Table 4.
Factors associated with current cigarette use
| Factor | Current-smoker | Non-smoker | P | Current drinker |
Non-drinker | P | Dual user# |
Not dual user |
p | Total Freq.(%) |
| Freq.(%) n=67 | Freq.(%) n=256 |
Freq.(%) n=219 |
Freq.(%) n=104 |
Freq.(%) n=61 |
Freq.(%) n=262 |
N=323 | ||||
| Age group (years) | ||||||||||
| 15 – 24 | 23(21.3) | 85(78.7) | 0.631 | 73(67.6) | 35(32.4) | 0.247 | 21(19.4) | 87(80.6) | 0.392 | 108(100) |
| 25 – 34 | 35(22.0) | 124(78.0) | 113(71.1) | 46(28.9) | 33(20.8) | 126(79.2) | 159100) | |||
| 35 and above | 9(16.1) | 47(83.9) | 33(58.9) | 23(41.1) | 7(12.5) | 45(87.5) | 56(100) | |||
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Married | 3(18.8) | 13(81.2) | 0.928 | 10(65.5) | 6(37.5) | 0.223 | 3(18.8) | 13(81.3) | 0.999 | 16(100) |
| Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 23(21.9) | 82(78.1) | 65(61.9) | 40(38.1) | 20(19.0) | 85(81.0) | 105(100) | |||
| Single | 41(20.1) | 161(79.9) | 144(71.3) | 58(28.7) | 38(18.8) | 164(81.2) | 202(100) | |||
| Level of education | ||||||||||
| No formal education | 5(20.0) | 20(80.0) | 0.968 | 14(56.0) | 11(44.0) | 0.299 | 5(20.0) | 20(80.0) | 0.988 | 25(100) |
| Completed primary | 40(20.4) | 156(79.6) | 138(70.4) | 58(29.6) | 37(18.9) | 159(81.1) | 196(100) | |||
| Completed secondary and above | 22(21.6) | 80(78.4) | 67(65.7) | 35(34.3) | 19(18.6) | 83(81.4) | 102(100) | |||
| Religion | ||||||||||
| Christianity | 61(19.9) | 246(80.1) | 210(68.4) | 97(31.6) | 0.310 | 56(18.2) | 251(81.8)) | 0.195 | 307(100) | |
| Islam | 6(37.5) | 10(62.5) | 0.111! | 9(56.3) | 7(43.8) | 5(31.3) | 11(68.8) | 16(100) | ||
| Duration of sex work | ||||||||||
| Less than six months | 15(18.8) | 65(81.2) | 0.834 | 57(71.3) | 23(28.8) | 0.748 | 15(18.8) | 65(81.3) | 0.999 | 80(100) |
| Six-twelve months | 17(20.2) | 67(79.8) | 56(66.7) | 28(33.3) | 16(19.0) | 68(81.0) | 84(100) | |||
| Above one year | 35(22.0) | 124(78.0) | 106(66.7) | 53(33.3) | 30(18.9) | 129(81.1) | 159(100) | |||
| Drinking status | ||||||||||
| Current drinker | 61(27.9) | 158(72.1) | <0.001* | 219(100) | ||||||
| Not current drinker | 6(5.8) | 98(94.2) | 104(100) | |||||||
| Mean units of alcohol/week110.39±109.8 | 83.79±72.7 | 0.038* | 110.40±10 | 86.70± | 0.071 | 91.2±85.2 | ||||
| 9.83 | 77.16 | |||||||||
| Mean number of cigarettes per | 8.31±6.7 | 7.0±6.5 | 0.648 | 8.31±6.7 | 7.00±6.48 | 0.647 | 8.19±6.2 | |||
| week n=67 | ||||||||||
| Age at first drink | 20.9±5.6 | 22.5±6.3 | 0.071 | 20.9±5.69 | 22.58±6.2 | 0.065 | 22.15±6.1 | |||
| Age at first cigarette | 22.87±5.9 | 24.57±7.5 | 0.343 | 22.7±5.8 | 24.1±6.9 | 0.294 | 23.13±6.1 |
#
-Dual user is both a current drinker and smoker
*
Statistically significant
!:
Fisher's exact p value