Table 1. Patterns of smokeless tobacco use among women by type of user, and by specific product of use among single users.

Patterns of Smokeless Tobacco use	Sample percent (N = 409)	Types of smokeless tobacco						p value ^
		Single Users (N = 261)					Poly Users # N = 148%
		Mishri N = 79%	Pan with tobacco N = 84%	Chewed Tobacco N = 29%	Gul N = 43%	Gutkha N = 26%
Type of user
Single	63.8
Poly	36.2
Frequency in a day (times)								<0.001
1–2	25.7	38.0	42.9	3.4	46.5	34.6	6.1
3–4	34.0	44.3	38.1	41.4	37.2	26.9	25.0
5 and above	40.3	17.7	19.0	55.3	16.3	38.5	68.9
Amount of tobacco consumed in a day (grams)1								<0.001
<5 gms	47.3	30.3	100.00	44.8	41.9	34.6	30.4
> = 5 gms	52.7	69.7		55.2	58.1	65.4	69.6
Tobacco kept in mouth								<0.001
<5 min	25.4	32.9	14.3	41.4	67.4	19.2	13.5
5–10 min	39.4	26.6	48.8	27.6	25.6	34.6	48.0
11–15 min	20.5	19.0	21.4	24.1	4.7	19.2	25.0
>15 min	14.7	21.5	15.4	6.8	2.3	26.9	13.5
Use of tobacco after getting up in morning								<0.001
≤ 5 min	18.3	44.3	1.2	48.3	51.2	11.5	0.0
6–30 min	17.1	20.3	8.3	10.3	20.9	11.5	21.6
31–60 min	27.9	7.6	16.7	13.8	9.3	11.5	56.1
> 60 min	36.7	27.8	73.8	27.6	18.6	65.4	22.3
Product brought from market by								<0.001
Self	64.3	82.9	58.3	72.4	62.8	84.6	52.7
Children	22.0	11.8	20.2	10.3	14.0	7.7	35.8
Other family members including husband	13.7	5.2	21.4	17.2	23.3	7.7	11.5
Native place								<0.001
Maharashtra	19.8	75.9	2.4	10.3	2.3	19.2	6.8
Uttar Pradesh	70.9	21.5	95.2	65.5	83.7	57.7	83.1
Other State	9.3	2.5	2.4	24.1	14.0	23.1	10.1

^# The distribution of SLT use among poly users—Mishri (35/148 = 24%), Pan with tobacco (112/148 = 76%), Chewed tobacco (75/148 = 51%), Gul (65/148 = 44%), Gutkha (50/148 = 34%)

^ Chi-sq test for association between independent variable and the type of user (single/poly user)