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Exposure to second-hand smoke at home in the past week in households with at
least one child, by neighbourhood deprivation
In households in the most deprived areas with one or more children aged 0–14 years
living there, the age-standardised prevalence of at least one resident having smoked
anywhere inside the house in the past week was found to be over five times that in the
least deprived areas (Figure 68).
Figure 68: Exposure to second-hand smoke at home in the past week, household with at
least one child aged 0–14 years, by NZDep2006 quintile, 2009 (age-standardised
prevalence)
30
Percent
25
20
15
10
5
0
4.1 6.1 11.7 9.2 22.0
1
Least deprived
2 3 4 5
Most deprived
NZDep2006 quintile
Source: 2009 New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey
Note: Age standardised to the WHO world population.
Time trends for exposure to second-hand smoke at home in the past week in
households with at least one child
There was no significant difference between 2008 (12.3%, 10.8–13.9) and 2009 (10.3%,
8.6–11.9) in the age-standardised prevalence of households with one or more children
aged 0–14 years living there that had at least one resident who smoked anywhere
inside the house in the past week.
For the households of Māori respondents with at least one child aged 0–14 years living
with them, there was no significant difference between 2008 (22.3%, 17.3–27.2) and
2009 (20.9%, 16.8–24.9) in the age-standardised prevalence of having at least one
resident smoke anywhere inside the house in the past week (graphs not shown).
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