Table 1.
Sample characteristics of participating families.
| Study 1: Smoking Households (n = 159) |
Study 2: Non-Smoking Households (n = 20) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Geographic Region | Tel Aviv | 63 | 39.6 | 6 | 30 |
| Central Region | 50 | 31.4 | 12 | 60 | |
| Jerusalem | 7 | 4.4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Haifa | 7 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| South | 30 | 18.9 | 1 | 5 | |
| Judaea and Samaria | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Child sex | Female | 82 | 51.6 | 8 | 40.0 |
| Male | 77 | 48.4 | 12 | 60.0 | |
| Child age (months) | Mean (SD) | 154 | 37.0 (23.3) | 20 | 29.4 (19.9) |
| Smoking parent | Neither | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 100.0 |
| Mother Only | 27 | 17.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Father Only | 61 | 38.4 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Both Father and Mother | 71 | 44.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Parents’ nationality | Both Israeli born | 102 | 64.2 | 17 | 85.0 |
| Other | 57 | 35.8 | 3 | 15.0 | |
| Mother’s education | Junior/High school | 26 | 16.7 | 1 | 5.6 |
| Some post-high school | 24 | 15.4 | 1 | 5.6 | |
| Attended/completed university | 106 | 68.0 | 16 | 88.9 | |
| Father’s education | Junior/High school | 45 | 29.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Some post-high school | 37 | 24.5 | 1 | 5.6 | |
| Attended/completed university | 69 | 45.7 | 17 | 94.4 | |
| Income a | Lower | 36 | 23.5 | 2 | 10.0 |
| Average | 49 | 32.0 | 3 | 15.0 | |
| Above | 68 | 44.4 | 15 | 75.0 | |
| Neighborhood SES b | Mean (SD) | 149 | 13.2 (3.4) | 19 | 14.4 (2.2) |
a Based on self-report of greater, the same as, or less than national monthly average household income. b Based on Israel Central Bureau of Statistics; measured on a scale of 1–20 (20 highest).