Table 1 Socio-demographic variations in tobacco usage among the female respondents as per GATS – India Round 2 (n = 40,265)

Total Female

(weighted %)

33,374 (84.2)

5559 (13.3)

824 (1.8)

508 (0.8)

33,534 (83.4)

6731 (16.6)

Age group (years)

15–29

94.3 (93.7–94.9)

5.2 (4.7–5.8)

0.3 (0.2–0.5)

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

82.4 (81.3–83.5)

17.6 (16.5–18.7)

30–44

85.2 (84.1–86.2)

13.0 (12.1–14.0)

1.2 (0.9–1.5)

0.6 (0.4–0.9)

82.4 (81.4–83.4)

17.6 (16.6–18.6)

45– 59

75.8 (74.4–77.2)

20.2 (18.9–21.5)

2.9 (2.4–3.5)

1.1 (0.8–1.6)

83.3 (82.0-84.5)

16.7 (15.5–18.0)

≥ 60

66.0 (63.9–68.1)

26.0 (24.1–28.0)

5.4 (4.6–6.4)

2.5 (1.7–3.5)

88.4 (87.1–89.6)

11.6 (10.4–12.9)

Marital status

Unmarried

96.9 (96.1–97.5)

2.8 (2.2–3.4)

0.3 (0.1–0.8)

0.1 (0.0-0.3)

80.9 (79.1–82.7)

19.1 (17.3–20.9)

Married

84.3 (83.6–84.9)

13.3 (12.7–14.0)

1.7 (1.5–1.9)

0.7 (0.6-1.0)

83.5 (82.8–84.1)

16.5 (15.9–17.2)

Separated/divorced/widowed

65.4 (63.2–67.5)

27.9 (25.9–30.1)

4.5 (3.7–5.5)

2.1 (1.6–2.9)

86.7 (85.2–88.1)

13.3 (11.9–14.8)

Level of education

No formal school

71.3 (70.1–72.4)

22.9 (21.8–23.9)

4.1 (3.6–4.6)

1.8 (1.4–2.3)

85.6 (84.7–86.4)

14.4 (13.6–15.3)

Up to primary school

84.0 (82.6–85.2)

14.6 (13.4–15.9)

0.9 (0.6–1.3)

0.5 (0.3–0.9)

84.6 (83.4–85.8)

15.4 (14.2–16.6)

Up to secondary school

92.7 (91.8–93.5)

0.3 (0.1–0.5)

6.9 (6.1–7.7)

0.2 (0.1–0.3)

82.8 (81.6–83.9)

17.2 (16.1–18.4)

Higher secondary and above

97.8 (97.1–98.4)

1.9 (1.4–2.6)

0.2 (0.1–0.8)

0

79.0 (77.3–80.6)

21.0 (19.4–22.7)

Residence

Urban

89.8 (88.8–90.7)

9.3 (8.5–10.3)

0.6 (0.4–0.8)

0.3 (0.2–0.5)

81.6 (80.5–82.7)

18.4 (17.3–19.5)

Rural

81.2 (80.5–82.0)

15.3 (14.7–16.0)

2.4 (2.1–2.7)

1.1 (0.8–1.3)

84.4 (83.7–85.0)

15.6 (15.0-16.3)

Region

North

94.9 (94.2–95.5)

1.6 (1.2-2.0)

3.0 (2.6–3.5)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

75.9 (74.7–77.1)

24.1 (22.9–25.3)

Central

81.0 (79.6–82.2)

15.3 (14.2–16.5)

2.6 (2.1–3.2)

1.1 (0.8–1.7)

83.9 (82.6–85.1)

16.1 (14.9–17.4)

East

82.3 (81.0-83.4)

15.6 (14.5–16.7)

1.7 (1.3–2.1)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

83.6 (82.3–84.8)

16.4 (15.2–17.7)

North East

61.2 (59.2–63.2)

34.7 (32.8–36.7)

1.7 (1.3–2.2)

2.3 (1.9–2.9)

85.6 (84.2–86.9)

14.4 (13.1–15.8)

West

84.1 (82.3–85.7)

14.5 (12.9–16.3)

0.5 (0.3–1.1)

0.9 (0.5–1.5)

83.3 (81.5–84.9)

16.7 (15.1–18.5)

South

89.9 (88.9–90.8)

8.4 (7.6–9.4)

1.1 (0.8–1.5)

0.5 (0.4–0.8)

85.2 (84.1–86.3)

14.8 (13.7–15.9)

Wealth-index Quintiles

First

82.0 (80.4–83.4)

15.4 (14.1–16.8)

1.6 (1.2–2.1)

1.1 (0.6–1.9)

84.2 (82.8–85.5)

15.8 (14.5–17.2)

Second

83.3 (82.0-84.5)

14.2 (13.1–15.4)

1.8 (1.4–2.3)

0.6 (0.4-1.0)

83.5 (82.2–84.7)

16.5 (15.3–17.8)

Third

84.1 (82.8–85.3)

13.5 (12.4–14.7)

1.8 (1.4–2.3)

0.6 (0.4–0.9)

85.7 (84.4–86.8)

14.3 (13.2–15.6)

Fourth

82.4 (81.0-83.8)

14.4 (13.1–15.7)

2.0 (1.6–2.5)

1.2 (0.8–1.7)

82.7 (81.4–84.0)

17.3 (16.0-18.6)

Fifth

90.7 (89.6–91.7)

7.8 (6.8–8.8)

1.2 (0.9–1.7)

0.3 (0.2–0.5)

80.2 (78.7–81.7)

19.8 (18.3–21.3)

Currently pregnant

Yes

91.4 (88.6–93.6)

7.7 (5.7–10.3)

0.3 (0.1–1.1)

0.6 (0.1-3.0)

80.4 (76.5–83.8)

19.6 (16.2–23.5)

No

88.7 (88.1–89.3)

10.0 (9.5–10.6)

0.9 (0.7–1.1)

0.4 (0.3–0.5)

82.5 (81.8–83.2)

17.5 (16.8–18.2)

Awareness*

Unaware

80.3 (79.4–81.2)

16.1 (15.3–16.9)

2.4 (2.1–2.8)

1.1 (0.9–1.5)

84.8 (84.0-85.6)

15.2 (14.4–16.0)

Aware

87.9 (87.1–88.6)

10.5 (9.8–11.2)

1.1 (0.9–1.4)

0.5 (0.3–0.7)

82.1 (81.3–82.9)

17.9 (17.1–18.7)