Table 4.
Results of multiple logistic regression to determine associations between demographic characteristics and multiunit housing smoking incursions, beliefs about smoking in multiunit housing, and multiunit housing satisfaction among parents in the Apartment Dweller and Smoking Study, United States, 2013a
| Model | Odds Ratio (95% CI)a |
|---|---|
| Outcome 1: Ever smells cigarette smoke in multiunit housing unitb (n = 567) | |
| Geographic region | |
| Midwest | 2.9 (1.1-7.9) |
| Northeast | 3.3 (1.2-9.3) |
| West | 4.0 (1.7-9.6) |
| South | 1 [Reference] |
| Lives in public housing | |
| Yes | 7.1 (2.7-19.0) |
| No | 1 [Reference] |
| No. of multiunit housing units | |
| ≥6 | 2.1 (1.1-4.3) |
| ≤5 | 1 [Reference] |
| Outcome 2: Does not believe that smoking should be allowed in residents’ apartments/condominiums (n = 822) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 1.1 (0.5-2.3) |
| Hispanic | 3.0 (1.4-6.1) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 5.4 (1.8-16.4) |
| Non-Hispanic white | 1 [Reference] |
| Sex | |
| Female | 2.1 (1.2-3.8) |
| Male | 1 [Reference] |
| Smoking permitted in the home | |
| No | 2.5 (1.2-4.9) |
| Yes | 1 [Reference] |
| Outcome 3: Satisfied with multiunit housing (n = 769) | |
| Education level | |
| ≥Bachelor’s degree | 3.6 (1.5-9.0) |
| Some college | 2.8 (1.0-7.4) |
| High school | 1.1 (0.5-2.7) |
| <High school | 1 [Reference] |
| Ever smells cigarette smoke in multiunit housing unit | |
| No | 2.5 (1.3-4.9) |
| Yes | 1 [Reference] |
a835 parents answered the survey question on smoking status and were included in the study analysis.
bAmong nonsmokers with no smoking in the home for the past 3 months.