Table 3.
Participant characteristics and number of measurements among participants with a complete set of valid metrics for at least one round of air monitoring.
| W-S | NY | Baltimore | St. Paul | Chicago | LA | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 10 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 60 |
| Age (years)a | 64 [58-74] |
72 [63-86] |
67 [54-81] |
62 [54-75] |
68 [56-76] |
65 [54-77] |
66 [54-86] |
| Femalea | 9 (90%) | 3 (40%) | 5 (40%) | 7 (60%) | 1 (14%) | 6 (60%) | 31 (52%) |
| Whitea | 7 (70%) | 5 (63%) | 10 (77%) | 10 (83%) | 5 (71%) | 4 (40%) | 41 (68%) |
| Chinesea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (10%) | 1 (2%) |
| Blacka | 3 (30%) | 2 (25%) | 3 (23%) | 0 | 2 (29%) | 1 (10%) | 11 (18%) |
| Hispanica | 0 | 1 (13%) | 0 | 2 (17%) | 0 | 4 (40%) | 7 (12%) |
| Year Home | 1964 | 1948 | 1964 | 1964 | 1960 | 1964 | 1956 |
| Builtb | [1937-1998] | [1925-1970] | [1938-1994] | [1887-1985] | [1915-1965] | [1945-2004] | [1887-2004] |
| Percent of Time in Microenvironments | |||||||
| Home Indoor | 72% [50-97] |
79% [70-89] |
73% [54-94] |
74% [54-90] |
74% [49-95] |
81% [63-92] |
75% [49-97] |
| Home Total (In and Out) |
75% [51-98] |
86% [71-100] |
74% [58-95] |
77% [59-91] |
75% [51-95] |
86% [63-99] |
79% [51-100] |
| Indoor Total (Home and Other) |
90% [84-97] |
85% [72-92] |
89% [78-96] |
88% [66-96] |
89% [69-99] |
89% [81-95] |
88% [66-99] |
| In Vehicle | 5% [1-9] |
5% [0-18] |
6% [2-17] |
6% [1-27] |
4% [1-14] |
3% [0-8] |
5% [0-27] |
| Home Type | |||||||
| Single Family | 10 (100%) | 5 (63%) | 11 (85%) | 8 (67%) | 4 (57%) | 8 (80%) | 45 (75%) |
| Apartment or Condo |
0 | 2 (25%) | 1 (8%) | 0 | 2 (29%) | 2 (20%) | 7 (12%) |
| Rowhouse, Du-/Triplex |
0 | 1 (13%) | 1 (8%) | 4 (33%) | 1 (14%) | 0 | 8 (13%) |
| Sampling Month (n = 91) | |||||||
| December- February |
3 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 4 (4%) | 4 (4%) | 1 (1%) | 4 (4%) | 17 (19%) |
| March – May | 4 (4%) | 2 (2%) | 9 (10%) | 8 (9%) | 3 (3%) | 2 (2%) | 28 (31%) |
| June – August | 6 (7%) | 6 (7%) | 6 (7%) | 5 (5%) | 5 (5%) | 1 (1%) | 29 (32%) |
| September – November |
2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | 4 (4%) | 2 (2%) | 2 (2%) | 5 (5%) | 17 (19%) |
a.
Mean and range are provided for age and percent of time spent in microenvironments. Median and range are provided for year home built; all other statistics are provided as count (%).
b.
Approximately 50% of participants did not provide information on the age of the building.