Table 2.

Bivariate analysis of the prevalence of current smoked and smokeless tobacco use with socioeconomic characteristics of the population.

Variable	Smoked tobacco (N = 239)				Smokeless tobacco (N = 131)
	N	%	χ²	p-value	N	%	χ²	p-value
Gender			120.505	0.001			53.346	0.001
Women	8	1.52			7	1.33
Men	231	22.99			124	12.34
Age (years)			32.862	0.001			18.578	0.002
15–24	11	4.60			8	3.35
25–34	88	18.57			49	10.34
35–44	96	19.24			52	10.42
45–54	30	14.71			12	5.88
55–64	12	17.65			9	13.24
≥ 65	2	4.35			1	2.17
Marital status			3.924	0.048			0.133	0.715
Unmarried	51	12.56			33	8.13
Married	188	16.73			98	8.72
Education level			2.542	0.468			0.720	0.869
Primary school or below	21	13.55			12	7.74
Intermediate school	17	11.89			10	6.99
Secondary school	95	16.02			52	8.77
Higher education	106	16.59			57	8.92
Work status			60.436	0.001			23.076	0.001
Unemployed	53	7.67			33	4.78
Employed	186	22.17			98	11.68
Nationality			0.038	0.845			0.175	0.675
Non-Saudi	67	15.91			34	8.08
Saudi	172	15.51			97	8.75
Monthly income (Saudi Riyal)			78.522	0.001			33.780	0.001
˂3000	51	7.34			30	4.32
3000 to < 6000	63	24.51			28	10.89
6000 to < 12,000	64	19.39			37	11.21
12,000 to < 20,000	52	28.57			29	15.93
20,000 to < 30,000	6	13.33			5	11.11
≥ 30,000	3	14.29			2	9.52
Region			33.333	0.001			14.443	0.415
Riyadh	58	16.43			31	8.78
Al-Baha	15	26.79			6	10.71
Al-Jouf	8	16.33			6	12.24
Aseer	9	9.00			7	7.00
Eastern Province	45	20.64			21	9.63
Hail	5	8.77			7	12.28
Jazan	7	8.05			2	2.30
Madinah	16	12.70			10	7.94
Makkah	38	18.10			22	10.48
Najran	1	1.45			2	2.90
Northern Borders	6	12.77			1	2.13
Qassim	16	20.00			7	8.75
Tabuk	15	19.23			9	11.54