Table 2

Prevalence of SHS exposure at home by family smoking status

All (N=61 810)Smoking families (N=22 558)Non-smoking families (N=33 344)
Per centPer centPer cent
SHS exposure at home (days/week)
From inside the home
 076.840.398.5
 1–412.430.61.3
 5–710.829.10.2
 Any exposure23.259.71.5
From neighbours
 082.976.187.7
 1–413.518.410.0
 5–73.65.42.3
 Any exposure17.123.912.3
Source of SHS exposure at home
 None66.833.686.7
 From inside the home only16.242.71.0
 From neighbours only10.06.811.8
 From both7.017.00.5
 Any source33.266.413.3
  • Percentages were weighted by age, sex and grade.

  • Number of students from smoking and non-smoking families did not add up to the total number of students due to missing data in reporting the number of coresiding smokers and data cleaning if inconsistency with another question about coresiding smoker identification was found.

  • SHS, secondhand smoke.