Table 1 Socio-demographic and SHS exposure factors among non-smoking residents of smoke-free homes by housing typea
Apartment | Attached housing | Detached housing | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
% (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
Total | 36.9 (287) | 19.2 (131) | 43.8 (396) | 100.0 (814) |
Sex | ||||
Men | 71.9 (204) | 63.2 (82) | 57.6 (213) | 64.0 (499) |
Women | 28.1 (83) | 36.8 (49) | 42.4 (183) | 36.0 (315) |
Age (year) | ||||
19–39 | 34.3 (79) | 27.0 (32) | 12.7 (33) | 23.5 (144) |
40–59 | 41.7 (135) | 37.1 (50) | 38.0 (159) | 39.2 (344) |
≥ 60 | 24.0 (73) | 35.8 (49) | 49.3 (204) | 37.3 (326) |
Education | ||||
Middle school or less | 21.2 (69) | 33.7 (54) | 59.7 (254) | 40.5 (377) |
High school | 43.8 (117) | 34.9 (41) | 25.5 (100) | 34.1 (258) |
College or higher | 35.0 (101) | 31.4 (36) | 14.8 (42) | 25.4 (179) |
Household income (USD/month) | ||||
≤ 1000 | 7.3 (27) | 25.9 (36) | 38.7 (157) | 24.6 (220) |
1001–2000 | 24.6 (66) | 29.7 (40) | 30.4 (113) | 28.1 (219) |
2001–3000 | 31.3 (91) | 21.4 (29) | 17.5 (75) | 23.4 (195) |
> 3000 | 36.7 (103) | 23.0 (26) | 13.4 (51) | 23.8 (180) |
Former smoker | ||||
Never smoked | 83.4 (241) | 71.8 (95) | 72.4 (275) | 76.3 (611) |
>1 year not smoking | 15.0 (43) | 19.7 (26) | 23.2 (102) | 19.5 (171) |
≤1 year not smoking | 1.6 (3) | 8.6 (10) | 4.4 (19) | 4.2 (32) |
Frequency of SHS odor (times/week) | ||||
None | 79.3 (231) | 83.9 (106) | 85.4 (333) | 82.8 (670) |
1–2 | 10.5 (35) | 8.6 (14) | 7.2 (30) | 8.7 (79) |
3–6 | 6.2 (11) | 4.2 (5) | 3.6 (14) | 4.7 (30) |
Every day | 4.0 (10) | 3.3 (6) | 3.8 (19) | 3.8 (35) |
Duration of SHS odor (min/day) | ||||
None | 79.3 (231) | 83.9 (106) | 85.4 (333) | 82.8 (670) |
1–5 | 9.9 (28) | 5.8 (10) | 3.7 (18) | 6.4 (56) |
6–30 | 4.6 (12) | 9.5 (12) | 5.5 (22) | 6.0 (46) |
≥ 31 | 6.2 (16) | 0.8 (3) | 5.4 (23) | 4.8 (42) |