Table 3: Association between selected variables and current tobacco usage among Patients attending mental health clinics.

Variables Current Tobacco usage

Chi-square value,

P value

Yes No
Education Level Up to year 5 17 (15.3%) 94 (84.7%)

0.001,

P = 0.99

Above Year 5 45 (15.4%) 248 (84.6%)
Monthly income (Rupees) Up to 5000 22 (9.9%) 201 (90.1%)

11.5,

p < 0.001

More than 5000 40 (22.1%) 141 (77.9%)
Ethnicity Sinhala 58 (15%) 329 (85%)

0.37,

p = 0.54

Others* 4 (23.5%) 13 (76.5%)
Live with Spouse 34 (18.5%) 150 (81.5%)

2.5,

P = 0.11

without spouse 28 (12.7%) 192 (87.3%)
Sex Male 56 (35%) 104 (65%)

78.0,

P < 0.001

Female 6 (2.5%) 238 (97.5%)
Tobacco use of Caregivers/family members Yes 20 (20.2%) 79 (79.8%)

2.38,

p = 0.12

No 42 (13.8%) 263 (86.2%)

*: Tamils and Muslims.