Table 2 Prevalence of tobacco use among students
Charecteristics | Prevalence of ever use of tobacco in any form | Prevalence of ever use by type of tobacco | Never user of tobacco in any form | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cigarette/beedi | Surti/khaini | Gutka/Pan-masala | ||||
Total | 25.3 % | 7.7 % | 9.2 % | 8.4 % | 74.7 % | |
Sex | Male | 31 % | 9.4 % ( | 10.1 % | 10.7 % | 69 % |
Female | 14.4 % | 4.3 % | 4.3 % | 5.7 % | 85.6 % | |
Type of school | Government school | 25.1 % | 5.4 % | 9.3 % | 10.4 % | 74.9 % |
Non-government school | 25.7 % | 11.2 % | 7.4 % | 7.1 % | 74.3 % | |
Religion | Hindu | 24.4 % | 7.3 % | 8.6 % | 8.5 % | 75.6 % |
Muslim | 31 % | 9.9 % | 12.7 % | 8.4 % | 69 % | |
Othersa | 21.4 % | 7.1 % | 10.7 % | 3.6 % | 78.6 % | |
Ethnicity | Brahmin/chhetri | 10.3 % | 4.2 % | 3.8 % | 2.3 % | 89.7 % |
Dalits | 36.3 % | 12.7 % | 11.8 % | 11.8 % | 63.7 % | |
Janjatib | 41.5 % | 15.6 % | 15.1 % | 10.7 % | 58.5 % | |
Madhesic | 21.6 % | 5.2 % | 7.8 % | 8.6 % | 78.4 % | |
muslim | 31 % | 9.9 % | 12.7 % | 8.5 % | 69 % | |
Othersd | 26.3 % | 6.1 % | 9.1 % | 11.1 % | 73.7 % | |