Table 3. Frequency of smokeless tobacco daily use and social-demographic features.

Characteristics	N	Mean	SD	p-value	Adjusted for Socio-demographic variables
					β	F-value	p-value
Area
Demra*	230	11.57	9.1	<0.001
Tongi	230	6.83	3.99		-0.32	52.3	<0.001
Gender
Male	230	10.05	8	0.013	0.12	6.2	0.013
Female*	230	8.34	6.67
Age (years)
≤25*	13	5.23	2.39	0.407
26–35	114	9.81	9.34		0.267
36–45	185	9.16	6.75		0.26
46–55	84	8.99	7.43		0.196
56–65	46	8.87	5.46		0.147
66+	18	10.33	6.35		0.134	1.016	0.407
Educational status
No formal education*	266	9.15	6.84	0.047
Primary	78	8.1	7.01		-0.053
Secondary	97	10.69	9.3		0.085
HSC and above	19	6.63	4.07		-0.068	2.672	0.047
Occupation
Housewife*	143	9.26	7.41	0.029
Service	103	9.5	7.65		0.013
Business	98	10.63	8.45		0.076
Garments workers/ Day laborer/Others	116	7.64	5.9		-0.095	3.037	0.029

*Reference group, p-value by t-test, one-way ANOVA