Research Article
Family Context and Khat Chewing among Adult Yemeni Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographics, socioeconomic, and family context of the respondents.
| Variables | Total | (%) |
| Sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors | | Women age | | ≤25 years | 280 (40.5) | 26–35 years | 336 (48.6) | >35 years | 76 (11.0) | Marital status | | Previously married | 118 (17.1) | Currently married | 574 (82.9) | Husband age | | ≤25 years | 90 (13.0) | 26–35 years | 357 (51.6) | ≥35 years | 245 (35.4) | Husband education | | Postgraduate | 150 (21.7) | Secondary | 337 (48.7) | Primary | 106 (15.3) | Illiterate | 59 (8.5) | Women education | | Postgraduate | 57 (8.2) | Secondary | 301 (43.5) | Primary | 171 (24.7) | Illiterate | 148 (21.4) | Husband occupation | | Not working | 133 (19.2) | Working | 559 (80.8) | Husband working hrs/day | | >6 hours | 547 (79.0) | ≤6 hours | 145 (21.0) | Women occupation | | Not working | 486 (70.2) | Working | 206 (29.8) | Women working hrs/day | | >6 hours | 614 (88.7) | ≤6 hours | 78 (11.3) | Family income/month YR* | | ≤55,000 | 365 (52.7) | >55,000 | 327 (47.3) |
| Family context factors | | House type | | Tenant | 442 (63.9) | Owner | 250 (36.1) | Size of the house | | ≤3 rooms | 349 (50.4) | >3 rooms | 343 (49.6) | Family size | | <6 members | 360 (52.0) | ≥6 members | 332 (48.0) | Number of children | | >3 children | 449 (64.9) | ≤3 children | 243 (35.1) | Husbands chewed khat | | No | 321 (46.4) | Yes | 371 (53.6) | Frequency of chewing khat by husbands/week ( = 383) | | <4 times | 174 (25.1) | ≥4 times | 197 (28.5) | Family social gatherings/week | | ≤3 times | 350 (50.6) | >3 times | 342 (49.4) |
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YR: Yemeni Riyal (the current currency unit).
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