Table 2 Awareness regarding adverse effects due to tobacco use among the female participants of the Global Adults Tobacco Survey (India)-round II (2016-17)

Unweighted Numbers

33,374

5559

824

508

6731

Overall

64.7(63.5–65.9)

43.0(36.7, 49.6)

50.6(48.0-53.1)

64.7(63.5–65.9)

54.8 (52.9–56.7)

Age group (years)

15–29

53.9 (52.4–55.4)

24.3 (10.8–45.9)

44.7 (39.6–49.9)

27.2 (10.9–53.2)

57.5 (54.2–60.8)

30–44

54.4 (53.0- 55.9)

38.3 (26.4–51.8)

43.3 (39.3–47.4)

33.7 (19.5–51.7)

55.7 (52.5–58.8)

45– 59

52.3 (50.4–54.2)

38.5 (29.4–48.5)

39.3 (35.8–43.0)

45.5 (28.6–63.6)

51.9 (47.8–55.9)

≥ 60

46.2 (43.7–48.7)

27.1 (20.5–34.9)

35.4 (31.3–39.7)

20.0 (10.3–35.3)

46.4 (40.7–52.3)

Marital status

Unmarried

54.1 (43.5–48.3)

23.1 (4.3–66.9)

47.5 (36.6–58.6)

49.1 (9.1–90.3)

59.4 (54.1–64.4)

Married

53.4 (52.4–54.4)

34.9 (28.7–41.7)

41.8 (39.4–44.3)

29.6 (19.6–42.0)

54.2 (52.1–56.3)

Separated/divorced/widowed

47.0 (44.3–49.8)

28.2 (20.3–37.8)

34.4 (30.2–38.8)

30.2 (17.2–47.6)

49.5 (43.6–55.4)

Level of education

No formal school

44.9 (43.5–46.5)

32.1 (26.9–37.7)

35.2 (32.7–37.9)

27.2 (18.4–38.1)

45.3 (42.1–48.4)

Up to primary school

53.0 (51.0- 54.9)

30.1 (17.2–47.2)

47.1 (42.6–51.6)

38.5 (18.3–63.8)

52.9 (48.7–57.0)

Up to secondary school

56.2 (54.6–57.8)

60.8 (29.6–85.1)

49.3 (43.1–55.5)

59.3 (28.4–84.3)

59.5 (55.7–63.1)

Higher secondary and above

60.2 (58.2–62.2)

4.6 (0.8–22.3)

57.2 (42.0- 71.1)

43.1 (17.2–73.4)

64.2 (59.9–68.2)

Residence

Urban

55.9 (54.4–57.4)

30.3 (18.8–44.9)

41.9 (37.0–47.0)

43.5 (22.7–66.8)

55.9 (52.6–59.1)

Rural

51.3 (50.2–52.3)

32.9 (27.5–38.7)

39.6 (37.4–41.9)

28.3 (19.6–38.9)

54.1 (51.8–56.4)

Region

North

55.6 (54.2–57.0)

44.6 (37.0- 52.5)

24.2 (16.3–34.4)

27.6 (13.1–49.1)

55.7 (52.9–58.6)

Central

48.3 (46.3–50.3)

15.3 (10.0- 22.6)

39.1 (35.2–43.1)

23.6 (11.9–41.5)

46.6 (42.5–50.7)

East

49.4 (47.5–51.2)

23.8 (15.1–35.4)

39.0 (35.2–42.9)

26.0 (11.5–48.7)

54.7 (50.4–58.9)

North East

40.7 (38.1–43.4)

50.1 (37.5–62.7)

40.5 (37.4–43.7)

37.5 (29.2–46.6)

50.0 (45.1–54.9)

West

61.0 (58.7–63.4)

54.8 (23.3–82.9)

50.9 (44.7–57.1)

53.6 (25.7–79.5)

64.1 (58.7–69.2)

South

56.8 (55.2–58.5)

73.8 (57.3–85.6)

33.7 (28.4–39.3)

22.4 (9.9–43.3)

59.5 (55.5–63.3)

Wealth-index Quintiles

First

57.3 (55.2–59.4)

57.7 (42.7–71.4)

46.6 (41.9–51.4)

20.4 (9.1–39.6)

57.8 (53.3–62.1)

Second

52.6 (50.7–54.5)

37.5 (27.0- 49.4)

41.7 (37.5–45.9)

17.7 (7.8–35.2)

52.8 (48.6–56.9)

Third

51.6 (49.7–53.4)

32.9 (22.9–44.6)

41.8 (37.6–46.3)

41.3 (22.7–62.7)

55.1 (50.5–59.6)

Fourth

51.0 (49.0–53.0)

25.3 (17.2–35.6)

34.3 (29.6–39.3)

41.4 (24.8–60.1)

52.2 (48.1–56.2)

Fifth

54.9 (52.9–56.8)

22.2 (13.0- 35.2)

35.1 (29.4–41.3)

23.5 (10.2–45.2)

58.2 (53.9–62.3)

Intention to quit tobacco use

Yes

NA

38.0 (30.0- 46.7)

43.9 (40.6–47.2)

30.0 (20.1–42.6)

43.5 (29.5–58.7)

No

NA

25.4 (18.5–33.9)

37.9 (35.0–40.9)

36.2 (24.5–49.9)

25.5 (15.3–39.3)