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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2003
 
Q80. Do you currently use chewing tobacco or snuff every day, some days, or not at all?
Denominator is respondents who have ever used or tried smokeless tobacco products.

Categories Every day


Some days


Not at all


Total
% % % N
Age Group: 1.6 19.5 78.9 74
      18-24
      25-34 9.3 10.6 80.1 184
      35-44 17.5 7.7 74.8 158
      45-54 8.1 12.3 79.6 134
      55-64 16.3 2.9 80.8 83
      65-74 13.4 2.1 84.5 55
      75 + *** *** *** 27
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 4
Sex: 10.6 10.8 78.6 652
      Male
      Female 1.6 7.9 90.5 67
Race/Ethnicity: 10.5 11.3 78.2 655
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic *** *** *** 14
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       *** *** *** 28
      Hispanic *** *** *** 15
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 7
Income Group: 6.0 12.5 81.6 51
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 5.6 10.1 84.3 102
      $25-$49,999 10.9 9.8 79.3 232
      $50-$74,999 12.5 10.5 77.0 158
      >=$75,000 12.3 13.1 74.5 110
      Unk/Ref 6.2 8.5 85.3 66
Education Level: 11.9 9.1 79.0 70
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 10.1 12.3 77.7 279
      Some college/Tech school 10.4 11.4 78.2 202
      College graduate 8.1 7.6 84.3 167
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 1
Marital Status: 13.4 9.7 76.8 419
      Married
      Unmarried 4.8 12.0 83.2 299
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 1
Employment Status: 10.9 11.0 78.2 510
      Employed
      Not employed *** *** *** 40
      Student/Homemaker *** *** *** 30
      Retired/Unable to work 13.8 6.6 79.6 135
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 4
Grand Totals 9.9 10.6 79.4 719

SOURCE: 2003 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

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