Table 1.

Demographic characteristics by home smoking status

	Smoking homes* (n=158)		Non-smoking homes* (n=121)		p Value
Age, median (years)	25.0	–	24.4	–	0.83
Female (%)	138	87.3	104	86.0	0.74
African–American (%)	136	86.1	97	80.2	0.19
Age of youngest child (%)					0.50
No children	47	29.7	29	24.0
<5 years	85	53.8	73	60.3
5–17 years	26	16.5	19	15.7
Has child with asthma (%)	33	20.9	31	25.6	0.35
Less than high school graduate (%)	55	34.8	28	23.1	0.03
Employed full-time or part-time (%)	42	26.6	48	39.7	0.02

^*‘Smoking homes’ were those in which either the respondent reported smoking any cigarettes inside the home, or other household members or visitors smoked inside the home at least once per week. ‘Non-smoking homes’ did not meet either of these criteria.