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Table 4 Odds of being exposed to second-hand smoke (weighted; n = 2472)

From: Correlates of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) at home among non-smoking adults in Bangladesh: findings from the ITC Bangladesh survey

 

Wald ChiSq test

 

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

ChiSq*

df

p value

Sex

Male

1.00

--

16.12

1

< 0.001

Female

2.35

(1.55, 3.56)

   

Age group

55+

1.00

--

19.81

3

< 0.001

40-54

0.91

(0.61, 1.34)

   

25-39

0.97

(0.56, 1.69)

   

15-24

2.17

(1.26, 3.75)

   

Area

Dhaka non-slum areas

1.00

--

20.85

3

< 0.001

Dhaka slums

5.19

(1.92, 14.05)

   

Non-tribal/non-border areas outside Dhaka

2.19

(1.38, 3.48)

   

Tribal/border areas

4.36

(1.89, 10.07)

   

Tobacco use status

Non-smoker

1.00

--

3.01

1

0.083

Former smoker

1.50

(0.95, 2.37)

   

Education

9 years or more

1.00

--

32.76

2

< 0.001

1- 8 years

2.45

(1.80, 3.33)

   

Illiterate

3.00

(1.91, 4.71)

   

Income

< 5,000 taka

1.00

--

32.24

3

< 0.001

5,000 to < 10,000 taka

2.34

(1.59, 3.43)

   

10,000 taka or more

2.28

(1.54, 3.38)

   

Not reported

0.62

(0.32, 1.19)

   

Father smoked/currently smokes

Father never smoked

1.00

--

15.92

1

< 0.001

Father used to/currently smokes

2.09

(1.45, 3.00)

   

Concern that tobacco smoke harms children

Very/extremely concerned

1.00

--

28.63

3

< 0.001

No children in the home

0.87

(0.61, 1.23)

   

Unconcerned/a little concerned

3.45

(1.03, 11.51)

   

Moderately concerned

1.95

(1.35, 2.83)

   

Second-hand smoke causes lung cancer in non-smokers

Yes

1.00

--

15.05

2

< 0.001

No

0.70

(0.27, 1.81)

   

Don’t know

2.04

(1.17, 3.56)

   

Second-hand smoke causes asthma in children

Yes

1.00

--

1.87

2

0.393

No

1.23

(0.31, 4.89)

   

Don’t know

0.70

(0.41, 1.20)

   
  1. *Omnibus test.