Research Article
Family Context and Khat Chewing among Adult Yemeni Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Association between sociodemographic and economic factors and khat chewing among Yemeni women (
= 692).
| Variables | Khat chewer | Non-khat chewer | Crude OR (95% CI) | value | 205 (29.6%) | 487 (70.4%) |
| Women age | | | | | ≤25 years | 97 (34.6) | 183 (65.4) | 1 | | 26–35 years | 83 (24.7) | 253 (75.3) | 1.6 (1.14–2.29) | 0.007 | >35 years | 25 (32.9) | 51 (67.1) | 1.1 (0.63–1.85) | 0.776 | Marital status | | | | | Previously married | 22 (18.6) | 96 (81.4) | 1 | | Currently married | 183 (31.9) | 391 (68.1) | 2.0 (1.24–3.35) | 0.005 | Husband age | | | | | ≤25 years | 31 (34.4) | 59 (65.6) | 1 | | 26–35 years | 103 (28.9) | 254 (71.1) | 1.3 (0.79–2.12) | 0.301 | ≥35 years | 71 (29.0) | 174 (71.0) | 1.3 (0.77–2.15) | 0.336 | Husband education | | | | | Postgraduate | 54 (28.4) | 136 (71.6) | 1 | | Secondary | 93 (27.6) | 244 (72.4) | 0.9 (0.66–1.43) | 0.839 | Primary | 34 (32.1) | 72 (67.9) | 1.2 (0.71–1.99) | 0.510 | Illiterate | 24 (40.7) | 35 (59.3) | 1.7 (0.94–3.17) | 0.078 | Women education | | | | | Postgraduate | 23 (31.9) | 49 (68.1) | 1 | | Secondary | 75 (24.9) | 226 (75.1) | 0.7 (0.40–1.24) | 0.225 | Primary | 63 (36.8) | 108 (63.2) | 1.2 (0.69–2.23) | 0.466 | Illiterate | 44 (29.7) | 104 (70.3) | 0.9 (0.49–1.66) | 0.738 | Husband occupation | | | | | Not working | 40 (30.1) | 93 (69.9) | 1 | | Working | 165 (29.5) | 394 (70.5) | 0.9 (0.64–1.47) | 0.899 | Husband working hrs/day | | | | | >6 hours | 164 (30.0) | 383 (70.0) | 1 | | ≤6 hours | 41 (28.3) | 104 (71.7) | 0.9 (0.61–1.38) | 0.689 | Women occupation | | | | | Not working | 150 (30.9) | 336 (69.1) | 1 | | Working | 55 (26.7) | 151 (73.3) | 0.8 (0.56–1.17) | 0.273 | Women working hrs/day | | | | | >6 hours | 187 (30.5) | 427 (69.5) | 1 | | ≤6 hours | 18 (23.1) | 60 (76.9) | 0.7 (0.39–1.19) | 0.181 | Family income/month YR* | | | | | ≤55,000 | 90 (24.7) | 275 (75.3) | 1 | | >55,000 | 115 (35.2) | 212 (64.8) | 1.7 (1.19–2.30) | 0.003 |
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YR: Yemeni Riyal (the current currency unit in Yemen); simple logistic regression was used.
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