Table 3.
Bivariate associations between attitudes and knowledge about smoking in multiunit housing and smoking status among parents in the Apartment Dweller and Smoking Study, United States, 2013a
| Attitude or Knowledgec | Overall, No. (%) | Smoking Status of Parents, No. (%)b | P Valued | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonsmoking Parent/No Home Smoking | Nonsmoking Parent/Home Smoking | Smoking Parent/No Home Smoking | Smoking Parent/Home Smoking | |||
| Tenants have a right to live in a smoke-free building (n = 827) | ||||||
| Agree | 755 (91.3) | 529 (92.3) | 81 (88.0) | 101 (98.1) | 44 (73.3) | .02 |
| Disagree | 72 (8.7) | 44 (7.7) | 11 (12.0) | 2 (1.9) | 16 (26.7) | |
| Landlords have the legal right to prohibit smoking in their apartments (n = 823) | ||||||
| Agree | 707 (85.9) | 503 (88.4) | 70 (77.0) | 98 (95.1) | 36 (60.0) | <.001 |
| Disagree | 116 (14.1) | 66 (11.6) | 21 (23.1) | 5 (4.9) | 24 (40.0) | |
| Smoking should be allowed in residents’ apartments/condominiums (n = 823) | ||||||
| Agree | 267 (32.4) | 118 (20.8) | 44 (48.4) | 47 (45.6) | 58 (95.1) | <.001 |
| Disagree | 556 (67.6) | 450 (79.2) | 47 (51.6) | 56 (54.4) | 3 (4.9) | |
| A person who smokes inside of his or her apartment or condominium does not put the residents of the other units at risk (n = 726) | ||||||
| Agree | 146 (20.1) | 98 (19.3) | 17 (22.4) | 8 (9.1) | 24 (44.4) | .04 |
| Disagree | 580 (79.9) | 411 (80.7) | 59 (77.6) | 80 (90.9) | 30 (55.6) | |
| Smoking should be allowed in outdoor common areas (benches, patios, doorways, parking lots) of apartment buildings (n = 824) | ||||||
| Agree | 349 (42.4) | 174 (30.6) | 38 (41.3) | 79 (78.2) | 57 (95.0) | <.001 |
| Disagree | 475 (57.6) | 395 (69.4) | 54 (58.7) | 22 (21.8) | 3 (5.0) | |
| Smoking should be allowed on private apartments’ balconies/patios (n = 833) | ||||||
| Agree | 459 (55.1) | 261 (45.2) | 52 (56.5) | 87 (85.3) | 59 (98.3) | <.001 |
| Disagree | 374 (44.9) | 317 (54.8) | 40 (43.5) | 15 (14.7) | 1 (1.7) | |
a835 parents answered the survey question on smoking status and were included in the study analysis. Not all parents answered questions on attitudes and knowledge.
bNot all percentages sum to 100.0 because of rounding.
cNumbers in parentheses indicate number of parents who answered questions on attitudes and knowledge. Not all parents answered these questions.
d P value determined by Rao-Scott χ2 tests.