Table 2.
Location of ETS exposure among passive smokers by cohort member attributes in 2005
| Passive smokers | Total | Location of ETS exposure | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At home | Recreational places | Workplace | Transport station | Other places | ||||||||
| N | %a | n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | n | %a | |
| Overall | 28,096 | 96.2 | 6,798 | 24.2 | 5,929 | 21.1 | 1,173 | 4.2 | 15,285 | 54.4 | 14,863 | 52.9 |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| < 30 | 13,847 | 97.4 | 4,033 | 29.1 | 3,258 | 23.5 | 5,272 | 38.1 | 8,016 | 58.9 | 7,192 | 51.9 |
| 30–39 | 9,732 | 95.6 | 2,032 | 20.9 | 1,895 | 19.5 | 4,116 | 42.3 | 5,043 | 51.8 | 5,146 | 52.9 |
| 40–49 | 3,958 | 94.9 | 652 | 16.5 | 690 | 17.4 | 1,612 | 40.7 | 1,955 | 49.4 | 2,209 | 55.8 |
| ≥ 50 | 559 | 88.7 | 81 | 14.5 | 86 | 15.4 | 173 | 31.0 | 271 | 48.5 | 316 | 56.5 |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 7,951 | 96.7 | 1,247 | 15.7 | 2,036 | 25.6 | 4,259 | 53.6 | 3,925 | 49.4 | 4,152 | 52.2 |
| Female | 20,145 | 96.1 | 5,551 | 27.6 | 3,893 | 19.3 | 6,914 | 34.3 | 11,360 | 56.4 | 10,711 | 53.2 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Single | 15,418 | 96.9 | 3,865 | 25.1 | 3,545 | 23.0 | 5,953 | 38.6 | 8,929 | 49.9 | 8,270 | 53.6 |
| Partnered | 12,190 | 95.4 | 2,841 | 23.3 | 2,291 | 18.8 | 5,015 | 41.1 | 6,083 | 57.9 | 6,373 | 52.3 |
| Urbanisation | ||||||||||||
| Rural-Rural | 12,821 | 96.6 | 3,657 | 28.5 | 2,466 | 19.2 | 4,998 | 39.0 | 6,861 | 53.5 | 6,684 | 52.1 |
| Rural–urban | 7,923 | 96.3 | 1,503 | 19.0 | 1,735 | 21.9 | 3,391 | 42.8 | 4,468 | 56.4 | 4,192 | 52.9 |
| Urban–rural | 1144 | 96.2 | 279 | 24.4 | 258 | 22.6 | 441 | 38.6 | 654 | 57.2 | 591 | 52.7 |
| Urban-Urban | 5,942 | 95.5 | 1,314 | 22.1 | 1,429 | 24.1 | 2,235 | 37.6 | 3,156 | 53.1 | 3,285 | 55.3 |
| Education | ||||||||||||
| High school | 11,154 | 96.2 | 3,034 | 27.2 | 2,300 | 20.6 | 4,442 | 39.8 | 5,619 | 50.4 | 6,113 | 54.8 |
| Diploma | 7,940 | 96.7 | 2,104 | 26.5 | 1,605 | 20.2 | 3,307 | 41.7 | 4,367 | 55.0 | 4,016 | 50.6 |
| University | 8,936 | 95.8 | 1,641 | 18.4 | 2,004 | 22.4 | 3,406 | 38.1 | 5,260 | 58.9 | 4,699 | 52.6 |
| Income | ||||||||||||
| Very low | 2,497 | 96.8 | 937 | 37.5 | 634 | 25.4 | 471 | 18.9 | 1,439 | 57.6 | 1,515 | 60.7 |
| Low | 8,294 | 96.9 | 2,613 | 31.5 | 1,685 | 20.3 | 3,341 | 40.3 | 4,476 | 54.0 | 4,334 | 52.3 |
| Middle | 6,499 | 97.2 | 1,468 | 22.6 | 1,421 | 21.9 | 2,895 | 44.6 | 3,670 | 56.5 | 3,307 | 50.9 |
| High | 7242 | 96.0 | 1245 | 17.2 | 1457 | 20.1 | 3267 | 45.1 | 3892 | 53.7 | 3,737 | 51.6 |
| Very high | 3009 | 92.8 | 395 | 13.1 | 594 | 19.7 | 1116 | 37.1 | 1505 | 50.0 | 1640 | 54.5 |
| Asset values | ||||||||||||
| Low | 10,513 | 97.3 | 3,132 | 29.8 | 2,170 | 20.6 | 4,257 | 40.5 | 5,826 | 55.4 | 5,478 | 52.1 |
| Middle | 8,894 | 96.3 | 2,088 | 23.5 | 1,872 | 21.1 | 3,655 | 41.1 | 4,870 | 54.8 | 4,699 | 52.8 |
| High | 8,576 | 94.9 | 1,553 | 18.1 | 1,861 | 21.7 | 3,216 | 37.5 | 4,522 | 52.7 | 4,638 | 54.1 |
| Drinking status | ||||||||||||
| Non-drinker | 10268 | 94.7 | 2713 | 26.4 | 1,929 | 18.8 | 3,458 | 33.7 | 5611 | 54.7 | 5,326 | 51.9 |
| Former | 1841 | 96.8 | 439 | 23.9 | 437 | 23.7 | 734 | 39.9 | 1,039 | 56.4 | 976 | 53.0 |
| Current | 15903 | 97.2 | 3629 | 22.8 | 3,552 | 22.3 | 6,948 | 43.7 | 8,593 | 54.0 | 8,516 | 53.6 |
| No. of health condition | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 10270 | 95.6 | 2426 | 23.6 | 2,048 | 19.9 | 3,914 | 38.1 | 5413 | 52.7 | 5,161 | 50.2 |
| 1 | 13747 | 96.5 | 3351 | 24.4 | 2,869 | 20.9 | 5,489 | 39.9 | 7,489 | 54.5 | 7,362 | 53.6 |
| ≥ 2 | 4042 | 96.9 | 1014 | 25.1 | 1000 | 24.8 | 1,748 | 43.3 | 2358 | 58.4 | 2,326 | 57.6 |
All variables significantly associated with ETS location, except for gender and other places, assets and recreational places or other places, health condition and at home
a% = proportion of passive smokers reporting exposure to ETS at a specific location in 2005