Table 1 Associations between the demographic characteristics of parental smokers and smoking in the presence of their children
Variables | Smoked in the presence of children | Did not smoke in the presence of children | OR | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Overall (N = 307) | 203 | 66.12 | 104 | 33.88 | - | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 171 | 64.29 | 85 | 35.71 | ||
Female | 32 | 80.00 | 8 | 20.00 | 2.22 | 0.98-5.01 |
Age (y) | ||||||
41-60 | 97 | 61.78 | 60 | 38.22 | ||
21-40 | 104 | 70.27 | 44 | 29.73 | 1.46 | 0.91-2.36 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married | 161 | 65.45 | 85 | 34.55 | ||
Unmarried | 38 | 69.09 | 17 | 30.91 | 1.18 | 0.63-2.21 |
Education | ||||||
≥Baccalaureate | 54 | 55.10 | 44 | 44.90 | ||
High School | 111 | 70.70 | 46 | 29.30 | 1.97 | 1.16-3.33* |
Junior high | 36 | 75.00 | 12 | 25.00 | 2.44 | 1.14-5.25* |
Occupation | ||||||
Labor | 77 | 65.25 | 41 | 34.75 | ||
Business/Service | 96 | 62.75 | 57 | 37.25 | 0.90 | 0.54-1.48 |
Other | 27 | 84.38 | 5 | 15.63 | 2.88 | 1.03-8.03 |
Family type | ||||||
Nuclear | 104 | 66.67 | 52 | 33.33 | ||
Mixed | 98 | 65.33 | 52 | 34.67 | 0.94 | 0.59-1.51 |
Annual income | ||||||
>$600,000 | 65 | 58.04 | 47 | 41.96 | ||
≤$600,000 | 131 | 71.58 | 52 | 28.42 | 1.82 | 1.11-2.99* |
Grades of children | ||||||
1-2 | 62 | 63.27 | 36 | 36.73 | ||
3-4 | 74 | 70.48 | 31 | 29.52 | 1.38 | 0.77-2.49 |
5-6 | 67 | 64.42 | 37 | 35.58 | 1.05 | 0.59-1.87 |
Region of Taiwan | ||||||
North | 67 | 62.04 | 41 | 37.96 | ||
Central | 39 | 65.00 | 21 | 35.00 | 1.13 | 0.59-2.19 |
South | 52 | 70.27 | 22 | 29.73 | 1.45 | 0.77-2.72 |
East | 45 | 69.23 | 20 | 30.77 | 1.38 | 0.72-2.65 |