Health Survey for England - The Health of Minority Ethnic Groups '99

Table 4.8

Prevalence of chewing tobacco, by social class of head of household within South Asian minority ethnic group

South Asian aged 16 and over       1999

Proportions using chewing tobaccoa
 
Social class of head of household
   
Men
 
Women
 
Non-
   
Non-
 
 
manual
Manual  
manual
Manual
Observed %
         

Indian 6 7 2 1
Pakistani 4 1 1 2
Bangladeshi 12 22 17 26


Bases (weighted):
Indian 258 304 281 298
Pakistani 113 203 108 193
Bangladeshi 23 96 19 90

Bases (unweighted):
Indian 288 301 321 293
Pakistani 187 363 180 346
Bangladeshi 69 384 60 371

a All percentages in this table are 'cell percentages'. Percentages are based on the group defined
simultaneously by the row and column headings. Thus for example 6% of Indian men in non-
manual households use chewing tobacco.





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