TABLE 3.

Prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure at indoor public places, National Adult Tobacco Survey, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 2015.

Characteristics	Any public place a (N = 1965) %	Government buildings or offices (N = 1,162) %	Health care facilities (N = 128) %	Restaurants or food stores (N = 943) %	Public transportation vehicles (N = 156) %
Total	99.2	56.2	11.7	57.7	31.6
Age group
15–24	99.4	40.7	8.5	64.0	28.7
25–44	99.6	56.1	13.4	59.8	36.7
45–64	98.4	62.2	11.0	50.0	27.3
≥65	100.0	69.0	10.1	43.5	30.0
p Value		<0.001	0.342	<0.001	0.272
Sex
Men	99.1	60.8	13.9	62.1	33.3
Women	99.4	49.1	9.8	52.1	29.3
p Value		<0.001	0.013	<0.001	0.213
Residence b
Urban	99.3	45.3	11.0	57.2	24.9
Rural	99.1	63.0	12.0	58.1	35.1
p Value		<0.001	0.253	0.418	0.021
Ethnicity c
Lao	99.4	58.1	10.0	60.2	35.2
Others	98.9	54.9	14.1	52.2	27.0
p Value		0.198	0.001	0.001	0.022
Religion
Buddhist	99.3	57.6	10.7	58.0	33.0
Others	99.0	54.3	14.8	57.4	27.2
None	100.0	58.7	12.7	40.1	-
p Value		0.250	0.012	0.136	0.073
Educational level
Never attended school	99.5	73.1	11.9	48.6	18.8
Primary school	99.3	64.4	12.2	52.1	33.7
Secondary school	99.0	54.3	12.8	61.0	34.4
High school or higher	100.0	39.0	8.0	65.1	37.0
p Value		<0.001	0.412	<0.001	0.086

^aSecondhand smoke exposure at any public place includes exposure at any of the four subsequent locations individually listed.

^b“Rural” category for “Residence” including areas with and without roads.

^c“Others” category for “Ethnicity” includes PhouThai, Khermou, Khamu, Khmu, Leu, Mong, etc.

N represents the unweighted count (sample size) with the weighted percentage.