Table 4. OR and 95% CI of logistic regression analysis of SHS exposure in the work place.
| Categorical variables | In the work place | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |||
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Social and demographic factors | ||||
| Age | ||||
| Younger (19-39 yr) | Ref | |||
| Middle-aged (40-59 yr) | 0.759† | 0.714-0.808 | 0.789† | 0.741-0.839 |
| Older (60 yr and older) | 0.492† | 0.449-0.539 | 0.478† | 0.431-0.531 |
| Education | ||||
| ≤ Elementary school | Ref | |||
| Middle school | 1.054 | 0.945-1.175 | 1.108* | 1.012-1.213 |
| High school | 1.024 | 0.926-1.132 | 0.855† | 0.784-0.933 |
| College or higher | 0.739† | 0.661-0.825 | 0.654† | 0.589-0.726 |
| Household income yearly | ||||
| 1st quartile (lowest) | Ref | |||
| 2nd quartile | 1.281† | 1.162-1.412 | 1.083 | 0.999-1.173 |
| 3rd quartile | 1.264† | 1.143-1.399 | 1.010 | 0.929-1.098 |
| 4th quartile (highest) | 1.15† | 1.035-1.277 | 0.863 | 0.790-1.042 |
| Location of residence | ||||
| Rural | Ref | |||
| Urban | 1.134† | 1.069-1.203 | 1.12† | 1.060-1.183 |
| Health-related factors | ||||
| Smoking status | ||||
| Never smoker | Ref | |||
| Ex-smoker | 1.037 | 0.987-1.091 | 1.262† | 1.086-1.468 |
| Drinking | ||||
| No | Ref | |||
| Yes | 1.334† | 1.250-1.425 | 1.295† | 1.228-1.367 |
| Physical activity | ||||
| No | Ref | |||
| Yes | 1.113† | 1.059-1.17 | 1.220† | 1.156-1.289 |
| Work-related factors | ||||
| Employment | ||||
| Employer and owner-operator | Ref | |||
| Paid worker | 1.151† | 1.081-1.225 | 0.641† | 0.602-0.683 |
| Unpaid family worker | 0.874 | 0.699-1.093 | 1.045 | 0.957-1.142 |
| Occupation | ||||
| Officials or managers | Ref | |||
| Professionals | 1.037 | 0.954-1.128 | 2.24† | 2.059-2.437 |
| Service workers | 1.511† | 1.353-1.687 | 2.621† | 2.395-2.868 |
| Sale workers | 1.449† | 1.309-1.605 | 1.715† | 1.556-1.89 |
| Skilled agricultural or forestry or fishery | 0.353† | 0.313-0.398 | 0.392† | 0.344-0.448 |
| Craft and related trades workers, Plant or machine operators and Assemblers | 1.82† | 1.683-1.967 | 1.886† | 1.668-2.133 |
| Manual laborer | 1.495† | 1.354-1.652 | 1.989† | 1.799-2.198 |
| Professional soldiers | 1.291* | 1.037-1.607 | 1.939 | 0.653-5.757 |
OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; SHS, secondhand smoke.
* P value less than 0.05; † P value less than 0.01.