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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Table 3.18 shows the percentage of women <strong>and</strong> men who currently smoke tobacco by backgroundcharacteristics. The table illustrates that women <strong>and</strong> men who are divorced/separated/widowed,those who live in rural areas, those who have no education, <strong>and</strong> those involved in agricultural activitiesare the most likely to smoke tobacco.Table 3.18 Smoking of tobacco by background characteristicsPercentage of women <strong>and</strong> men who currently smoke tobacco, by backgroundcharacteristics, <strong>Zambia</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WomenMen–––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––Currently Number Currently NumberBackground smokes of smokes ofcharacteristic tobacco women tobacco men–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Marital statusNever married 0.4 1,897 9.5 782Married or living together 3.0 4,694 34.4 1,248Divorced/separated/widowed 5.6 1,067 53.8 116ResidenceUrban 1.3 3,073 22.4 851Rural 3.7 4,585 29.0 1,294ProvinceCentral 1.2 562 22.1 165Copperbelt 1.1 1,544 19.5 447Eastern 1.2 926 32.0 268Luapula 3.7 622 37.6 166Lusaka 1.0 1,132 23.0 314Northern 1.9 1,040 26.3 292North-Western 1.5 354 25.2 93Southern 1.4 814 27.3 232Western 15.3 663 34.4 169EducationNo education 8.3 925 41.0 108Primary 2.7 4,439 29.1 1,100Secondary 0.5 2,061 23.4 808Higher 0.0 234 9.5 129OccupationProfessional/technical/managerial 0.0 175 10.9 93Clerical 0.0 71 23.1 13Sales <strong>and</strong> services 3.7 1,095 32.0 307Skilled manual 2.3 200 27.2 273Unskilled manual 0.0 13 31.8 23Domestic service 2.1 449 18.4 104Agriculture 4.9 2,354 36.2 862Not working 1.1 3,274 8.3 451Missing 2.3 27 23.8 19Total 2.7 7,658 26.4 2,14554 │ Characteristics of Respondents

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