Table 1.
Background characteristics and the prevalence of tobacco use among males 15 years and older in Ghana (GDHS 2014) and Lesotho (LDHS 2014)
| Variables | Ghana N = 4372 (%) |
Lesotho N = 1836 (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Tobacco use | ||
| No | 4096 (93.7) | 956 (52.1) |
| Yes | 276 (6.3) | 880 (47.9) |
| Age | ||
| 15–24 | 23 (1.6) | 252 (40.9) |
| 25–34 | 70 (6.2) | 292 (52.2) |
| 35–59 | 183 (10.2) | 336 (50.8) |
| Level of education | ||
| No education | 103 (21.7) | 115 (65.3) |
| Primary | 59 (9.9) | 469 (54.7) |
| Secondary | 106 (3.8) | 257 (39.8) |
| Higher | 8 (1.7) | 39 (24.5) |
| Residence | ||
| Urban | 95 (4.2) | 298 (42.4) |
| Rural | 181 (6.3) | 582 (51.3) |
| Religion | ||
| Christian | 112 (3.5) | 792 (47.1) |
| Muslim | 74 (9.6) | 3 (35.2) |
| Traditional/spiritual/no religion | 45 (27.8) | 72 (58.9) |
| Other | 45 (16.6) | 13 (54.3) |
| Wealth status | ||
| Poorest | 105 (14.0) | 119 (55.2) |
| Poorer | 67 (8.7) | 171 (54.3) |
| Middle | 55 (6.6) | 202 (55.8) |
| Richer | 28 (2.9) | 217 (48.4) |
| Richest | 21 (1.9) | 171 (34.5) |
| Occupation | ||
| Not working | 12 (1.9) | – |
| Professional | 10 (1.9) | 35 (33.6) |
| Clerical | 0 (0.0) | 14 (27.0) |
| Sales | 16 (4.0) | 52 (34.2) |
| Agriculture | 169 (12.2) | 343 (51.6) |
| Services | 5 (5.0) | 93 (40.3) |
| Skilled | 36 (4.9) | 214 (52.8) |
| Unskilled | 28 (5.1) | 129 (56.4) |
| Marital status | ||
| Currently not married | 104 (4.4) | 420 (46.0) |
| Currently married | 144 (7.7) | 398 (48.2) |
| Formerly married | 28 (19.8) | 62 (64.3) |
Computed from 2014 GDHS and 2014 LDHS