Table 2. Participants Personal and Environmental Characteristics Stratified by Traffic Exposure Category.
Total (%) | Living near a highway (%) | Not living near a highway (%) | ||
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Gender | Female | 3262 (77) | 1281 (76) | 1981 (77) |
Generation | Parents | 4019 (94) | 1593 (94) | 2426 (95) |
Home ownership | Own | 2796 (64) | 1124 (65) | 600 (63) |
ETS | Yes | 2227 (51) | 896 (52) | 1331 (50) |
Frequency of opening window in winter | Always | 278 (6) | 105 (6) | 175 (7) |
Sometimes | 1176 (28) | 453 (27) | 723 (28) | |
Never | 1671 (66) | 723 (67) | 173 (65) | |
Building Age | After 2006 | 808 (18) | 332 (19) | 476 (18) |
2001–2005 | 1567 (36) | 613 (35) | 954 (36) | |
1991–2000 | 1066 (24) | 427 (25) | 639 (24) | |
1980–1990 | 620 (14) | 245 (14) | 375 (14) | |
Before 1980 | 313 (7) | 11 3(7) | 200 (8) | |
Air cleaning device | Yes | 477 (11) | 172 (11) | 305 (12) |