Table 1.

Description of children (<18 years old) living in Romanian foster care homes (n Description of children (<18 years old)

	n (%)
Sex
Male	390 (49.3)
Female	401 (50.7)
Age of respondent
8–12 years old	265 (33.5)
13–17 years old	526 (66.5)
Time living in foster care home (year)
<1	85 (10.7)
1–5	472 (59.7)
5+	234 (29.6)
Self-reported smoking behaviour
Ever tried smoking, even one puff	353 (44.6)
Smoked at least one cigarette in the past 30 days	205 (25.9)
Age when first smoked an entire cigarette (n = 385)
Never smoked a whole cigarette (n = 373)	509 (64.4)
<10 years old	101 (12.8)
11–14 years old	137 (17.3)
15+ years old	44 (5.6)
Lifetime use
< 5 packs	183 (23.1)
≥5 packs	109 (13.8)
n/a	499 (63.1)
Self-reported smoking behaviour among friends
At least one of my five most important friends has ever experimented with smoking	548 (69.3)
At least one of my five most important friends has smoked at least one cigarette in the past week	476 (60.2)
Self-reported smoking behaviour and perceptions of smoking among foster family
Foster mother smokes	225 (31.3)
Foster father smokes	211 (29.6)
At least one sibling smokesa	203 (27.9)
Perceives mother would be angry if caught smoking	577 (80.5)
Perceives father would be angry if caught smoking	570 (80.6)

^aChildren without biological siblings coded as ‘0’. Biological children in Romanian foster care homes remain together, whenever possible.