Research Article
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 (
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| 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 |
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