Proportion of illicit cigarettes by sociodemographic characteristics
| Illicit (%) | P value | |
| Local government area | ||
| Banjul | 7.4 | 0.9904 |
| Kanifing | 5.7 | |
| Brikama | 6.5 | |
| Mansakonko | 6.1 | |
| Kerewan | 4.2 | |
| Kuntaur | 2.9 | |
| Janjanbureh | 6.5 | |
| Basse | 5.7 | |
| Geographical area | ||
| Urban | 6.4 | 0.4687 |
| Rural | 5.1 | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 5.8 | 0.1111 |
| Female | 19.2 | |
| Age category (years) | ||
| 18–24 | 1.9 | 0.0259** |
| 25–34 | 4.7 | |
| 35–44 | 5.3 | |
| 45–54 | 4.9 | |
| 55–64 | 12.4 | |
| 65+ | 16.6 | |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 3.2 | 0.0714* |
| Married | 6.8 | |
| Divorced, widowed or separated | 11.4 | |
| Education | ||
| No schooling | 7.5 | 0.4982 |
| Some primary schooling | 3.8 | |
| Secondary school completed | 5.6 | |
| Postsecondary school completed | 5.8 | |
| Monthly income | ||
| Less than D1000 | 5.8 | 0.0217** |
| D1000–D2500 | 3.9 | |
| D2501–D5000 | 8.7 | |
| D5001–D10 000 | 2.3 | |
| Over D10 000 | 16.2 | |
| Place of purchase | ||
| Store or shop | 5.2 | 0.0001*** |
| Street vendor | 28.6 | |
| Smoker frequency | ||
| Daily smoker | 5.8 | 0.7734 |
| Non-daily smoker | 7.3 |
We conclude that there is a statistically significant difference among the respective category groups for *p<0.10; **p<0.05; ***p<0.01.