Table 3-2
Questionnaire and biomonitoring estimates for nonsmokers aged 6 to 79 reporting regular exposure to secondhand smoke by reported location of exposure and sociodemographic variable, Canada, 2007 to 2013 — Part 2


Table 3-2
Questionnaire and biomonitoring estimates for nonsmokers aged 6 to 79 reporting regular exposure to secondhand smoke by reported location of exposure and sociodemographic variable, Canada, 2007 to 2013 — Part 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Questionnaire and biomonitoring estimates for nonsmokers aged 6 to 79 reporting regular exposure to secondhand smoke by reported location of exposure and sociodemographic variable. The information is grouped by Category and sub-categories (appearing as row headers), Self-reported secondhand smoke exposure locations, Number, Outside home only, Reported % and Detectable cotinine % (appearing as column headers).
Category and sub-categories Self-reported secondhand smoke exposure locations
Number Outside home only
Reported % Detectable cotinine %
Estimate CI lower bound CI higher bound Estimate CI lower bound CI higher bound
Highest household education
Low education 454 18 15 22 22.0 Table 3-2 Note a Note E: Use with caution 15.0 31.0
High education 1,395 16 15 18 9.0 6.6 12.0
Ethnicity
White 1,410 17 15 19 12.0 9.4 16.0
Non-White 439 16 14 18 11.0Note E: Use with caution 7.7 17.0
Total household income
Low income (<$50,000) 626 16 14 18 18.0Note E: Use with caution 13.0 26.0
Middle income ($50,000 to $89,999) 542 16 14 19 16.0Note E: Use with caution 9.5 25.0
High income ($90,000 or more) 681 18 15 21 5.2 Table 3-2 Note b Table 3-2 Note c Note E: Use with caution 3.2 8.3
E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%)
F too unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation > 33.3%)
Note a

between dichotomized categories

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Note b

different from low income

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Note c

different from middle income

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Notes: Low education category = Less than post-secondary graduation. High education category = with a post-secondary graduation. C_COT-GM = creatinine-adjusted cotinine geometric mean (not calculated for exposure outside home). Significant differences (p < 0.05) are indicated by (a) between dichotomized categories, by (b) if different from low income and by (c) when different from middle income. CI = confidence interval.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Health Measures Survey.

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