Table 2 Participant characteristics by smoking status
Characteristics | Total, N (%) N = 5405 | Smokers (N = 1400) | Non-smokers (N = 4005) | p value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
Male | 2951 (54.6) | 1354 (96.7) | 1597 (39.9) | |
Female | 2454 (45.4) | 46 (3.3) | 2408 (60.1) | |
Age (Years) | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
17-30 | 1455 (26.9) | 252 (18.0) | 1203 (30.0) | |
31-40 | 1929 (35.7) | 473 (33.8) | 1456 (36.4) | |
41 or above | 2021 (37.4) | 675 (48.2) | 1346 (33.6) | |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | 0.7605 |
Han | 4892 (90.5) | 1270 (90.7) | 3622 (90.4) | |
Others | 513 (9.5) | 130 (9.3) | 383 (9.6) | |
Education | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
Less than or High school completed | 1157 (21.4) | 382 (27.3) | 775 (19.4) | |
College/University completed | 3743 (69.3) | 915 (65.4) | 2828 (70.6) | |
Post graduate degree completed | 505 (9.3) | 103 (7.4) | 402 (10.0) | |
Length of employment with agency | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
Less than 2Â years | 1292 (23.9) | 263 (18.8) | 1029 (25.7) | |
2-5 years | 942 (17.4) | 255 (18.2) | 687 (17.2) | |
More than 5Â years | 3171 (58.7) | 882 (63.0) | 2289 (57.2) | |
Self-reported smoking policy at work | Â | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
Smoking is allowed anywhere/There is no policy | 1028 (19.0) | 259 (18.5) | 769 (19.2) | |
Smoking is allowed only in some indoor areas | 1375 (25.4) | 521 (37.2) | 854 (21.3) | |
Smoking is not allowed in any indoor areas | 2567 (47.5) | 561 (40.1) | 2006 (50.1) | |
Don’t know | 435 (8.1) | 59 (4.2) | 376 (9.4) | |
Knowledge about dangers of SHS | Â | Â | Â | Â |
SHS causes serious illness among non-smokers | 4931 (91.2) | 1147 (81.9) | 3784 (94.5) | <0.0001 |
SHS causes heart disease in adults | 3699 (68.4) | 884 (63.1) | 2815 (70.3) | <0.0001 |
SHS causes lung disease in children | 4621 (85.5) | 1079 (77.1) | 3542 (88.4) | <0.0001 |
SHS causes lung cancer in adults | 4721 (87.4) | 1091 (77.9) | 3630 (90.6) | <0.0001 |