Table 2.

Prevalence of currently smoking (%) by background characteristics of men living in the urban slum areas

Variables	n	Cigarette (%)	Bidi (%)	Any of the two (%)
Age:
15–29	2794	49.0	5.2	50.7
30–44	2280	58.6	14.0	66.7
45–59	1413	53.5	19.4	66.7
		P = 0.000	P = 0.000	P = 0.000
Division:
Barisal	240	48.5	15.8	57.9
Chittagong	1617	52.4	8.3	58.0
Dhaka	3286	54.0	10.8	60.0
Khulna	537	42.3	20.1	51.4
Rajshahi	618	60.4	11.8	65.9
Sylhet	190	64.7	15.8	79.1
		P = 0.000	P = 0.000	P = 0.000
Education:
No	2195	59.2	21.3	73.2
Primary	1881	55.4	10.2	59.8
Secondary	1941	49.4	4.1	51.0
Higher secondary	471	34.2	0.6	34.4
		P = 0.000	P = 0.000	P = 0.000
Marital status:
Never married	1427	40.4	1.7	40.9
Married	5015	57.0	14.2	65.2
Divorced/S/W/D	46	53.2	15.2	63.0
		P = 0.000	P = 0.000	P = 0.000
Religion:
Islam	6143	53.3	11.6	59.9
Hinduism	314	54.3	7.3	57.5
Buddhism	10	50.0	0.0	50.0
Christianity	21	57.1	23.8	71.4
		P = 0.962	P = 0.020	P = 0.512
Birth place:
City corporation	1757	54.0	6.3	56.9
District town	600	49.1	14.3	56.4
Other town	149	60.4	8.7	64.4
Village	3925	53.5	13.4	61.5
Abroad	57	49.1	10.5	56.1
		P = 0.087	P = 0.000	P = 0.004
Types of work:
Not working	364	39.4	5.2	43.7
For family business	109	39.4	3.6	41.3
For private company	1962	48.0	4.7	50.1
For Government	298	41.6	5.0	43.0
Self employed	1830	57.1	10.9	63.3
Day labor	1925	60.5	21.3	73.2
		P = 0.000	P = 0.000	P = 0.000