Characteristics of participants and prevalence of tobacco smoking among the Gambians*
| Factor | Total | Smoking tobacco | |||
| N (%)† | Yes (%)† | No (%)† | Prevalence, % (95% CI)‡ | P value | |
| Participants | 16 066 (100) | 869 (100) | 15 197 (100) | 9.9 (8.9 to 11.0) | |
| Age | <0.001 | ||||
| 15–19 | 3766 (23.4) | 75 (8.6) | 3691 (24.3) | 3.3 (2.3 to 4.5) | |
| 20–29 | 5648 (35.2) | 269 (31.0) | 5379 (35.4) | 8.9 (7.6 to 10.3) | |
| 30–39 | 4136 (25.7) | 297 (34.2) | 3839 (25.3) | 13.6 (11.6 to 15.6) | |
| 40–49 | 2516 (15.7) | 228 (26.2) | 2288 (15.1) | 16.7 (14.2 to 19.4) | |
| Sex | <0.001 | ||||
| Women | 11 865 (73.9) | 58 (6.7) | 11 807 (77.7) | 0.65 (0.4 to 0.8) | |
| Men | 4201 (27.1) | 811 (93.3) | 3390 (22.3) | 19.3 (17.4 to 21.3) | |
| Union | 0.421 | ||||
| Never union | 5603 (34.9) | 357 (42.1) | 5246 (34.5) | 9.6 (8.3 to 11) | |
| Currently or formally union | 10 463 (65.1) | 512 (58.9) | 9951 (65.5) | 10.2 (9 to 11.5) | |
| Religion | 0.437 | ||||
| Islam | 15 671 (97.5) | 849 (97.7) | 14 822 (97.5) | 10 (9 to 11) | |
| Others | 395 (2.5) | 20 (2.3) | 375 (2.5) | 8 (4.3 to 13.4) | |
| Ethnic group | 0.014 | ||||
| Non-Gambian | 1639 (10.2) | 70 (8.1) | 1569 (10.3) | 7 (5.1 to 9.2) | |
| Mandinka/Jahanka | 4932 (30.7) | 293 (33.7) | 4639 (30.5) | 11.4 (9.7 to 13.3) | |
| Wollof | 2294 (14.3) | 104 (12.0) | 2190 (14.4) | 8.5 (6.6 to 10.8) | |
| Fula/Tukulur/Lorobo | 3528 (22.0) | 194 (22.3) | 3334 (21.9) | 8.7 (7 to 10.7) | |
| Others | 3673 (22.9) | 208 (23.9) | 3465 (22.8) | 10.6 (8.7 to 12.7) | |
| Parity | 0.137 | ||||
| No child | 6584 (41.0) | 391 (45.0) | 6193 (40.8) | 9.5 (8.2 to 10.8) | |
| One child | 1880 (11.7) | 106 (12.2) | 1774 (11.7) | 12.1 (9.7 to 14.8) | |
| One+children | 7602 (47.3) | 372 (42.8) | 7230 (47.6) | 9.9 (8.6 to 11.3) | |
| Place of residence | 0.0582 | ||||
| Rural | 7060 (43.9) | 335 (38.6) | 6725 (44.3) | 8.6 (7.3 to 9.9) | |
| Urban | 9006 (56.1) | 534 (61.4) | 8472 (55.7) | 10.3 (9.1 to 11.7) | |
| Region | 0.066 | ||||
| Mansakonko | 1361 (8.5) | 59 (6.8) | 1302 (8.6) | 8.4 (6.2 to 11) | |
| Banjul | 1414 (8.8) | 102 (11.7) | 1312 (8.6) | 12.1 (10.4 to 13.9) | |
| Kanifing | 2246 (14.0) | 156 (18.0) | 2090 (13.8) | 12.1 (10.2 to 14.2) | |
| Brikama | 3239 (20.2) | 177 (20.4) | 3062 (20.1) | 9.6 (7.8 to 11.5) | |
| Kerewan | 1857 (11.6) | 87 (10.0) | 1770 (11.6) | 8.3 (6.1 to 10.9) | |
| Kuntaur | 1693 (10.5) | 81 (9.3) | 1612 (10.6) | 8.9 (6.4 to 11.9) | |
| Janjanbureh | 1715 (10.7) | 91 (10.5) | 1624 (10.7) | 8.8 (7.3 to 10.5) | |
| Basse | 2541 (15.8) | 116 (13.3) | 2425 (16.0) | 9 (7 to 11.4) | |
| Education | <0.001 | ||||
| No education | 6214 (38.7) | 241 (27.7) | 5973 (39.3) | 7.5 (6.2 to 8.9) | |
| Primary | 2720 (16.9) | 190 (21.9) | 2530 (16.6) | 14.2 (11.8 to 16.8) | |
| Secondary | 6162 (38.4) | 389 (44.8) | 5773 (38.0) | 10.7 (9.2 to 12.3) | |
| Higher | 970 (6.0) | 49 (5.6) | 921 (6.1) | 5.7 (4 to 7.9) | |
| Wealth status | 0.9198 | ||||
| Poorest | 4402 (27.4) | 231 (26.6) | 4171 (27.4) | 10.3 (8.7 to 12.1) | |
| Poorer | 3116 (19.4) | 172 (19.8) | 2944 (19.4) | 10.6 (8.5 to 12.9) | |
| Middle | 3104 (19.3) | 165 (19.0) | 2939 (19.3) | 9.6 (7.6 to 11.9) | |
| Richer | 2719 (16.9) | 133 (15.3) | 2586 (17.0) | 9.8 (7.8 to 12.2) | |
| Richest | 2725 (17.0) | 168 (19.3) | 2557 (16.8) | 9.5 (7.6 to 11.6) | |
| Occupation | <0.001 | ||||
| Not working | 4869 (30.3) | 52 (6.0) | 4817 (31.7) | 1.9 (1.3 to 2.8) | |
| Professional/technical/managerial /clerical/sales/services/armed forces/other | 6454 (40.2) | 526 (60.5) | 5928 (39.0) | 12.9 (11.5 to 14.4) | |
| Agricultural-self employed | 3651 (22.7) | 114 (13.1) | 3537 (23.3) | 7.1 (5.2 to 9.4) | |
| Skilled/unskilled manual | 1092 (6.8) | 177 (20.4) | 915 (6.0) | 21 (17.3 to 25) | |
| Access to information | |||||
| Reading newspaper/magazine | <0.001 | ||||
| Not at all | 13 853 (86.2) | 677 (77.9) | 13 176 (86.7) | 9 (8 to 10) | |
| Less than once a week | 1586 (9.9) | 118 (13.6) | 1468 (9.7) | 13.5 (10.7 to 16.5) | |
| At least once a week | 627 (3.9) | 74 (8.5) | 553 (3.6) | 13.9 (9.6 to 18.9) | |
| Watching television | 0.0843 | ||||
| Not at all | 3439 (21.4) | 142 (16.3) | 3297 (21.7) | 8.1 (6.3 to 10.2) | |
| Less than once a week | 4106 (25.6) | 211 (24.3) | 3895 (25.6) | 9.2 (7.6 to 11.1) | |
| At least once a week | 8521 (53.0) | 516 (59.4) | 8005 (52.7) | 10.6 (9.4 to 11.9) | |
| Listening radio | <0.001 | ||||
| Not at all | 3507 (21.8) | 82 (9.4) | 3425 (22.5) | 4.9 (3.6 to 6.4) | |
| Less than once a week | 5186 (32.3) | 169 (19.4) | 5017 (33.0) | 5.9 (4.6 to 7.3) | |
| At least once a week | 7373 (45.9) | 618 (71.1) | 6755 (44.4) | 14 (12.5 to 15.7) | |
*Data are from Standard DHS conducted in the Gambia 2019–20. The age of respondents was 15–49 years old.
†Column percentages. Data are not weighted in this column.
‡Data are weighted in this column.
DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; N, number of respondents; Union, respondent live/lived together with men/women.