Factors associated with tobacco-smoking in Uganda’s leading tobacco-growing regions

Q3 Social Sciences

Etude de la Population Africaine Pub Date : 2019-07-29 DOI:10.11564/33-2-1383

Abel Nzabona, J. Asiimwe, Richard Tuyiragize, Christian Kakuba, John Mushomi, Fred Maniragaba

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Background: Tobacco smoking is one of the determinants of health and social challenges in Uganda. Although ample information exists about smoking prevalence, less is known about the determinants particularly in the leading tobacco-growing regions of the country. Data and methods: Secondary data were extracted from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey dataset. The un-weighted and weighted samples were 16,800 and 14,791 respectively. Tobacco-smoking status, the outcome variable, was dichotomized into those who smoked and those who never smoked. Binary logistic regression was used to model the dichotomous outcome variable against a combination of predictor variables. Findings: Overall being male, having low education, belonging to the poor wealth quintile and being of advanced age increased the odds of tobacco-smoking. Conclusion: Sex, level of education, wealth index and age predicted tobacco-smoking. We recommend strengthening educational programmes, increased advocacy for reducing tobacco-smoking and improvement of socioeconomic status of the population.

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乌干达主要烟草种植区吸烟的相关因素

背景:吸烟是乌干达健康和社会挑战的决定因素之一。虽然关于吸烟率的信息充足，但对决定因素的了解却很少，特别是在该国主要的烟草种植区。数据和方法:二级数据提取自2016年乌干达人口与健康调查数据集。未加权样本16,800份，加权样本14,791份。吸烟状况(结果变量)被分为吸烟和从不吸烟两类。使用二元逻辑回归对二分类结果变量与预测变量的组合进行建模。研究发现:总体而言，男性、受教育程度低、属于贫穷的五分之一以及年龄较大会增加吸烟的几率。结论:性别、受教育程度、财富指数和年龄对吸烟有预测作用。我们建议加强教育方案，加强倡导减少吸烟和改善人口的社会经济地位。

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Etude de la Population Africaine Social Sciences-Demography

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期刊介绍： African Population Studies is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, commentaries, letters and case studies on topics related to the disciplines represented by the Union for African Population Studies Association. These disciplines include demography, population studies, public health, epidemiology, social statistics, population geography, development studies, economics and other social sciences that deal with population and development interrelationships that are unique and relevant to Africa and global audience.