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. 2018 Mar 5;28(3):133–139. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20160184

Table 1. Characteristics of the analytical participants for secondhand smoke at home (n = 1,738).

  Total Second hand smoke at home

None Once a week or less Several times a week Almost everyday Missing P-valuea
n n % n % n % n % n %
Age, years
 20–39 350 238 68.0 25 7.1 21 6.0 51 14.6 15 4.3 <0.001
 40–59 620 455 73.4 22 3.5 21 3.4 70 11.3 52 8.4  
 ≥60 768 459 59.8 42 5.5 24 3.1 54 7.0 189 24.6  
Sex
 Men 682 496 72.7 29 4.3 12 1.8 20 2.9 125 18.3 <0.001
 Women 1,056 656 62.1 60 5.7 54 5.1 155 14.7 131 12.4  
Education, years
 ≤9 296 139 47.0 19 6.4 12 4.1 28 9.5 98 33.1 <0.001
 10–12 806 519 64.4 44 5.5 31 3.8 99 12.3 113 14.0  
 ≥13 627 492 78.5 26 4.1 23 3.7 47 7.5 39 6.2  
 Missing 9 2 22.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 11.1 6 66.7  
Income
 Low 700 418 59.7 44 6.3 30 4.3 85 12.1 123 17.6 <0.001
 Middle 575 419 72.9 27 4.7 14 2.4 47 8.2 68 11.8  
 High 334 258 77.2 11 3.3 10 3.0 25 7.5 30 9.0  
 Missing 129 57 44.2 7 5.4 12 9.3 18 14.0 35 27.1  
Smoking
 Former smoker 515 356 69.1 22 4.3 16 3.1 30 5.8 91 17.7 <0.001
 Never smoker 1,223 796 65.1 67 5.5 50 4.1 145 11.9 165 13.5  
Total 1,738 1,152 66.3 89 5.1 66 3.8 175 10.1 256 14.7  

  mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) mean (SD) P-valueb

Number of people in householdc 3.3 (1.3) 3.2 (1.2) 3.6 (1.3) 3.5 (1.4) 3.6 (1.1) 2.9 (1.3) <0.001
Knowledge of the adverse health effects of tobaccod 7.2 (3.4) 7.4 (3.3) 6.7 (3.4) 6.2 (3.9) 6.5 (3.5) 7.3 (3.6) 0.002

SD, standard deviation.

aP-value from chi-squared test.

bP-values from analyses of variance.

cMissing information (n = 303) were excluded.

dMissing information (n = 3) were excluded.