Table 1.
Sociodemographic, economic, dietary characteristics and smoked tobacco dependence among participants attending LSTCSP (2017–2022)
| Smoked Tobacco Dependence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Total n (%) | P* | |
| Age (in completed years) | ||||
| 18–29 | 15 (46.3) | 13 (53.57) | 28 (8.7) | 0.826 |
| 30–39 | 43 (37.7) | 71 (62.3) | 114 (35.6) | |
| 40–49 | 48 (41.0) | 69 (59.0) | 117 (36.6) | |
| Above 50 | 26 (42.6) | 35 (57.4) | 61 (19.1) | |
| Gender | 0.619 | |||
| Female | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) | 10 (3.1) | |
| Male | 184 (59.4) | 126 (40.6) | 310 (96.9) | |
| Religion | 0.252 | |||
| Hindu | 177 (60.0) | 118 (40.0) | 295 (92.2) | |
| Muslim | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | 10 (3.1) | |
| Others | 6 (40.0) | 9 (60.0) | 15 (4.7) | |
| Locality | 0.650 | |||
| Rural | 69 (61.1) | 44 (38.9) | 113 (35.3) | |
| Urban | 121 (58.5) | 86 (41.5) | 207 (64.7) | |
| Educational status | 0.822 | |||
| Graduation and below | 22 (61.1) | 14 (38.9) | 36 (11.3) | |
| Post-graduation and above | 168 (59.2) | 116 (40.8) | 284 (88.7) | |
| Marital status | 0.083 | |||
| Married | 167 (60.7) | 108 (39.3) | 275 (85.9) | |
| Unmarried | 23 (54.8) | 19 (45.2) | 42 (13.1) | |
| Others | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100.0) | 3 (0.9) | |
| Total monthly household income+ (in rupees) (n=303) | 75400 (44000) | 77428 (45000) | 76000 (45000) | 0.964 |
| Landholding | ||||
| Own a house | 115 (57.5) | 85 (42.5) | 200 (62.5) | 0.378 |
| Own agricultural land | 100 (62.1) | 61 (37.9) | 161 (50.3) | 0.316 |
| Predominant diet consumed (n=318) | 0.381 | |||
| Vegetarian | 71 (57.3) | 53 (42.7) | 124 (39.0) | |
| Nonvegetarian | 10 (76.9) | 3 (23.1) | 13 (4.1) | |
| Mixed | 109 (60.2) | 72 (39.8) | 181 (56.9) | |
| Total | 190 (59.4) | 130 (40.6) | 320 (100.0) | |
n=320 unless otherwise specified. *P-value for Chi-square test/Fisher's exact test for categorical variables and Mann–Whitney U-test for continuous variables; +numbers indicate median and figures in parenthesis indicates interquartile range