Research Article
Sociodemographic Correlates of Tobacco Consumption in Rural Gujarat, India
Table 3
Tobacco consumption by gender, age, occupation, and educational levels.
| | Demographic variable | Male (%) | Female (%) | Total (%) |
| | Age | | | | | 18–34 years | 1415 (35.8) | 98 (26.1) | 1513 (35) | | 35–44 years | 948 (24.0) | 89 (23.7) | 1037 (24) | | 45–54 years | 776 (19.7) | 86 (22.9) | 862 (20) | | Above 55 years | 810 (20.5) | 102 (27.2) | 912 (21) | | Chi-square (), df = 3 | 92.3 (<.001) | 49.1 (<.001) | 117.5 (<.001) | | Occupation | | | | | Not employed | 610 (15.3) | 289 (76.7) | 899 (20.6) | | Self-employed | 3082 (77.3) | 72 (19.1) | 3154 (72.3) | | Employed for wages | 296 (7.4) | 16 (4.2) | 312 (7.1) | | Chi-square (), df = 2 | 97.6 (<.001) | 363.6 (<.001) | 2576.6 (<.001) | | Educational levels | | | | | No formal education | 824 (20.7) | 187 (49.6) | 1011 (23.2) | | Elementary education | 1609 (40.3) | 116 (30.8) | 1725 (39.5) | | High school education | 1379 (34.6) | 61 (16.2) | 1440 (33.0) | | Some college and college graduate | 176 (4.4) | 13 (3.4) | 189 (4.3) | | Chi-square (), df = 3 | 244.3 (<.001) | 14.5 (.002) | 560.4 (<.001) |
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df: degree of freedom.
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