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Table 5 Predictors of cigar & hand rolled tobacco smoking among men (N = 8606)

From: Comparisons of social and demographic determinants of tobacco use in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

 

Odds Ratio

Std. Error

z

Calculated p-value

Lower Limit

Upper Limit

Age

1.03

0.005

5.68

0.0000

1.0169

1.0350

Rurality (Large city ref.)

1.00

.

.

.

.

.

 Small city

1.09

0.412

0.22

0.8262

0.5169

2.2849

 Town

0.53

0.172

−1.96

0.0494

0.2796

0.9984

 Countryside

0.77

0.223

−0.89

0.3752

0.4403

1.3624

Educational Level (No education ref.)

1.00

.

.

.

.

.

 Primary

0.72

0.153

−1.53

0.1250

0.4757

1.0948

 Secondary

0.54

0.153

−2.17

0.0300

0.3085

0.9418

 Higher

0.13

0.090

−3.01

0.0026

0.0366

0.4967

Literacy (Cannot read ref.)

1.00

.

.

.

.

.

 Parts of sentence

1.02

0.195

0.12

0.9033

0.7050

1.4855

 Whole sentence

0.73

0.153

−1.52

0.1282

0.4792

1.0972

 No card w/ req. lang.

2.01

1.071

1.31

0.1916

0.7054

5.7118

 Blind

1.82

1.285

0.85

0.3955

0.4568

7.2616

Wealth Index (Poorest ref.)

1.00

.

.

.

.

.

 Poorer

0.83

0.114

−1.37

0.1707

0.6329

1.0844

 Middle

0.65

0.097

−2.89

0.0038

0.4813

0.8688

 Richer

0.60

0.113

− 2.70

0.0070

0.4194

0.8714

 Richest

0.25

0.089

−3.88

0.0001

0.1241

0.5037

Occupation (Agricultural self-emp. Ref.)

1.00

.

.

.

.

.

 Professional, technical, manager

0.56

0.141

−2.28

0.0224

0.3458

0.9221

 Clerical

0.44

0.453

−0.80

0.4251

0.0592

3.2929

 Sales

0.45

0.153

−2.35

0.0189

0.2322

0.8770

 Not Working

0.13

0.052

−5.15

0.0000

0.0605

0.2841

 Agricultural employee

0.71

0.137

−1.79

0.0736

0.4824

1.0337

 Services

1.00

0.177

0.02

0.9828

0.7108

1.4176

 Skilled manual

0.65

0.286

−0.97

0.3322

0.2785

1.5405

 Unskilled manual

0.58

0.278

−1.13

0.2568

0.2276

1.4845

 Army

1.90

0.595

2.05

0.0403

1.0288

3.5096

 Others

1.00

.

.

.

.

.

Ethnicity (Bas-kongo ref.)

1.00

.

.

.

.

.

 Bas-kasai & Kwilu-kwngo

0.98

0.289

−0.05

0.9571

0.5538

1.7495

 Cuvette central

1.51

0.442

1.42

0.1544

0.8553

2.6833

 Ubangi & Itimburi

0.65

0.200

−1.40

0.1610

0.3555

1.1874

 Uele Lac Albert

1.38

0.395

1.11

0.2660

0.7841

2.4143

 Basele-k, Maniema & Kivu

1.01

0.281

0.05

0.9619

0.5887

1.7442

 Kasai, Katanga, Tanganika

1.73

0.448

2.13

0.0335

1.0439

2.8759

 Lunda

3.95

1.661

3.27

0.0011

1.7326

9.0047

 Pygmy

2.28

1.366

1.37

0.1692

0.7043

7.3776

 Other

1.00

.

.

.

.

.

_cons

0.08

0.037

−5.43

0.0000

0.0327

0.2006