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. 2009 May 22;9:149. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-149

Table 4.

Association of smoking cigarette by background characteristics of men living in the urban slum and non slum areas

Slum Non-slum
Variables OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Age:
15–29 1.00 1.00
30–44 1.10 (0.96–1.25) 0.183 1.13 (0.96–1.32) 0.152
45–59 0.90 (0.77–1.04) 0.158 0.86 (0.71–1.04) 0.110
Division:
Barisal 1.00 1.00
Chittagong 1.33 (1.01–1.76) 0.046 1.43 (1.04–1.96) 0.027
Dhaka 1.41 (1.08–1.85) 0.012 1.42 (1.03–1.95) 0.030
Khulna 0.85 (0.62–1.17) 0.309 1.14 (0.80–1.63) 0.460
Rajshahi 1.73 (1.27–2.37) 0.001 1.96 (1.38–2.80) 0.000
Sylhet 1.95 (1.30–2.90) 0.001 1.53 (1.07–2.18) 0.019
Education:
No 1.00 1.00
Primary 0.99 (0.87–1.13) 0.866 0.68 (0.56–0.83) 0.000
Secondary 0.86 (0.75–0.99) 0.030 0.71 (0.59–0.85) 0.000
Higher secondary 0.49 (0.39–0.62) 0.000 0.49 (0.40–0.59) 0.000
Marital status:
Never married 1.00 1.00
Married 1.73 (1.49–2.02) 0.000 1.56 (1.32–1.85) 0.000
Divorced/S/W/D 1.57 (0.86–2.89) 0.142 3.23 (1.65–6.31) 0.001
Religion:
Islam 1.00 1.00
Hinduism 1.14 (0.90–1.44) 0.297 1.11 (0.95–1.31) 0.179
Buddhism 1.47 (0.41–5.24) 0.554 1.95 (0.94–4.03) 0.071
Christianity 1.86 (0.76–4.55) 0.176 2.27 (1.39–3.70) 0.001
Birth place:
City corporation 1.00 1.00
District town 0.78 (0.64–0.95) 0.014 1.28 (1.06–1.53) 0.10
Other town 1.33 (0.93–1.90) 0.115 0.91 (0.64–1.28) 0.577
Village 0.85 (0.75–0.97) 0.017 1.05 (0.92–1.20) 0.452
Abroad 0.62 (0.36–1.06) 0.082 1.43 (0.83–2.47) 0.204
Types of work:
Not working 1.00 1.00
For family business 0.93 (0.60–1.46) 0.758 1.90 (1.39–2.58) 0.000
For private company 1.17 (0.93–1.49) 0.185 1.50 (1.22–1.84) 0.000
For Government 0.89 (0.64–1.23) 0.488 1.51 (1.17–1.96) 0.002
Self employed 1.51 (1.19–1.92) 0.001 1.63 (1.32–2.01) 0.000
Day labor 1.62 (1.26–2.06) 0.000 1.75 (1.35–2.26) 0.000