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Exposure to second-hand smoke at home in the past week in households with at
least one child, by respondents’ ethnic group
Table 16 gives an indication of the prevalence of second-hand smoke exposure in
homes with at least one child aged 0–14 years living there, by respondents’ ethnic
group.
Table 16: Exposure to second-hand smoke at home in the past week, households with at least
one child aged 0–14 years, by respondents’ ethnic group, 2009 (unadjusted
prevalence)
Ethnic group Prevalence (95% CI) Number
European/Other 8.9 (7.2–10.6) 70,600
Māori 21.3 (17.4–25.2) 39,000
Pacific 14.1 (8.8–19.4) 14,000
Asian 3.1 (1.1–6.7) 4100
Source: 2009 New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey
Note: Total response ethnicity has been used.
The households of Māori respondents with at least one child aged 0–14 years living with
them, were significantly more likely to have had at least one resident smoke anywhere
inside the house in the past week compared with the total population, after adjusting for
age (Figure 67). Conversely, the households of European/Other and Asian
respondents with at least one child living with them were significantly less likely to have
had at least one resident smoke anywhere inside the house in the past week than the
total population.
There was no difference between the households of Pacific respondents with at least
one child living with them and the total population in terms of the prevalence of having
had at least one resident smoke anywhere inside the house in the past week.
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