Factors affecting current khat chewing among male adults 15–59 years in Ethiopia, 2016: a multi-level analysis from Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey

Table 1 Socio-demographic and behavioral factors of adult men 15–59 years in Ethiopia

Variable	Frequency	Percentage
Age in 5 year groups
15–19	2572	20.4
20–24	1880	14.9
25–29	1975	15.7
30–34	1614	12.8
35–39	1371	10.9
40–44	1188	9.4
45–49	933	6.4
50–54	575	4.6
55–59	487	3.9
Residence
Urban	2496	19.8
Rural	10,099	80.2
Usual resident or visitor
Usual resident	12,316	97.78
Visitor	279	2.22
Region
Tigray	795	6.3
Afar	82	0.65
Amhara	3206	25.5
Oromia	4714	37.43
Somali	326	2.6
Benishangul	123	0.98
SNNPR	2586	20.5
Gambella	37	0.29
Harari	31	0.25
Dire-Dawa	72	0.57
Addis Ababa	621	4.9
Educational level
No education	3773	29.96
Primary education	5876	46.7
Secondary education	1846	14.7
Higher education	1099	8.7
Occupation
Not working	944	9.5
Professional/technical/managerial	630	5
Clerical	97	0.8
Sales	677	5.4
Agriculture – employee	8336	66.2
Services	210	1.7
Skilled manual	824	6.5
Unskilled manual	279	2.2
Others	598	4.8
Religion
Orthodox	5677	45.1
Catholic	90	0.7
Protestant	2745	21.8
Muslin	3916	31.1
Traditional + other	166	1.3
Sex of household head
Male	11,034	87.6
Female	1561	12.4
Wealth Index
Poorest	1979	15.7
Poorer	2294	18.2
Middle	2427	19.3
Richer	2712	21.5
Richest	3183	25.3
Current marital status
Never in union	4890	38.8
Married	6968	55.3
Living with partner	421	3.3
Widowed	44	0.4
Divorced	226	1.8
No longer living together/separated	46	0.4
Media Exposure
Yes	8154	64.7
No	4441	35.3
Alcohol drinking in the last 30 days
Yes	5428	43.1
No	7167	56.9
Smoking cigarette in the last 30 days
Yes	655	5.2
No	11,940	94.8

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