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Table 2 Smoking Behaviors and SHS Exposure among Adolescents by Family Structure, Parental Smoking, and Socioeconomic Status

From: Adolescents’ smoking experiences, family structure, parental smoking and socio-economic status in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

 

Family structurea

Parental smokinga

SESa

 

Non-Intact

Intact

Yes

No

Low

Middle

High

 

(N = 121)

(N = 385)

(N = 195)

(N = 311)

(N = 177)

(N = 151)

(N = 178)

Smoking behaviors

- Ever smoked?

46.3b

24.4

54.0b

14.5

37.3b

27.2

24.2

- Currently smoke?

37.2b

22.6

47.7b

12.5

35.0b

23.2

19.7

SHS exposure

- Do you live in a home where in the last 7 days others smoke in your presence?

56.2b

36.4

73.3b

20.9

56.5b

39.1

27.5

- In the last 7 days were you around others who smoked in your presence in places outside your home?

71.1c

47.5

82.6b

34.7

65.0c

46.4

47.2

  1. a Percent of students answering questions in the affirmative (“yes”)
  2. b Correlation is significant at p < 0.01
  3. c Correlation is significant at p < 0.05