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Table 2 Distribution of survey samples according to demographic and socioeconomic variables among men and women in South and Southeast Asian countries in Demographic and Health Surveys

From: Smoking and smokeless tobacco use in nine South and Southeast Asian countries: prevalence estimates and social determinants from Demographic and Health Surveys

Variable India Number (%) N = 74369 Pakistan Number (%) N = 3134 Nepal Number (%) N = 4121 Bangladesh Number (%) N = 3771 Maldives‡Number (%) N = 1727 Indonesia‡Number (%) N = 9306 Cambodia Number (%) N = 8239 Timor Leste Number (%) N = 4076
Men
Urban 38199 (51.4) 1521 (48.5) 1351 (32.8) 1443 (38.3) 274 (15.9) 4417 (47.5) 2606 (31.6) 1051 (24.9)
Rural 36170 (48.6) 1613 (51.5) 2770 (67.2) 2328 (61.7) 1453 (84.1) 4889 (52.5) 5633 (68.4) 3061 (75.1)
Age group (years)         
15-29 36595 (49.2) 750 (23.9) 2269 (55.1) 882 (23.4) 385 (22.3) 1630 (17.5) 4657 (56.5) 2227 (54.7)
30-39 18904 (25.4) 1224 (39.1) 1025 (24.8) 1196 (31.7) 522 (30.2) 3430 (36.9) 1836 (22.3) 981 (24.0)
≥40 18870 (25.4) 1160 (37.0) 827 (20.1) 1693 (44.9) 820 (47.5) 4246 (45.6) 1746 (21.2) 868 (21.3)
Marital status         
Currently married 4484 (60.4) 3085 (98.4) 2625 (63.7) 3734 (99.0) 1645 (95.3) 9260 (99.5) 4755 (57.7) 1993 (48.9)
Single* 29485 (39.6) 49 (1.6) 1493 (36.2) 37 (1.0) 82 (4.7) -------------- 3444 (41.8) 1924 (47.2)
Living with partner -------------- ------------- 3 (0.1) -------------- --------------- 46 (0.5) 40 (0.5) 159 (3.9)
Educational level         
No education 10696 (14.4) 849 (27.1) 498 (12.1) 1092 (29.0) 646 (37.4) 270 (2.9) 676 (8.2) 798 (19.6)
Primary 11474 (15.4) 536 (17.1) 815 (19.8) 1205 (32.0) 534 (30.9) 3185 (34.2) 3354 (40.7) 1070 (26.3)
Secondary 40745 (54.8) 1000 (31.9) 2139 (51.9) 944 (25.0) 428 (24.8) 4665 (50.1) 3666 (44.5) 2025 (49.7)
Higher 11423 (15.4) 749 (23.9) 669 (16.2) 530 (14.1) 119 (6.9) 1186 (12.7) 543 (6.6) 183 (4.5)
Wealth index         
Poorest 7085 (9.5) 584 (18.6) 711 (17.3) 595 (15.8) 351 (20.3) 2319 (24.9) 1412 (17.1) 791 (19.4)
Poorer 10278 (13.8) 581 (18.5) 688 (16.7) 718 (19.0) 413 (23.9) 1920 (20.6) 1420 (17.2) 824 (20.2)
Middle 14865 (20.0) 548 (17.5) 727 (17.6) 746 (19.8) 489 (28.3) 1786 (19.2) 1451 (17.6) 828 (20.3)
Richer 19346 (26.0) 641 (20.5) 861 (20.9) 739 (19.6) 284 (16.4) 1700 (18.3) 1661 (20.2) 876 (21.5)
Richest 22795 (30.7) 780 (24.9) 1134 (27.5) 973 (25.8) 190 (11.0) 1581 (17.0) 2295 (27.9) 757 (18.6)
Religion         
Hindu 54723 (73.6) ------------ 3486 (84.6) 368 (9.8) --------------- --------------- -------------- 6 (0.1)
Islam 9583 (12.9) ------------ 107 (2.6) 3380 (89.6) --------------- --------------- 123 (1.5) 5 (0.1)
Buddhist 1138 (1.5) ------------ 352 (8.5) 9 (0.2) --------------- --------------- 7812 (94.8) 0 (0)
Roman Catholic 6651 (8.9) ------------ 80 (1.9) 5 (0.1) ---------------- --------------- 59 (0.7) 4006 (98.3)
Others 2260 (3.0) ------------ 96 (2.3) 0 (0) --------------- --------------- 243 (2.9) 59 (1.5)
Missing 14 (0.0) ------------ ------------ 9 (0.2) --------------- --------------- -------------- --------------
  India Number (%) N = 124385 Pakistan Number (%) N = 13558 Nepal Number (%) N = 12674 Maldives ‡ Number (%) N = 7131 Indonesia ‡ Number (%) N = 45607 Cambodia Number (%) N = 18754 Philippines Number (%) N = 13594 Timor Leste Number (%) N = 13137
Women
Urban 56961 (45.8) 6351 (46.8) 3701 (29.2) 1041 (14.6) 22898 (50.2) 6077 (32.4) 6762 (49.7) 3233 (24.6)
Rural 67424 (54.20) 7207 (53.2) 8973 (70.8) 6090 (85.4) 22709 (49.8) 12677 (67.6) 6832 (50.3) 9904 (75.4)
Age group (years)         
15-29 67415 (54.2) 5338 (39.4) 7200 (56.8) 3038 (42.6) 20956 (45.9) 10296 (54.9) 6976 (51.3) 7443 (56.7)
30-39 34025 (27.4) 4738 (34.9) 3258 (25.7) 2353 (33.0) 13745 (30.2) 4173 (22.2) 3644 (26.8) 3200 (24.4)
40-49 22945 (18.4) 3482 (25.7) 2216 (17.5) 1740 (24.4) 10906 (23.9) 4285 (22.9) 2974 (21.9) 2494 (18.9)
Marital status         
Currently married 87925 (70.7) 13010 (96.0) 9459 (74.6) 6558 (92.0) 32361 (71.0) 11439 (61.0) 7071 (52.0) 7548 (57.5)
Single* 36460 (29.3) 548 (4.0) 3214 (25.4) 573 (8.0) 12901 (28.2) 7218 (38.6) 5030 (37.0) 5260 (40.0)
Living with partner ---------- ----------- 1 (0.0) -------------- 345 (0.8) 97 (0.5) 1493 (11.0) 329 (2.5)
Educational level         
No education 39769 (32.0) 7625 (56.2) 4877 (38.5) 1941 (27.2) 1622 (3.6) 3203 (17.1) 218 (1.6) 3922 (29.9)
Primary 17756 (14.3) 1831 (13.5) 2149 (17.0) 2503 (35.1) 13732 (30.1) 8796 (46.9) 2840 (20.9) 3112 (23.7)
Secondary 53882 (43.3) 2415 (17.8) 4584 (36.2) 2384 (33.4) 23759 (52.1) 6141 (32.7) 6267 (46.1) 5804 (44.2)
Higher 12966 (10.4) 1687 (12.4) 1064 (8.4) 303 (4.2) 6494 (14.2) 614 (3.3) 4269 (31.4) 299 (2.3)
Wealth index         
Poorest 14077 (11.3) 2486 (18.3) 2446 (19.3) 1578 (22.1) 10642 (23.3) 3260 (17.4) 2562 (18.8) 2544 (19.4)
Poorer 17652 (14.2) 2586 (19.1) 2296 (18.1) 1850 (25.9) 9187 (20.1) 3159 (16.8) 2664 (19.6) 2562 (19.5)
Middle 23682 (19.0) 2589 (19.1) 2336 (18.4) 1931 (27.1) 8678 (19.0) 3242 (17.3) 2648 (19.5) 2715 (20.7)
Richer 30136 (24.2) 2657 (19.6) 2516 (19.9) 1112 (15.6) 8478 (18.6) 3735 (19.9) 2771 (20.4) 2820 (21.5)
Richest 38838 (31.2) 3240 (23.9) 3080 (24.3) 660 (9.3) 8622 (18.9) 5358 (28.6) 2949 (21.7) 2496 (19.0)
Religion         
Hindu 89957 (72.3) ------------ 10829 (85.4) -------------- -------------- ------------- -------------- 18 (0.1)
Islam 16742 (13.5) ------------ 331 (2.6) -------------- -------------- 312 (1.7) 887 (6.5) 20 (0.2)
Buddhist 1765 (1.4) ------------ 1058 (8.3) -------------- -------------- 17799 (94.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Roman Catholic 10977 (8.8) ------------ 236 (1.9) -------------- -------------- 111 (0.6) 10453 (76.9) 12833 (97.7)
Others 4786 (3.9) ------------ 220 (1.7) -------------- -------------- 528 (2.8) 2254 (16.6) 266 (2.0)
Missing 158 (0.1) ------------ -------------- -------------- --------------- 4 (0.0) -------------- -------------
  1. ‡Information about religion was not collected in these countries. *Includes never married, separated and divorced.
  2. Up to 54 years in India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh, and up to 64 years in Maldives.
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