Table 4 Prevalence of smokeless tobacco use by demographic characteristics of respondents, Borena zone, Oromia Regional State, Southern Ethiopia, 2015
Characteristics of respondents | Current smokeless tobacco status | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Non users(n = 347) | Users(n = 287) | ||
No (%) | No (%) | ||
Age category | <25 | 48 (59.3) | 33 (40.7) |
25–30 | 55 (55.6) | 44 (44.4) | |
31–35 | 44 (58.7) | 31 (41.3) | |
36–40 | 63 (56.2) | 49 (43.8) | |
41–45 | 39 (62.9) | 23 (37.1) | |
46–50 | 33 (50.8) | 32 (49.2) | |
>50 | 65 (46.4) | 75 (53.6) | |
Sex | Male | 237 (57.2) | 177 (42.8) |
Female | 110 (50) | 110 (50) | |
Religion | Wakefata | 167 (41.9) | 232 (58.1) |
Muslim | 129 (79.6) | 33 (20.4) | |
Christian | 51 (69.9) | 22 (30.1) | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 346 (54.9) | 284 (45.1) |
Othersa | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | |
Educational status of mothers | Cannot read and write | 267 (53.2) | 235 (46.8) |
Read and write but no formal education | 66 (61.1) | 42 (38.9) | |
At least primary | 14 (58.3) | 10 (41.7) | |
Current marital status | Single | 22 (53.7) | 19 (46.3) |
Married | 307 (56.6) | 235 (43.4) | |
Divorced | 11 (42.3) | 15 (57.7) | |
Widowed | 7 (28) | 18 (72) | |
Occupation | Pastoralist | 269 (54.9) | 221 (45.1) |
Othersb | 78 (54.2) | 66 (45.8) | |
Income category | 0–150 | 155 (57.6) | 114 (42.4) |
151–650 | 149 (51.2) | 142 (48.8) | |
651–1400 | 40 (58) | 29 (42) | |
1401–2350 | 3(60) | 2 (40) | |