Temporal changes in the prevalence of childhood asthma and allergies in urban and rural areas of Cyprus: results from two cross sectional studies

Table 2 Population characteristics of children living in urban and rural areas in the 2000 and 2008 surveys

	Year 2000		Year 2008
	Urban n = 3600 %	Rural n = 1296 %	Urban n = 1410 %	Rural n = 732 %
Sex (female)	50.6	49.2	50.1	48.4
District Residence (Nicosia)	53.0	52.9	67.4	69.3
Country of Birth (Cyprus)	94.6	97.1**	94.1	97.5††
Family History of atopy	35.2	31.0**	38.4	30.7††
Parental Smoking at home	47.9	48.7	38.4	42.5
Maternal smoking in pregnancy	2.6	1.5*	3.3	2.0

*, ** p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 respectively of chi-square test comparing participants characteristics among those living in urban and rural areas at the 2000 survey
†, †† p <0.05 and p < 0.01 respectively of chi-square test comparing participant characteristics among those living in urban and rural areas at the 2008 survey

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