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Table 1 Proportion of non-smoking adult population by home smoking statusa

From: Characterization of urinary cotinine concentrations among non-smoking adults in smoking and smoke-free homes in the Korean national environmental health survey (KoNEHS) cycle 3 (2015–2017)

 

Total (%)

Smoking home

Smoke-free home

p-valueb

%

%

Sex

 Male

948 (41.8)

22.6

49.1

< 0.001

 Female

1627 (58.2)

77.4

50.9

 

Age (years)

 19–39

541 (34.7)

45.9

30.5

< 0.001

 40–59

951 (38.1)

37.0

38.5

 

  ≥ 60

1083 (27.2)

17.1

31.0

 

Type of housing

 Apartment

1187 (55.2)

51.9

56.4

0.287

 Attached housing

423 (18.2)

21.4

17.0

 

 Detached housing

965 (26.7)

26.7

26.6

 

Household income (USD/month)

  < 1000

510 (12.5)

6.7

14.7

0.004

 1000–1999

506 (16.3)

15.9

16.5

 

 2000–2999

508 (21.7)

21.1

22.0

 

  ≥ 3000

1051 (49.4)

56.3

46.8

 

Ventilation duration at home (min/day)

  < 30

518 (19.3)

17.7

19.9

0.485

 30–59

449 (16.7)

17.2

16.5

 

 60–599

953 (38.1)

35.7

38.9

 

  ≥ 600

655 (26.0)

29.5

24.7

 

Weekly secondhand smoke exposure

 No

2290 (86.0)

80.6

88.1

0.002

 Yes

285 (14.0)

19.4

11.9

 

Time spent indoors at home (min/day)

  < 780

596 (27.5)

24.3

28.8

0.164

 780–1079

984 (39.1)

38.6

39.3

 

  ≥ 1080

995 (30.9)

37.2

31.9

 

Time spent outdoors (min/day)

  < 10

810 (41.9)

34.2

33.7

0.190

 10–69

900 (30.6)

36.1

36.0

 

  ≥ 70

865 (27.5)

29.7

30.3

 

Job classification

 Unemployed

1144 (42.9)

48.7

40.7

< 0.001

 Non-manual occupation

663 (32.7)

32.8

32.7

 

 Manual occupation

678 (21.1)

14.1

23.8

 

 Hospitality venue employeec

90 (3.3)

4.5

2.8

 
  1. a Proportion of variables weighted
  2. b Chi-square test based on the weighted frequency between non-smoking adults living in smoking homes and smoke-free homes
  3. c Participants who worked in restaurants, bars, cafes, fast-food franchises, or bakeries