Table 1 Socio-demographic status of participants.

From: Tobacco consumption patterns among Iranian adults: a national and sub-national update from the STEPS survey 2021

Variables

Women

Men

Total

p-value

Age, mean (SD)

45.29 (15.43)

46.19 (16.48)

45.69 (15.91)

 < 0.001

Residential area, n (%)

 Urban

11,199 (75.15)

9077 (74.79)

20,276 (74.99)

 

 Rural

4196 (24.85)

3402 (25.21)

7598 (25.01)

0.523

Years of schooling, n (%)

 Zero

2825 (17.27)

1190 (8.77)

4015 (13.48)

 

 1–6

4048 (59.29)

2695 (40.71)

6743 (23.78)

 

 7–11

2490 (48.57)

2698 (51.43)

5188 (19.08)

 

 12+ 

5918 (51.39)

5804 (48.61)

11,722 (43.65)

 < 0.001

Marital status, n (%)

 Divorced

414 (2.91)

152 (1.3)

566 (2.19)

 < 0.001

 Married

11,445 (74.25)

9914 (79.5)

21,359 (76.59)

 

 Single

1961 (12.49)

2286 (18.21)

4247 (15.04)

 

 Widow

1575 (10.35)

127 (0.98)

1702 (6.17)

 

Employment status

 Freelance job or self-employed

631 (4.26)

5705 (46.94)

6336 (23.31)

 < 0.001

 Private sector employee

358 (2.82)

407 (3.7)

765 (3.22)

 

 Private Sector labor

144 (0.96)

934 (7.27)

1078 (3.77)

 

 Public sector employee

583 (3.81)

1070 (8.22)

1653 (5.78)

 

 Public sector labor

44 (0.29)

210 (1.61)

254 (0.88)

 

 Retired

381 (2.65)

2157 (17.58)

2538 (9.31)

 

 Unemployed due to disability

48 (0.28)

398 (2.83)

446 (1.42)

 

 Unemployed Not seeking work

117 (0.77)

201 (1.69)

318 (1.18)

 

 Unemployed seeker job

222 (1.42)

562 (4.22)

784 (2.67)

 

 Unpaid work

12,753 (82.75)

743 (5.94)

13,496 (48.46)

 

Basic health insurance, n (%)

 Yes

14,003 (91.05)

10,966 (87.87)

24,969 (89.63)

 

 No

1278 (8.95)

1421 (12.13)

2699 (10.37)

 < 0.001

Complementary insurance, n (%)

 Yes

4262 (28.97)

3346 (27.76)

7608 (28.42)

 

 No

10,960 (71.03)

8975 (72.24)

19,935 (71.58)

0.05

BMI

 < 18.5

500 (3.2)

469 (3.58)

969 (3.37)

 < 0.001

 18.5–24.9

4451 (28.76)

4974 (39.62)

9425 (33.61)

 

 25–29.9

5641 (36.83)

4844 (39.59)

10,485 (38.06)

 

 30–34.9

3286 (21.63)

1702 (13.93)

4988 (18.19)

 

 35–39

1086 (7.2)

338 (2.68)

1424 (5.18)

 

 40+ 

352 (2.4)

70 (0.6)

422 (1.6)

 

Hypertension

 Yes

5135 (32.93)

3896 (30.92)

9031 (32.03)

0.001

 No

10,207 (67.07)

8510 (69.08)

18,717 (67.97)

 

Diabetes

 Yes

1456 (14.71)

987 (13.45)

2443 (14.15)

 

 No

8829 (85.29)

6832 (86.55)

15,661 (85.85)

0.095

Cardiovascular diseases

 Yes

941 (6.11)

1105 (9.05)

2046 (7.42)

 

 No

14,428 (93.89)

11,348 (90.95)

25,776 (92.58)

 < 0.001