Table 4

Correlates of smoking in rural and urban Zambia—multinomial logistic regression (RRR)

UrbanRural
RRR
Base outcomeNon-smokers
Type of smokingPipe and other smokers
Socioeconomic and demographic variables
Age 15–19 (RC)1
25–2914.71***
(2.65–81.72)
30–3416.75***
(2.85–98.60)
35–3915.72***
(2.56–96.36)
40–4417.87***
(2.86–111.64)
45–4941.51***
(6.87–250.65)
50–5420.08***
(2.99–134.92)
Relationship to the household head Head (RC)1
Father/mother14.29**
(1.66–122.79)
Occupation Not working (RC)1
Other occupation8.46***
(2.95–24.20)
Agricultural—self employed2.37***
(1.39–4.02)
Education status No education (RC)1
Primary0.36†
(0.11–1.16)
Gender Male (RC)11
Female0.05***0.01***
(0.01–0.39)(0.01–0.07)
Religion (denomination) Catholic (RC)11
Protestant0.39†
(0.14–1.11)
Muslims18.55**
(1.81–189.77)
Wealth index Low (RC)1
Middle0.31***
(0.14–0.67)
High0.16**
(0.04–0.73)
  • CI in parentheses,

  • ***p<0.01, **p<0.05.

  • †p<0.1

  • RC, reference category.; RRR, relative risk ratio.