Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the sample (n=73 954)

Variable	Categories	Percentage
Age (years)	15–30	41.7
	31–45	29.7
	46–60	17.7
	61–75	8.9
	≥76	1.8
Sex	Male	51.1
	Female	48.9
Wealth	Poorer	23.4
	Poor	36.5
	Middle	15.0
	Rich	12.2
	Richer	12.9
Education	No formal education	26.4
	Less than primary	9.2
	Primary	28.2
	Secondary or more	36.2
Occupation	Unemployed	4.3
	Labour	21.2
	Housewife/retired/student	44.1
	Self	19.4
	Private	8.3
	Government job	2.7
Area of residence	Urban	34.5
	Rural	65.5
Tobacco use	Non-user	72.2
	Cigarette smoking	1.3
	Bidi smoking	4.6
	Smokeless tobacco use	18.6
	Dual use (smokeless tobacco use+smoking)	2.8
	Bidi+cigarette	0.5

Weighted percentages (using survey weights).