Table 3 Factors associated with consumption of tobacco among Nepalese men: adjusted odd ratios from backward elimination process

Age of the respondents

P = 0.021

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

15-24

1.00

1.00

1.00

25-35

1.141(0.898-1.452)

3.022(2.210-4.134)

1.994(1.605-2.476)

36-49

1.463(1.103-1.941)

3.109(2.245-4.304)

2.399(1.858-3.096)

Marital status

P = 0.018

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

Single/Separated/Divorced

1.00

1.00

1.00

Married/Defacto

1.350(1.053-1.730)

2.084(1.551-2.779)

1.938(1.552-2.420)

Education

P < 0.001

P = 0.019

P < 0.001

Higher

1.00

1.00

1.00

Secondary

1.571(1.176-2.098)

1.450(1.084-1.940)

1.482(1.116-1.967)

Primary

2.422(1.712-3.427)

1.949(1.283-2.960)

2.680(1.914-3.752)

No education

4.077(2.860-5.812)

1.173(1.036-2.831)

3.477(2.380-5.080)

Occupation

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

P < 0.001

Professional/clerical/service

1.00

1.00

1.00

Agriculture

0.768(0.605-0.975)

0.945(0.708-1.262)

0.834(0.649-1.072)

Not working/not specified

0.487(0.282-0.841)

0.309(0.195-0.492)

0.446(0.283-0.702)

Manual (skilled/unskilled)

1.324(1.051-1.667)

1.260(0.986-1.610)

1.538(1.188-1.985)

Ethnicity

P = 0.875

P = 0.255

P = 0.191

Advantaged

1.00

1.00

1.00

Disadvantaged (Janjati)

0.994(0.800-1.235)

0.805(0.623-1.042)

0.859(0.695-1.061)

Disadvantaged (Dalit)

1.064(0.814-1.391)

0.924(0.695-1.228)

1.082(0.813-1.440)

Wealth quintile

P = 0.818

P = 0.002

P = 0.135

Richest

1.00

1.00

1.00

Richer

0.911(0.660-1.258)

1.174(0.858-1.606)

1.015(0.733-1.406)

Middle

1.079(0.768-1.514)

1.952(1.340-2.842)

1.414(0.995-2.008)

Poor

1.084(0.755-1.556)

1.805(1.224-2.662)

1.237(0.880-1.741)

Poorest

1.157(0.764-1.751)

1.911(1.206-3.028)

1.534(0.984-2.390)

Place of residence

P = 0.146

P = 0.605

P = 0.876

Urban

1.00

1.00

1.00

Rural

1.118(0.938-1.529)

0.934(0.721-1.210)

1.019(0.800-1.298)

Ecological region

P = 0.092

P < 0.001

P = 0.013

Hill

1.00

1.00

1.00

Mountain

1.130(1.032-1.844)

0.556(0.424-0.730)

0.952(0.734-1.236)

Terai

1.129(0.895-1.423)

1.785(1.411-2.259)

1.351(1.083-1.684)

Development Region

P = 0.019

Not in Model

Not in Model

Eastern

0.953(0.682-1.332)

Central

1.00

Western

0.681(0.495-0.938)

Mid western

1.092(0.778-1.534)

Far western

1.112(0.804-1.539)

Reading newspaper or magazine

P = 0.610

P = 0.018

P = 0.522

At least once a week

1.089(0.813-1.459)

0.681(0.501-0.925)

0.856(0.639-1.146)

Less than once a week

1.144(0.877-1.494)

0.921(0.703-1.206)

0.961(0.750-1.230)

Not at all

1.00

1.00

1.00

Frequency of watching television

P = 0.464

P = 0.275

P = 0.001

At least once a week

0.854(0.643-1.135)

0.916(0.636-1.318)

0.642(0.504-0.819)

Less than once a week

0.956(0.730-1.253)

1.131(0.826-1.549)

0.931(0.724-1.199)

Not at all

1.00

1.00

1.00

Frequency of listening radio

P = 0.629

P = 0.246

P = 0.085

At least once a week

1.119(0.831-1.506)

0.987(0.771-1.264)

0.799(0.591-1.078)

Less than once a week

1.160(0.888-1.514)

1.155(0.884-1.509)

1.019(0.744-1.397)

Not at all

1.00

1.00

1.00