Malawi 2015-16

Table 3.10.2 Tobacco smoking: Men
Percentage of men age 15-49 who smoke various tobacco products, and percent distribution of men by smoking frequency, according
to background characteristics, Malawi DHS 2015-16
Background
characteristic Cigarettes 2
Percentage who smoke: 1
Other type
of tobacco 3
Any type of
tobacco
Daily
smoker
Smoking frequency
Occasional
smoker 4
Nonsmoker
Total
Number of
men
Age
15-19 1.8 0.3 1.9 0.9 1.0 98.1 100.0 1,818
20-24 8.4 0.9 8.5 3.8 5.6 90.6 100.0 1,408
25-29 12.5 0.5 12.6 9.6 4.3 86.1 100.0 1,022
30-34 19.0 2.1 19.0 12.7 7.0 80.3 100.0 925
35-39 17.4 1.1 17.4 12.4 5.6 82.0 100.0 882
40-44 25.0 1.0 25.1 19.2 7.3 73.5 100.0 624
45-49 20.2 0.7 20.3 17.2 4.2 78.6 100.0 450
Residence
Urban 11.9 0.6 11.9 7.9 4.7 87.4 100.0 1,340
Rural 12.0 0.9 12.1 8.4 4.4 87.2 100.0 5,788
Region
Northern 10.9 0.7 11.1 7.9 4.1 88.0 100.0 922
Central 14.7 1.3 14.9 10.3 5.3 84.4 100.0 3,176
Southern 9.4 0.4 9.4 6.4 3.7 89.9 100.0 3,030
Education
No education 27.3 1.9 27.7 22.3 6.7 71.1 100.0 375
Primary 13.0 1.0 13.1 9.3 4.4 86.3 100.0 4,153
Secondary 8.6 0.5 8.6 4.7 4.7 90.6 100.0 2,249
More than secondary 5.5 0.1 5.5 4.3 1.5 94.2 100.0 351
Wealth quintile
Lowest 20.1 1.7 20.4 13.7 7.6 78.7 100.0 1,134
Second 14.5 1.7 14.5 10.4 4.8 84.8 100.0 1,325
Middle 9.8 0.5 9.8 7.3 3.6 89.1 100.0 1,409
Fourth 11.1 0.3 11.2 7.8 4.2 88.0 100.0 1,462
Highest 7.4 0.4 7.5 4.6 3.1 92.3 100.0 1,798
Total 15-49 12.0 0.8 12.1 8.3 4.5 87.2 100.0 7,128
50-54 23.9 1.1 24.2 18.6 6.8 74.6 100.0 350
Total 15-54 12.5 0.9 12.6 8.8 4.6 86.6 100.0 7,478
1
Includes daily and occasional (less than daily) use.
2
Includes manufactured cigarettes and hand-rolled cigarettes.
3
Includes pipes, cigars, cheroots, cigarillos, and water pipes.
4
Occasional refers to less often than daily use.
50 • Characteristics of Respondents