Table 2.
Housing characteristics related to sources of indoor air by caregiver report and home inspection (%).
| Characteristic | Asthma | Control | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range/stove | |||
| Gas | |||
| Caregiver report | 83.0 | 86.6 | 0.39 |
| Home inspection | 87.3 | 88.3 | 0.81 |
| Electric | |||
| Caregiver report | 20.4 | 17.8 | 0.51 |
| Home inspection | 12.7 | 11.7 | 0.81 |
| Heating fuel (caregiver report) | |||
| Gas | 72.0 | 73.3 | 0.57 |
| Electric | 17.4 | 12.0 | 0.26 |
| Oil | 8.7 | 11.3 | 0.45 |
| Other | 3.4 | 4.0 | 0.76 |
| Heating | |||
| Radiators | |||
| Caregiver report | 30.7 | 28.2 | 0.55 |
| Home inspection | 30.8 | 26.2 | 0.39 |
| Forced air | |||
| Caregiver report | 53.7 | 57.7 | 0.07 |
| Home inspection | 57.3 | 57.9 | 0.92 |
| Forced air, no filter | |||
| Caregiver report | 7.3 | 4.7 | 0.21 |
| Home inspection | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.99 |
| Other | |||
| Caregiver report | 0.10 | 0 | 0.32 |
| Home inspection | 11.2 | 15.2 | 0.32 |
| Smoking in home | |||
| Caregiver report | |||
| Any smoker in home | 55.7 | 60.0 | 0.45 |
| Mother | 32.7 | 30.7 | 0.71 |
| Father | 20.0 | 22.0 | 0.84 |
| Other | 27.3 | 29.3 | 0.70 |
| Home inspection | |||
| Ashtray/cigarette butts in home | 23.4 | 29.7 | 0.23 |
| Smell of smoke in home | 19.4 | 23.4 | 0.42 |