Smoke-Free Workplaces Are Associated with Protection from Second-Hand Smoke at Homes in Nigeria: Evidence for Population-Level Decisions

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for the respondent characteristics.

	Respondents (employee or self-employed) who worked indoors (out of home)
	Total respondents who worked indoors		Smoke-free at home
		%		%
Smoke-free in the workplace	1585	85.4	1512	95.4
SHS in the workplace	271	14.6	198	73.1
Age
15–29	478	25.7	439	91.8
30–44	895	48.2	820	91.6
45–59	365	19.7	342	93.7
60 and above	118	6.4	109	92.4
Gender
Male	1125	60.6	1014	90.1
Female	731	39.4	696	95.2
Residence
Rural	622	33.5	542	87.1
Urban	1234	66.5	1168	94.7
Geographical regions
North East	141	7.6	122	86.5
North Central	206	11.1	184	89.3
North West	253	13.6	225	88.9
South East	266	14.3	239	89.9
South West	718	38.7	685	95.4
South-South	272	14.7	255	93.8
Education
No formal education	326	17.6	284	87.1
Primary completed	209	11.3	193	92.3
Secondary school completed	100	5.4	86	86.0
Higher secondary school completed	852	45.9	797	93.5
College/university and above	369	19.9	350	94.9
Occupation
Employee	770	41.5	719	93.4
Self-employed	1086	58.5	991	91.3
Current smoking
Yes	108	5.8	43	39.8
No	1748	94.2	1667	95.4
Smokeless tobacco use
Yes	22	1.2	14	63.6
No	1834	98.8	1696	92.5

SHS: second-hand smoke.