Table 2 Smoking prevalence, smoking behaviour and importance of protecting the indoor environment, related to parenthood. Percent, arithmetic mean, numbers and p-values
From: Does Having Children Affect Adult Smoking Prevalence and Behaviours at Home?
Numbers* | Parents with pre school-children** | Parents with only school-children** | Adults without children** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 387) | (n = 284) | (n = 572) | |||||
Non-smoking | Smoking | Non-smoking | Smoking | Non-smoking | Smoking | p-value | |
Smoking prevalence | 27% (106) | 36% (103) | p = 0.01 | ||||
27% | 30% (170) | p = 0.47 | |||||
36% | 30% | p = 0.05 | |||||
Indoor smoking (% of smokers) | 28% (33) | 50% (94) | p < 0.001 | ||||
28% | 36% (46) | p = 0.17 | |||||
*Missing values n = 107 | 36% | 50% (94) | p = 0.01 | ||||
How precautions were used among the smokers Numbers | (n = 120) | (n = 127) | (n = 190) | ||||
Smoking anywhere in the home | 1% (1) | 3% (4) | p = 0.37 | ||||
3% | 5% (10) | p = 0.58 (Fisher) | |||||
1% | 5% | p = 0.06 (Fisher) | |||||
Smoking near the kitchen fan | 12% (14) | 17% (22) | p = 0.28 (Fisher) | ||||
17% | 12% (23) | p = 0.14 (Fisher) | |||||
12% | 12% | p = 1.0 (Fisher) | |||||
Smoking near an open door | 9% (11) | 10% (13) | p = 0.28 (Fisher) | ||||
10% | 20% (38) | p = 0.03 | |||||
9% | 20% | p = 0.02 | |||||
Importance of protecting the indoor environment (range 1–4; 4 most important) | |||||||
Mean values | 3.98 | 3.83 | 3.97 | 3.74 | 3.93 | 3.68 | p < 0.001 between non-smokers and smokers in all three groups |