Trends in educational and wealth inequalities in adult tobacco use in Nepal 2001-2016: secondary data analyses of four Demographic and Health Surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure trends in socioeconomic inequalities tobacco use in Nepal.

Setting

Adults interviewed during house-to-house surveys.

Participants

Women (15-45 years) and men (15-49 years) surveyed in four Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys done in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016.

Outcome measure

Current tobacco use (in any form).

Results

The prevalence of tobacco use for men declined from 66% in 2001 to 55% in 2016, and declined from 29% to 8.4% among women. Across both education and wealth quintiles for both men and women, the prevalence of tobacco use generally declines with increasing education or wealth. We found persistently larger absolute inequalities by education than by wealth among men. Among women we also found larger educational than wealth-

SUBMITTER: Sreeramareddy CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731921 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature