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Table 3 Characteristics of the non-smoking residents living in home with smoke-free rules by SHS incursion

From: Factors associated with secondhand smoke incursion into the homes of non-smoking residents in a multi-unit housing complex: a cross-sectional study in Seoul, Korea

 

Total (%; n = 1784)

Frequency of SHS incursion

Never (%, n = 451)

≤1 times/month (%, n = 366)

2–4 times/month (%, n = 452)

>4 times/month (%, n = 515)

p-valuea

Socio-demographic factor

 Sex

  Men

38.5

39.9

42.6

39.8

33.2

0.020

  Women

61.5

60.1

57.4

60.2

66.8

 Age (years)

  19–29

22.6

24.4

20.2

23.7

21.9

0.079

  30–39

26.0

23.1

23.5

29.2

27.6

  40–49

24.8

20.4

28.1

23.9

27.0

  ≥ 50

26.6

32.2

28.1

23.2

23.5

 Household income (USD/month)

  < 2000

7.8

10.4

6.0

5.1

9.3

0.171

  2000–3999

29.6

30.6

29.2

29.9

28.7

  4000–5999

36.7

37.5

36.3

37.8

35.3

  6000–7999

15.2

11.1

18.6

16.8

15.1

  ≥ 8000

10.6

10.4

9.8

10.4

11.5

 Education

  Less than university level

34.8

37.3

30.1

33.6

36.9

0.698

  University level

55.5

54.5

57.9

54.6

55.5

  More than university level

9.7

8.2

12.0

11.7

7.6

 Housing type

  Apartment

51.6

50.1

57.9

53.8

46.6

0.147

  Attached house

48.4

49.9

42.1

46.2

53.4

 Time spent at home (hours/day)

  < 5

25.3

29.5

27.3

25.7

20.0

<0.001

  5–9

51.7

52.3

50.0

52.2

52.0

  ≥ 10

22.9

18.2

22.7

22.1

28.0

 Number of residents (people)

  < 4

49.0

51.9

49.7

46.2

48.5

0.207

  ≥ 4

51.0

48.1

50.3

53.8

51.5

 Children living in home (aged ≤18 years)

  No

61.0

70.1

59.0

58.4

56.9

<0.001

  Yes

39.0

29.9

41.0

41.6

43.1

 Type of ownership

  Owned

57.4

56.5

59.0

59.3

55.3

0.830

  Leased based on deposit

29.9

27.9

30.1

29.9

31.5

  Monthly rent

12.7

15.5

10.9

10.8

13.2

 Duration of residence (years)

  < 2

27.8

30.4

24.6

24.1

31.1

0.495

  2–3

18.7

17.7

16.9

20.6

19.2

  ≥ 4

53.5

51.9

58.5

55.3

49.7

 Presence of other smokers inside homeb

  No

69.6

72.9

71.0

64.8

69.7

0.116

  Yes

30.4

27.1

29.0

35.2

30.3

 Support for the implementation of smoke-free regulations in MUH

  No

9.0

12.4

6.8

9.3

7.2

0.020

  Yes

91.0

87.6

93.2

90.7

92.8

Built environmental factor

 Date of construction (year)

  Before 1995

27.3

27.3

26.8

24.8

29.9

0.322

  1995–1999

23.5

23.7

22.4

24.8

22.9

  2000–2004

22.0

21.5

22.4

23.2

21.2

  2005–2009

14.7

12.6

18.0

13.5

15.1

  2010 or later

12.5

14.9

10.4

13.7

10.9

 Type of corridor

  Stairwell

77.1

78.7

78.4

75.0

76.7

0.142

  Indoor corridor

14.0

14.2

13.4

15.0

13.4

  Outdoor corridor

8.9

7.1

8.2

10.0

9.9

 Home size (m2)

  < 66

25.2

26.8

22.7

22.1

28.3

0.038

  66–98

35.8

32.6

32.5

38.1

39.0

  ≥ 99

39.0

40.6

44.8

39.8

32.6

 Presence of balcony

  No

22.1

23.3

25.4

19.9

20.6

0.128

  Yes

77.9

76.7

74.6

80.1

79.4

 Presence of air–conditioning

  No

18.3

19.5

16.9

14.6

21.6

0.558

  Yes

81.7

80.5

83.1

85.4

78.4

 Method of natural ventilation

  Opening windows

52.7

55.4

58.5

50.0

48.7

0.042

  Opening front doors

5.3

4.2

4.4

6.4

6.0

  Opening windows and front doors

18.3

16.2

14.8

22.1

19.2

  Windows always slightly open

23.7

24.2

22.4

21.5

26.0

 Frequency of natural ventilation (times/week)

  < 5

31.9

34.4

38.5

32.7

24.3

<0.001

  ≥ 5

68.1

65.6

61.5

67.3

75.7

  1. aThe Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test
  2. bSmokers among family members or regular visitors to the home