Smoking Intensity and Associated Factors among Male Smokers in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Table 2

Average number of cigarettes smoked daily among male adult smokers across sociodemographic factors in Ethiopia, 2016 ().

Variables		Weighted frequency (%)	Mean cigarette smoked	Standard deviation of cigarettes smoked
Age group	15-29	85 (21.62)	10.3	1.80
	30-44	190 (48.71)	7.63	0.52
	45-59	116 (29.68)	9.77	1.17
Place of residence	Urban	91 (23.24)	13.10	1.90
	Rural	300 (76.76)	7.56	0.47
Marital status	Never married	56 (14.41)	12.46	2.53
	Currently married	322 (82.37)	8.26	0.54
	Formerly married	13 (3.22)	7.76	2.19
Religion	Muslim	270 (68.98)	8.14	0.53
	Orthodox	93 (23.81)	11.37	1.86
	Protestant	22 (5.63)	7.90	1.45
	Other	6 (1.58)	4.90	2.08
Educational level	No education	149 (38.23)	7.23	0.64
	Primary	164 (42.07)	7.78	0.63
	Secondary	45 (11.52)	8.36	1.19
	Higher	32 (8.18)	22.56	4.79
Occupational status	Not working	23 (5.76)	5.69	0.92
	Professional	73 (18.81)	11.91	1.99
	Agricultural	240 (61.45)	7.72	0.56
	Unskilled	18 (4.61)	14.29	4.99
	Other	37 (9.37)	9.38	1.38
Listen to radio	No	209 (53.55)	8.10	0.81
	Yes	182 (46.45)	9.75	0.83
Read newspaper	No	298 (76.18)	8.51	0.57
	Yes	93 (23.82)	9.94	1.62
Watch television	No	241 (61.55)	6.37	0.38
	Yes	150 (38.45)	12.81	1.33
Administrative region	Tigray	6 (1.54)	9.03	3.16
	Afar	4 (0.98)	14.31	12.61
	Amhara	18 (4.03)	15.55	5.59
	Oromia	202 (51.79)	9.38	0.93
	Somali	60 (15.31)	8.83	0.73
	Benishangul	10 (2.53)	6.94	1.98
	SNNPR	47 (12.14)	4.20	0.36
	Gambela	3 (0.87)	7.77	4.12
	Harari	4 (0.94)	13.31	4.50
	Addis Ababa	30 (7.74)	7.57	1.18
	Dire Dawa	8 (2.12)	12.70	4.12
Wealth index	Poorest	86 (22.14)	7.44	0.76
	Poorer	67 (17.10)	10.80	1.08
	Middle	87 (22.32)	7.13	1.09
	Richer	48 (12.31)	5.06	0.70
	Richest	102 (26.13)	12.01	1.70
Chewed khat	No	55 (14.78)	6.26	0.83
	Yes	317 (85.22)	9.14	0.68
Drunk alcohol	No	259 (69.40)	7.85	0.52
	Yes	114 (30.60)	10.68	1.52