Table 1.
Demographic and smoking-related characteristics of parent respondents to the Apartment Dweller and Smoking Survey, United States, 2013
| Characteristic | No. of Respondents | No. (%)a,b |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 835 (100.0) | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||
| Race/ethnicity | 835 | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 290 (34.7) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 123 (14.7) | |
| Non-Hispanic other | 58 (6.9) | |
| Hispanic | 326 (39.0) | |
| Non-Hispanic, ≥2 races | 38 (4.6) | |
| Sex | 835 | |
| Female | 472 (56.5) | |
| Male | 363 (43.5) | |
| Age of parent, y | 834 | |
| 18-29 | 75 (9.0) | |
| 30-44 | 608 (72.8) | |
| 45-59 | 145 (17.4) | |
| ≥60 | 6 (0.7) | |
| Mean (SD) age of children, y | 835 | 8 (5.1) |
| Parental education attainment | 835 | |
| <High school | 177 (21.2) | |
| High school | 238 (28.5) | |
| Some college | 238 (28.5) | |
| ≥Bachelor’s degree | 182 (21.8) | |
| Geographic region | 834 | |
| Northeast | 193 (23.1) | |
| Midwest | 114 (13.7) | |
| South | 266 (31.9) | |
| West | 261 (31.3) | |
| No. of children aged <18 y in household | 835 | |
| 1 | 419 (50.2) | |
| 2 | 261 (31.3) | |
| 3 | 118 (14.1) | |
| 4 | 25 (3.0) | |
| 5 | 11 (1.3) | |
| ≥6 | 1 (0.1) | |
| Annual household income, US$ | 834 | |
| <20 000 | 247 (29.6) | |
| 20 000-74 999 | 383 (45.9) | |
| ≥75 000 | 204 (24.4) | |
| Receives government assistance for housing | 831 | 95 (11.4) |
| Lives in public housing | 832 | 86 (10.3) |
| Rents home | 802 | 668 (83.3) |
| Current cigarette smoker | 835 | 163 (19.5) |
| Home and property smoking rules | ||
| No one has smoked in the home in the past 3 months | 835 | 683 (81.8) |
| Nonsmoking parent with no smoking in the home for the past 3 months | 835 | 580 (69.5) |
| Smoking parent with smoking in the home for the past 3 months | 835 | 60 (7.2) |
| Nonsmoking parent with smoking in the home for the past 3 months | 835 | 92 (11.0) |
| Smoking parent with no smoking in the home for the past 3 months | 835 | 103 (12.3) |
| Property manager allows smoking in multiunit housing units | 814 | 463 (56.9) |
| Property manager allows smoking on multiunit housing property | 810 | 571 (70.5) |
| Resident satisfaction | ||
| Satisfied with apartment, condominium, co-op, or townhouse | 778 | 623 (80.0) |
| Satisfied with property/building management | 749 | 521 (69.6) |
| Multiunit housing incursionsc,d | ||
| Ever smells cigarette smoke in unit | 572 | 144 (25.2) |
| In the past 30 days, has smelled cigarette smoke in outdoor areas | 547 | 325 (59.4) |
| In the past 30 days, has smelled cigarette smoke on the balcony | 392 | 129 (32.9) |
| In the past 30 days, has smelled cigarette smoke in indoor staircases | 389 | 84 (21.6) |
| How often resident smells smoke in unite | 144 | |
| Daily | 37 (25.7) | |
| Weekly | 41 (28.5) | |
| Monthly | 24 (16.7) | |
| Rarely | 37 (25.7) | |
| Never | 5 (3.5) | |
| In the past 30 days, has had to close unit window to avoid tobacco smoke | 144 | 100 (69.7) |
| Is bothered when smelling tobacco smoke in unit | 144 | 143 (99.0) |
| Has complained to the landlord/property manager about tobacco smoke in unit | 144 | 36 (25.2) |
| Reasons for not complainingf | ||
| Did not want to upset neighbor | 106 | 42 (39.6) |
| Concerned about retaliation | 106 | 32 (30.2) |
aUnless otherwise indicated.
bData are weighted. As such, values may not sum to the total because of rounding.
cOf 580 nonsmoking parents with no smoking in the home for the past 3 months, 572 (99%) responded to the question on incursions: “Do you ever smell smoke in your unit?”
dAmong nonsmoking parents with no smoking in the home for the past 3 months.
eAmong those who reported tobacco-smoke incursions.
fAmong those who reported a tobacco-smoke incursion but did not complain (n = 108).