Research Article
Correlates of Smoke-Free Home Policies in Shanghai, China
Table 1
Participant characteristics and bivariate analyses comparing those with a complete smoke-free home policy with those without a complete policy.
| Characteristics | Total N = 500 | Complete policy n = 176 | No or partial policy n = 324 | P |
| Sociodemographics | | | | | Gender | | | | | Male | 48.2 | 40.9 | 52.2 | 0.021 | Female | 51.8 | 59.1 | 47.8 | | Ethnic | | | | | Han | 99.6 | 99.4 | 99.7 | 0.192 | Others | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | | Age | | | | | <20 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | | 20–29 | 25.0 | 26.1 | 24.4 | | 30–39 | 20.4 | 17.6 | 21.9 | 0.941 | 40–49 | 19.6 | 20.5 | 19.1 | | 50–59 | 18.2 | 18.8 | 17.9 | | 60 | 16.2 | 16.5 | 16.0 | | Education | | | | | Less than high school | 51.5 | 46.3 | 54.4 | | High school graduate | 19.2 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 0.173 | Some college/vo-tech | 13.1 | 14.3 | 12.5 | | College graduate or higher | 16.2 | 20.6 | 13.8 | | Work status | | | | | Employed full-time | 59.5 | 57.9 | 60.5 | | Employed part-time | 9.9 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 0.925 | Retired | 19.0 | 21.1 | 17.9 | | Homemaker | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | | Average personal income | | | | | Less than 1000 Yuan | 27.1 | 35.5 | 30.0 | | 1001–2000 Yuan | 26.4 | 20.5 | 24.4 | 0.092 | 2001–3000 Yuan | 29.6 | 23.5 | 27.5 | | More than 3000 Yuan | 16.9 | 20.5 | 18.7 | | Marital status | | | | | Married | 86.6 | 87.5 | 86.1 | 0.750 | Single | 10.4 | 9.7 | 10.8 | Others | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 | Setting | | | | | Urban | 49.9 | 39.4 | 60.6 | 0.049 | Suburban | 50.1 | 30.8 | 69.2 | | Knowledge about smoking | | | | | Knowledge about SHS | 9.5 ± 1.7 | 9.6 ± 2.2 | 9.4 ± 1.6 | 0.172 | Knowledge about THS | 9.1 ± 1.7 | 9.2 ± 2.0 | 9.1 ± 1.5 | 0.550 | Social factors | | | | | Have a smoker at home | 61.6 | 43.8 | 71.3 | <0.001 | Average smokers at home | 0.8 ± 0.8 | 0.9 ± 0.7 | 0.6 ± 0.7 | <0.001 | Have child(ren) under 18 years old | 46.8 | 49.7 | 45.2 | 0.353 | Have child(ren) under 5 years old | 25.5 | 32.2 | 21.9 | 0.013 | Number of friends/relatives who smoke | | | | | ≥half | 47.6 | 36.6 | 53.6 | <0.001 | <half | 52.4 | 63.7 | 46.4 | | Number of friends/relatives who permit smoking at home | | | | | ≥half | 45.8 | 28.5 | 54.3 | <0.001 | <half | 54.2 | 71.5 | 45.7 | | Smoking status | | | | | Current smokers | 29.0 | 17.0 | 35.5 | | Nonsmokers | 68.0 | 81.7 | 61.1 | <0.001 | Ex-smokers | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.4 | | Among smokers | | | | | Number of days of smoking, past 30 days | 23.6 ± 10.8 | 21.2 ± 11.2 | 24.3 ± 10.4 | 0.133 | Number of quitting attempts, past 12 months | 1.9 ± 4.0 | 3.0 ± 7.4 | 1.6 ± 2.4 | 0.080 |
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