Table 3.
Variables | n | Cigarette (%) | Bidi (%) | Any of the two (%) |
Age: | ||||
15–29 | 2431 | 38.7 | 0.3 | 38.8 |
30–44 | 2065 | 50.9 | 3.6 | 53.2 |
45–59 | 1171 | 45.7 | 8.5 | 50.3 |
P = 0.000 | P = 0.000 | P = 0.000 | ||
Division: | ||||
Barisal | 203 | 34.5 | 6.5 | 38.6 |
Chittagong | 2008 | 44.8 | 1.7 | 46.3 |
Dhaka | 1846 | 44.4 | 2.3 | 45.4 |
Khulna | 536 | 41.8 | 10.4 | 46.8 |
Rajshahi | 494 | 50.4 | 5.3 | 52.3 |
Sylhet | 580 | 46.4 | 1.4 | 47.6 |
P = 0.003 | P = 0.000 | P = 0.023 | ||
Education: | ||||
No | 764 | 59.0 | 11.5 | 65.8 |
Primary | 1003 | 47.3 | 5.6 | 50.9 |
Secondary | 2113 | 45.6 | 1.7 | 46.1 |
Higher secondary | 1787 | 35.9 | 0.1 | 36.0 |
P = 0.000 | P = 0.000 | P = 0.000 | ||
Marital status: | ||||
Never married | 1950 | 34.4 | 0.2 | 34.5 |
Married | 3676 | 49.8 | 4.8 | 52.5 |
Divorced/S/W/D | 41 | 68.3 | 2.4 | 70.7 |
P = 0.000 | P = 0.000 | P = 0.000 | ||
Religion: | ||||
Islam | 4730 | 44.1 | 3.4 | 46.2 |
Hinduism | 832 | 45.3 | 1.3 | 45.9 |
Buddhism | 32 | 59.4 | 0.0 | 59.4 |
Christianity | 73 | 61.6 | 12.3 | 63.0 |
P = 0.007 | P = 0.000 | P = 0.015 | ||
Birth place: | ||||
City corporation | 1641 | 42.0 | 1.3 | 42.4 |
District town | 818 | 48.0 | 5.0 | 51.0 |
Other town | 162 | 38.3 | 0.6 | 38.3 |
Village | 2986 | 45.2 | 3.9 | 47.5 |
Abroad | 60 | 60.0 | 1.6 | 60.0 |
P = 0.002 | P = 0.000 | P = 0.000 | ||
Types of work: | ||||
Not working | 674 | 28.0 | 1.2 | 28.5 |
For family business | 252 | 47.2 | 0.0 | 47.2 |
For private company | 1849 | 44.7 | 1.1 | 44.7 |
For Government | 584 | 44.5 | 1.4 | 45.0 |
Self employed | 1663 | 47.3 | 2.8 | 48.8 |
Day labor | 654 | 54.0 | 15.0 | 63.4 |
P = 0.000 | P = 0.000 | P = 0.000 |