Research Article
Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking and Associated Factors among Residents of Hossana Town, Southern Ethiopia
Table 1
Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants in Hossana town, 2019/2020.
| Variable | Category | Number | Percent (%) |
| Age | 18-27 years | 261 | 44.2 | 28-37 years | 161 | 27.2 | 38-47 years | 163 | 27.6 | ≥48 | 6 | 1.0 | Sex | Male | 504 | 85.3 | Female | 87 | 14.7 | Marital status | Single | 165 | 27.9 | Married | 408 | 69.0 | Divorced | 7 | 1.2 | Widowed | 11 | 1.9 | Family size | 1-3 | 165 | 27.9 | 4-6 | 347 | 58.7 | 7-8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | ≥8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | Religion | Protestant | 269 | 45.5 | Orthodox | 245 | 41.5 | Muslim | 47 | 8.0 | Catholic | 30 | 5.1 | Ethnicity | Hadiya | 251 | 42.5 | Kembata | 191 | 32.3 | Gurage | 70 | 11.8 | Silte | 44 | 7.4 | Amhara | 16 | 2.7 | Wolaita | 19 | 3.2 | Occupation | Daily laborer | 217 | 36.7 | Gov’t employed | 208 | 35.2 | Self-employed | 72 | 12.5 | Student | 6 | 1 | Housewife | 5 | 0.8 | No job | 3 | 0.5 | Merchant | 80 | 13.5 | Educational status | Illiterate | 161 | 27.2 | ≤12 grade | 371 | 62.8 | ≥College | 59 | 10.0 | Monthly income | 0-1500 | 83 | 14.0 | 1501-3000 | 86 | 14.6 | 3001-4500 | 155 | 26.2 | 4501-6000 | 88 | 14.9 | ≥6001 | 179 | 30.3 |
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