Table 3 Distribution of study sample and weighted prevalence estimates of smoking and smokeless tobacco use according to social factors from a pooled data set of 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa

15–19

35,780 (21.1)

4.08 (3.78, 4.38)

1.06 (0.91, 1.22)

75,541 (21.3)

0.43 (0.34, 0.51)

0.41 (0.34, 0.48)

20–29

51,389 (30.3)

17.05 (16.54, 17.57)

2.94 (2.71, 3.18)

130,014 (36.6)

0.90 (0.81, 0.99)

1.04 (0.95, 1.13)

30–39

39,705 (23.4)

23.09 (22.48, 23.69)

5.24 (4.88, 5.60)

91,373 (25.7)

1.58 (1.45, 1.71)

2.34 (2.18, 2.50)

40–49

27,541 (16.2)

23.81 (23.07, 24.56)

7.58 (7.11, 8.06)

57,999 (16.3)

2.75 (2.53, 2.96)

4.78 (4.49, 5.06)

>50^¶

15,085 (8.9)

20.96 (20.10, 21.82)

10.31 (9.60, 11.02)

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–

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No education

35,592 (21.0)

19.88 (19.14, 20.62)

7.13 (6.67, 7.60)

117,279 (33.0)

1.88 (1.73, 2.03)

2.59 (2.40, 2.79)

Primary

59,935 (35.4)

19.27 (18.75, 19.79)

5.59 (5.22, 5.97)

124,961 (35.2)

1.03 (0.93, 1.12)

2.33 (2.17, 2.49)

Secondary

62,493 (36.9)

15.17 (14.71, 15.62)

2.69 (2.46, 2.92)

100,171 (28.2)

0.94 (0.81, 1.06)

0.71 (0.63, 0.79)

Higher

11,454 (6.8)

10.38 (9.66, 11.11)

1.37 (1.07, 1.67)

12,466 (3.5)

1.08 (0.81, 1.35)

0.13 (0.07, 0.20)

Poorest

32,788 (19.3)

21.96 (21.22, 22.70)

7.76 (7.25, 8.27)

70,998 (20.0)

1.68 (1.51, 1.84)

3.52 (3.26, 3.78)

Poorer

31,136 (18.4)

19.09 (18.42, 19.76)

5.85 (5.41, 6.29)

66,794 (18.8)

1.40 (1.24, 1.56)

2.44 (2.25, 2.63)

Middle

31,877 (18.8)

17.67 (17.03, 18.31)

5.15 (4.71, 5.58)

66,309 (18.7)

1.21 (1.08, 1.34)

1.97 (1.80, 2.14)

Richer

33,743 (19.9)

15.79 (15.18, 16.40)

3.29 (2.97, 3.60)

69,322 (19.5)

1.08 (0.96, 1.20)

1.28 (1.13, 1.43)

Richest

39,956 (23.6)

13.41 (12.85, 13.97)

1.79 (1.54, 2.04)

81,504 (23.0)

1.09 (0.95, 1.23)

0.53 (0.44, 0.62)

Islam

40,417 (23.8)

16.41 (15.75, 17.07)

3.91 (3.54, 4.27)

88,552 (24.9)

0.97 (0.85, 1.08)

1.04 (0.90, 1.19)

Catholic

35,561 (21.0)

20.73 (20.07, 21.39)

5.83 (5.38, 6.29)

73,922 (20.8)

2.53 (2.28, 2.77)

2.60 (2.39, 2.81)

Protestant

27,573 (16.3)

16.62 (15.89, 17.36)

4.64 (4.13, 5.15)

59,540 (16.8)

1.57 (1.37, 1.77)

2.20 (1.98, 2.42)

Other Christian^†

42,933 (25.3)

11.40 (10.90, 11.90)

2.24 (2.02, 2.46)

88,845 (25.0)

0.59 (0.52, 0.66)

1.21 (1.10, 1.33)

No religion*

16,374 (9.7)

29.46 (28.39, 30.52)

9.44 (8.68, 10.20)

22,189 (6.3)

1.86 (1.59, 2.14)

4.36 (3.89, 4.83)

Not in union

68,898 (40.6)

9.75 (9.40, 10.10)

1.58 (1.43, 1.73)

91,974 (25.9)

0.66 (0.57, 0.76)

0.45 (0.38, 0.51)

Married

76,839 (45.3)

20.96 (20.45, 21.47)

6.44 (6.09, 6.78)

189,266 (53.3)

1.12 (1.03, 1.21)

2.20 (2.06, 2.33)

Living together

16,722 (9.9)

23.16 (22.25, 24.08)

6.11 (5.51, 6.71)

42,064 (11.9)

2.35 (2.12, 2.59)

2.03 (1.82, 2.24)

Single^¥

7,041 (4.2)

35.22 (33.69, 36.75)

7.87 (7.01, 8.74)

31,623 (8.9)

2.54 (2.28, 2.80)

3.62 (3.33, 3.92)

Urban

59,640 (35.2)

15.79 (15.27, 16.31)

2.34 (2.11, 2.57)

121,955 (34.4)

1.23 (1.11, 1.36)

0.73 (0.64, 0.81)

Rural

109,860 (64.8)

17.99 (17.55, 18.42)

5.73 (5.41, 6.04)

232,972 (65.6)

1.29 (1.19, 1.39)

2.47 (2.32, 2.61)

Unemployed

26,407 (15.6)

6.83 (6.39, 7.27)

1.04 (0.89, 1.19)

125,072 (35.2)

0.84 (0.75, 0.92)

0.86 (0.76, 0.95)

Professional^×

26,906 (15.9)

14.56 (13.92, 15.21)

2.37 (2.11, 2.63)

72,130 (20.3)

1.19 (1.05, 1.33)

0.88 (0.77, 0.99)

Agriculture

71,494 (42.2)

19.96 (19.39, 20.52)

7.39 (6.96, 7.82)

104,653 (29.5)

2.12 (1.92, 2.31)

3.70 (3.46, 3.95)

Unskilled

44,693 (26.4)

20.69 (20.11, 21.26)

3.52 (3.24, 3.80)

53,072 (15.0)

0.94 (0.81, 1.07)

2.10 (1.90, 2.30)