Unemployed | 119(3.6) | 103(3.9) | 16(2.4) | 13(2.3) | 9(2.8) | |
Other | 25(0.8) | 25(0.9) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | |
Educational status | No formal education | 2334(69.8) | 1764(66.1) | 570(84.2) | 504(88.3) | 266(81.6) |
Primary school | 768(23.0) | 676(25.3) | 92(13.6) | 60(10.5) | 50(15.3) | |
Secondary & above | 244(7.3) | 229(8.6) | 15(2.2) | 7(1.2) | 10(3.1) | |
Wealth Index | 1st quantile | 1039(31.1) | 868(32.5) | 171(25.3) | 136(23.8) | 79(24.2) |
2nd quantile | 690(20.6) | 500(18.7) | 190(28.1) | 177(31.0) | 75(23.0) | |
3rd quantile | 608(18.2) | 483(18.1) | 125(18.5) | 109(19.1) | 64(19.6) | |
4th quantile | 479(14.3) | 357(13.4) | 122(18.0) | 102(17.9) | 62(19.0) | |
5th quantile | 530(15.8) | 461(17.3) | 69(10.2) | 47(8.2) | 46(14.1) | |
Altitude | Lowland | 1510(45.1) | 1376(51.6) | 134(19.8) | 71(12.4) | 86(26.4) |
Midland | 427(12.8) | 384(14.4) | 43(6.4) | 25(4.4) | 30(9.2) | |
Highland | 1409(42.1) | 909(34.1) | 500(73.9) | 475(83.2) | 210(64.4) | |