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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Asia Pac J Public Health. 2010 Jan;22(1):98–109. doi: 10.1177/1010539509351303

Table 4.

Logistic regression predicting compliance with smokefree policy in air-conditioned restaurants and other eating places among those who visited venues in last 6 months by country.

Variables Not smoking in air-conditioned venues
Malaysia
N=223
Thailand
N=673

AOR (95%CI) AOR (95%CI)

Support smokefree air-conditioned venues
 Yes 4.17 (1.03–16.95)* 5.02 (2.32–10.86)***
 No Ref Ref
Age (years)
 18–24 Ref Ref
 25–39 1.30 (0.29–5.75) 2.06 (0.45–9.42)
 40–54 2.29 (0.89–5.91) 2.76 (0.80–9.51)
 55+ 5.18 (0.56–48.09) 3.71 (0.86–16.13)
Sex – Male Ref Ref
  Female 1.18 (0.12–11.31) 8.17 (0.97–68.65)
Locality
 Rural 1.09 (0.27–4.51) 0.65 (0.19–2.19)
 Urban Ref Ref
Education
 Lower elementary Ref Ref
 Upper secondary 0.49 (0.14–1.72) 0.42 (0.15–1.16)
 Tertiary 0.84 (0.19–3.71) 0.28 (0.06–1.29)
Income
 Low Ref Ref
 Medium 0.81 (0.30–2.21) 0.54 (0.09–2.98)
 High 0.76 (0.24–2.39) 0.26 (0.04–1.77)
 Not provided 0.25 (0.04–1.69) ---
Cig per day
 1–5 Ref Ref
 6–10 1.18 (0.24–5.76) 0.58 (0.19–1.75)
 11–20 0.28 (0.05–1.43) 0.74 (0.24–2.22)
 21+ 0.31 (0.07–1.35) 2.26 (0.19–26.23)
Think danger to others 0.98 (0.70–1.38) 1.04 (0.76–1.43)
Believe smoking causes lung cancer – No Ref Ref
  - Yes 0.13 (0.02–0.89)* 4.54 (0.85–24.33)
  - Don’t know 1.14 (0.18–7.25) 1.30 (0.11–15.29)

NB. AOR, adjusted odds ratios; CI, confidence interval;

*

p<.05;

**

p<.01