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Table 1 Description of sample

From: Parental perceptions of children’s exposure to tobacco smoke: development and validation of a new measure

 

Mean (SD); n

Range

IQR

Age

34.79 (5.58); 211

21–55

31–38

Number of Children

1.97 (0.89); 219

1–4

1–3

Number of cigarettes/day (answering parent)

10.41 (6.57); 73

1–30

5–15

Number of cigarettes/day (partner)

11.78 (7.86); 64

1–30

5–15

Sum number of cigarettes/day (mother + father)

15.54 (11.34); 96

2–55

6–20

  

N

%

Gender

Fathers

30

13.6%

Mothers

190

86.4%

Smoking status

Smokers

72

32.7%

Non-smokers

116

52.7%

Ex-smokers

32

14.5%

Partner smoking status

Smoking partner

60

27.3%

Ex-smoker partner

28

12.7%

SES

Below average

33

15%

Average

106

48.2%

Above average

78

35.5%

Mother tongue

Hebrew

187

83.1%

Russian

16

7.1%

Arabic

3

1.3%

English

8

3.6%

Other (not specified)

10

4.4%

  1. Mean Number of cigarettes/day = mean of smoking respondents